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Projects: Workway

Increasing employment opportunities

Irish economy and labour market has grown a lot in the last years. Despite this, many people with disabilities are still unemployed. WorkWay project wants to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities. It does this by

raising awareness and
addressing the barriers to employment from the view point of employers as well as people with disabilities.

What makes the project unique is that it works through direct engagement and effective collaboration. Partnership approach is important: it uses both local and national resources.

WorkWay is run jointly by Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC). PwDI plays a central role in the project: it is on the National Steering Committee and helps to co-ordinate five Regional Networks.

Networks

The WorkWay networks are in Donegal, Galway, the Midlands, Cork and Kerry. Co-ordinators support the networks. They undertake research, build awareness, tie together local resources and work on promotional and communications strategies.

If you are interested in the project and are an employer, trade union representative, person with a disability, represent people with disabilities or a service providercontact your local project co-ordinator:

Contact details for the co-ordinators are:
West/ North-West and Midlands
Mairéad Conroy
Tel: 091 587470
Email: maireadworkway@eircom.net

South / South-West region
Elaine McGrath
Tel: 02 14 50 96 23
Email: elaineworkway@eircom.net

PwDI co-ordinator for the project is Joan Hinchy. You may contact her at joan@pwdi.ie or 01 8721744

More information is also available on www.workway.ie .

Useful websites:

IBEC www.ibec.ie
ICTU www.ictu.ie
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment www.entemp.ie
FÁS http://www.fas.ie