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Play creature discomfort games and great prizes

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Starting out to your Independence. Want to be self employed?

Dear All,

When I became disabled and could no longer hold my full time employment.  I thought there is no way I am going to stay at home and vegetate, ie watching boring daytime TV or just sitting there gazing out the window feeling sorry for myself.

The time came when I thought right I am going to learn about becoming self employed. First thing I did was choose my occupation, I eventually decided to do something I really enjoy and know I will dedicate my time too. I set myself a 5 year strategy and decided on a slow pace business due to illness.

Here are a few links I visited plus I will add as I go along for you.

www.startupslive.co.uk/index.htm
Inspirational business events and seminars for start-ups

www.readytostart.org.uk/
Thank you Johnny Coleman and all at Leonard Cheshire for all your help on getting me an assesment of my needs and providing me with a full working PC with up to date software! you guys are the best! Love to all, Lorraine

www.lcdisability.org/?lid=1070
You guys are the best! Leonard Cheshire Disability. Thank you for your valuable website and very understanding staff. Love to all, Lorraine

www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/Disabled_People_and_Carers/Ever_thought_of_working_for_yourself/index.html
(they also provide a grant to get alterations done to your home to enable you to work)

www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1073858805&r.s=tl
(a wealth of advice and help, you will get your own business advisor)

www.businesswest.com/
(they can provide a grant to get a website going! last I heard it is £500.00 ) oh do not forget I am a webmistress and can help produce one for you.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/

It is not easy, but there again what is easy in this life.  I look at life as a challenge now with lots of determination and visualization I will be successful despite disability.

If you need you further information or have any questions please contact me, I am more than willing to help.

Love, Peace and Happiness to all

Lorraine


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Saying Hello to Everyone

Dear All,

My name is Lorraine and I run several websites and blogs within the internet.   Back in 2005 I had a small operation that turned into a nightmare for me.  Since the surgery I went down with Pulmonary Emblous, Diabetes Type 11 and Myasthenia Gravis.  Today my health issues are still ongoing, however, I am determined to keep going and enjoy the benefit’s the internet holds for valuable information and show their is life to be enjoyed even when disabled. 

I own a full website business www.house-of-francheska.co.uk
Produced and do voluntary work for Truth in Medicine  truthinmedicine.us.com
and truthinmedicine.co.uk
Carers-healingspurwww.carers-healinspur.co.uk
Another website which is a great hobby of mine and produced by me is www.ma-musik.com

New Website produced and published today www.lorreva-web-development.co.uk for all your website needs, providing affordable and quality web design. I will be adding more to the price list to give special prices to the elderly, the disabled and for the low income.

I was asked by Stephen  Hilton to help with the Ready to Start RTS Blog and of course I am delighted to help.  I am a firm believer in sharing our experiences with each other when facing disabilites also how we can overcome them and show we can still become independant in todays society.  People who face severe disabilites can ask their carers to help them too, there are many issues still to be resolved with how our society see’s disabled people and also I want to mention the carer’s position is unfortunatley not recognised like it should be. 

Over time I want to help here on the blog by posting as much information as I can by pointing people in the right direction to try and overcome any obstacles that come our way.  a good saying is
” Where there is a will there is a way,  nothing is impossible, all is possible!”

Enjoy your time here with RTS this is going to be a valuable resource for us all

Peace, Love and Light to all

Lorraine


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Surviving the credit crunch

West London Business Advice Open Day

A free seminar for businesses in West London is taking place on Saturday 15th November between 10am and 4.30pm at Harrow Civic Centre.  Sponsored by The Business Connection, Harrow Council and Harrow in Business it offers a range of exhibitions and workshops.   Entry is free if you pre-register or have a copy of the programme brochure.


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Intellectual Copyright

Free Online Courses on Intellectual Property from the British Library

If you have an idea that you are looking to commercialise, these courses will help you understand how to protect your idea and how it might be developed.

Register online for free

Course One: Basics of Intellectual Property Protection
Learn all about patents, trade marks, copyright and registered designs in detail.

Course Two: Searching the Databases
Find out if your idea is original by learning to do searches on different databases.

Course Three: Analysing the Markets
Gain the skills you need to discover if there is a commercial market for your idea.

Now you can grasp this complex subject using a simple step-by-step approach that takes you from the basic facts through to interactive exercises and sections such as “What Do You Do?” and “Ask the Experts”.


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Competition for Disabled Visual Artists

Holton Lee Logo

Holton Lee Logo

Holton Lee is calling for disabled visual artists to submit work that reflects/relates to Disability Arts for their annual Disability Arts Open.

Deadline for submission 1st December 08

Two prizes up to the value of £1,000 are available. There will be a Judges choice award and a Peoples Choice award.

Due to its success, this will be the 3rd Disability Arts Open held at Holton Lee. A panel of judges will select a shortlist of pieces to be part of the exhibition. The exhibition will be in the Gallery at Faith House 17th January - 8th March 09.


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Hello

Hello!

My name is Terri Wilson and I’m the national project assistant for Ready To Start, based part time in Leonard Cheshire Disability’s lovely new offices in Vauxhall, London and part time at my home near Milton Keynes.

I’m working with Stephen to help make this forum a relevant and lively place for disabled entrepreneurs and in the process have ended up learning so much about blogs, forums and websites that I sometimes think my head is going to spin off my shoulders!

Although these days I’m strictly an employee, in 2005 I also tried my hand at being an entrepreneur. After investing months in exploring all the different aspects, trials and tribulations of self employment, I launched a small management consultancy with my former partner. Six months later I was an old hand at wrestling with accounts, VAT returns and the never ending challenge of persuading potential clients to commit to buying our services. The reality of a famine or feast of customers is a very familiar one! Although I’m no longer a part of it, the business continues to be a success.

Since starting work with the Ready To Start project earlier this year I’ve had the privilege of working with some remarkable and inspiring people. I’m really looking forward to meeting them and many more of you in here over the coming months.

Best wishes

Terri


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Google Accessible Search

Google Accessible Search

Google Accessible Search

Google Accessible Search is a Google Labs product designed to identify and prioritize search results that are more easily usable by blind and visually impaired users. Accessible Search goes one step further then regular searches by helping find the most accessible pages in that result set.


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Young Entrepreneur Vlogs in YouTube

Check out Kim Kozak’s new video blog (Vlog) on You Tube. Kim is a young entrepreneur who is also a disabled person. Kim is providing strategic advice to US companies about how they can benefit from employing more disabled people. Kim refers to herself as an ADA consultant. I think ADA is the Americans with Disabilities Act… does anyone know for sure?


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The Future 100 Young Entrepreneurs

Future 100

Future 100

Striding Out is searching for talented young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who are demonstrating entrepreneurial flair and innovation in progressing a responsible business venture in the run up to Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008 - 17th - 21st November.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is looking to unleash people’s enterprising ideas to address some of the society’s biggest issues…..

Climate Change - Poverty - Gender Equality - Health

Why Enter

The Future 100 entrepreneurs will be profiled as advocates for sustainable business practices within their industry and known for their entrepreneurial contribution to tackling social and environmental issues.

Being listed as one of the Future 100, will promote confidence amongst consumers and stakeholders in your ethical business practices, and give you a platform to further influence policy and progress your goals to contribute to a better economy, society and environment.

Take Action and APPLY

The deadline for entering is November 10th 2008

Visit www.future100.co.uk


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