Disability History Month

We are celebrating Disability History Month

Access to Business began as a small project in 2002 with three staff working in partnership with West Park Hospital and partners from across the Black Country on an EU funded ‘Equal’ Project.  Our Wolverhampton project supported disabled people/those with health issues/cognitive impairments to gain skills and confidence and work.
 
The project ran for 4 years during which time A2B registered as a Charity and focussed on supporting more disabled people into skills, work or self-employment.  Our Equal project was an outstanding success during which we took 8 of our disabled beneficiaries to European Parliament in Brussels where they spoke to MEP’s about how the project had supported them and opened up new opportunities for them.  One of our amazing ‘Equal’ beneficiaries was a young man (Kevin) who, after leaving school,  had joined the Army and was posted overseas where he was involved in a serious accident and sustained a severe brain injury resulting in him having a long period of rehabilitation.  West Park eventually referred him to us where he stayed for a long time to help him to regain his confidence.  While with us he developed our ‘Access 4 All (A4A)’ beneficiary group and raised funds to arrange events and social visits to promote further social inclusion for those on our project.  A4A did many amazing things and great friendships were formed while individuals gained confidence and learned new skills.
 
Following on from our Equal project we secured Lottery funding to meet the growing demand for our services and we moved into new premises.
 
Today, 20 years later, we now employ 23 members of staff and support in excess of 1500 people each year.  We continue to specialise in supporting disabled people/those with health issues.  48% of our staff team have a disability and/or health issue and 52% of our staff (and one trustee) are former beneficiaries.
 
We are proud of all that we have achieved over the years and how we have continued to represent and support disabled people.  A2B has DWP Level 3 Disability Leader Status thanks to the hard work and dedication of our amazing staff team and Board of Trustees.
 
We still hear from Kevin occasionally when he needs a helping hand.  Some years ago he came back to us as he was setting up his own business.  I see him regularly now as he collects children from the same school that my Grandchildren attend.   Kevin now runs his own successful Garden Design business and is also undertaking a degree in Horticulture.
 
We continue to support and empower disabled people/those with health issues and achieve great results for our beneficiaries

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Calling all Swifties!
01Jul

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Access to Business at Bantock House
06Feb

Access to Business at Bantock House

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Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub
27Oct

Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub

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Access to Business is the Wolverhampton based charity providing professional services supporting local people into employment and self-employment and also offering accredited and non-accredited training courses and office services for local businesses.

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Charity No:  1138761

Company No:  05084674

© 2020, Access to Business. All Rights Reserved

Jobs, Skills And Self-Employment Event At The Molineux

Jobs, Skills And Self-Employment Event At The Molineux

Our Jobs, Skills and Self-Employment Event was a storming success! We were all so relived to get back to what we love doing best, showcasing our great work which we have done across the city, networking with partners and singing our praises for Self-Employment.

The event gave us the great opportunity to have our past successful clients take centre stage and talk about how they came about Access to Business and the support they received to get them where they are today.

On the day we had 4 past clients share their stories of their self-employment journey so far. All our speakers were excellent and gave very motivational speeches which we hope will inspire people to go self-employed themselves 

Joy Roxborough (Left) Tim Johnson – City of Wolverhampton Council (Right)

RAISE business advisors. Jess (Left) Gary (Middle) and Baldeep (Right) 

Deputy Mayor of Wolverhampton, Councillor Dr Mike Hardacre

Sham Sharma, Wolverhampton Business Forum

Wolverhampton TikTok Stars – The Odigie Brothers

Our Latest News

Keep up with all our latest news here! From events and outings to new training and workshops.

Calling all Swifties!
01Jul

Calling all Swifties!

Get involved with our newest Multiply event!

Access to Business at Bantock House
06Feb

Access to Business at Bantock House

Come see us at Bantock House to meet the brilliant…

Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub
27Oct

Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub

Come along and join us at the Change Makers hub…

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Access to Business is the Wolverhampton based charity providing professional services supporting local people into employment and self-employment and also offering accredited and non-accredited training courses and office services for local businesses.

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Charity No:  1138761

Company No:  05084674

© 2020, Access to Business. All Rights Reserved

POWER – Providing Opportunities Women’s Enterprise Routes

POWER -Providing Opportunities Women’s Enterprise Routes

In partnership with Natwest Bank A2B delivered a ladies project helping them to set up their own business and for those that were already established entrepreneurs helped them to grow their Businesses further by providing a range of different workshops. Ranging from Setting Goals, Pitching, Marketing Masterclass, Cashflow.

Access to Business were proud to continue supporting these ladies with their business and give them the ongoing mentoring support via the Access to Business projects.

Our Latest News

Keep up with all our latest news here! From events and outings to new training and workshops.

Calling all Swifties!
01Jul

Calling all Swifties!

Get involved with our newest Multiply event!

Access to Business at Bantock House
06Feb

Access to Business at Bantock House

Come see us at Bantock House to meet the brilliant…

Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub
27Oct

Jobs Fair at Change Makers Hub

Come along and join us at the Change Makers hub…

Access to Business is the Wolverhampton based charity providing professional services supporting local people into employment and self-employment and also offering accredited and non-accredited training courses and office services for local businesses.

Contact

Twitter Feed

Charity No:  1138761

Company No:  05084674

© 2020, Access to Business. All Rights Reserved