Skip to main content
Civil Service

Personal disability stories: Part 7 – Seonaid's story

Home Office Working Through Cancer logo, with those words on the tail of an arrow pointing to the right

Marking the anniversary of the Disability Confident scheme, this story focuses on how one person's experience of cancer led her to create a new staff support network for those diagnosed with the disease, their carers and colleagues.

Personal Disability Stories: Part 6 - Stella’s story

Detail from first page of Workplace Adjustment Passport: 'The purpose of the passport is for you to record all workplace requirements with your line manager. Sharing and discussing your passport with your line manager will enable them to provide you with tailored support and appropriate workplace adjustments.' The rest of the picture shows parts of the form requesting personal details of disability and barriers currently experienced.

Philip Rutnam introduces Stella Perrett's story, which illustrates the value of the Workplace Adjustment Passport for disabled colleagues.

Personal disability stories: Part 3 – Hannah's story

Philip Rutnam introduces a personal account from a young civil servant who says her disability is one of a number of important characteristics that make her who she is.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities – turning the Civil Service purple

Purple flag on flagpole

The Civil Service marked International Day of Persons with Disabilities in a variety of ways, as Philip Rutnam explains.

Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability

Diversity champions Jonathan Jones and Philip Rutnam outline what the Government response to the Improving Lives - Work, Health and Disability Green Paper means for the Civil Service.