Customers with registered disabilities may find that they are entitled to receive support and grants to buy equipment, such as ergonomic chairs, under various Government programmes:
Employees/returning to work/self-employed
Access to Work programme -www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk
Students
FE/HE - full-time;part-time;post-graduate and open learning students - Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) please refer to www.direct.gov.uk. Apply via your funding body - local authority in England/Wales;student loans company; Student Awards Agency for Scotland.
Work-based learning (Entry to Employment apprenticeships or New Deal) - contact Jobcentre Plus or Learning and Skills Council (LSC) - www.lsc.gov.uk. In Wales contact Dept for Education and Lifelong Learning - www.wales.gov.uk; Scotland - Local Enterprise Company (LEC) - www.scottish-enterprise.com
Non-Govt sources of funding - please refer to information booklet available from Skill - www.skill.org.uk - Funding from Charitable Trusts.
Further advice also available from: National Network of Assessment Centres (NNAC) - www.nnac.org/ and Skill - www.skill.org.uk
