Video Library

This page contains clips of employers speaking about their experiences of employing people with disabilities. The clips were recorded in 2001 and a full video is available for employers wishing to use it as a tool for staff meetings or team training.

These movie clip files are quite large (1-3 Megabytes) - so they may take several minutes to download over a dialup telephone line.

Clip 1: Introduction

This clip introduces the characters seen in the videos below. They include:

Viv Himsworth (Human Resources Advisor - B & Q)
Margaret Williamson (Managing Director - Arden Packaging)
Graeme Fletcher (Area Manager - Whitbread)
Joyce Poulston (Recruitment Manager - Cooperative Bank)
Alan Brown (Customer Services Manager - Cooperative Bank)
Fred Bowen (Former Director - Fredericks Ltd)
Christine Campbell (Free Ads Manager - Loot) and
Dr Rachel Perkins (Clinical Director - SW London and St George's NHS Trust)

Click here or on the image to start the Introduction video

Clip 2: The Business Case

Here, we take a look at the views of employers about recruiting people with disabilities. What is the business case? You might also want to view our description of the business case in the section of this website that explains supported employment.

Click here or on the image to start the Business Case video

Clip 3: Recruitment

Here, we take a look at the experiences of employers recruiting people with disabilities. Lets face it; recruitment is often a lottery but as these employers tell their story it's clear that there is little to be lost and much to be gained from employing a diverse workforce.

Click here or on the image to start the Recruitment video

Clip 4: Addressing the Myths: Sickness and Productivity

There is plenty of evidence that disabled workers tend to have lower than average sickness rates. We're not sure about that but we certainly don't think it is higher. Here, Christine, Rachel, Margaret and Viv give their impressions on the issues of sickness and productivity.

Click on the image to start the Sickness and Productivity video

Clip 5: Addressing the Myths: Health and Safety

There is a myth that disabled workers may be a health and safety risk within a company. Here Graeme, Margaret and Fred talk about their experience of health and safety issues within the workplace.

Click here or on the image to start the Health and Safety video

Clip 6: How to Get Started

So how do you take the first steps to recruiting and retaining a more diverse workforce. Well, we hope you'll talk to us at some point but here, a few employers give their thoughts on what's important.

Click on the image to start the Getting Started video