Henshaws business breakfast whets CSR appetite

Local businesses have heard how Henshaws College can support them and help them to meet their corporate social responsibility targets at a ‘Henshaws Means Business’ event.    

Launched in 2009, ‘Henshaws Means Business’ offers professional consultancy and training to help companies of all sizes to comply with discrimination laws.

The programme gives employers the skills and confidence when hiring workers with disabilities and enables them to understand how to support visually impaired and disabled staff.

Additional initiatives include corporate volunteering opportunities and art loan to brighten up the workplace. Also available are environmentally friendly delegate bags for conferences and beautiful greetings cards – all of which are hand crafted by Henshaws students and art makers.    

Henshaws Means Business undertakes activities which include converting company literature, including menus, signs and even employment contracts into Braille – a legal requirement in some cases.

At the recent event David Williams, general manager of Blue Line Taxis, explained how they will be working with Henshaws to accommodate customers with visual impairment, learning difficulties and other disabilities.

Said Mr Williams: “We operate a number of Mercedes Eurocabs which have been custom built to transport wheelchairs of all sizes for Henshaws students. We are proud to have been associated with Henshaws for over two decades and wholeheartedly support the Henshaws Means Business programme.”  

Business people who attended were shown how the College service could help them to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act, Disability Etiquette and Visual Impairment Awareness Training (VIAT).

For more information, or to book a place at the next breakfast seminar please contact Liz Connall on 01423 886451 or email liz.connall@henshaws.ac.uk