Channel 4 9pm Thursday 29th November (UK time)
I have to let you know that this week the charity I founded in the UK The Wiggly Worm is the expert charity delivering on the programme listed above and remains so for four episodes.
You can check out the trailer for it on YouTube.
It showcases the project I founded called Kitchen Challenge – a project that takes people with difference and via employment and kitchen work develops their self-esteem, belief, and well-being. The key goal is to get people jobs. You will have to wait and see what happens and I’m sure at some point it will make the screens here in Australia.
It pushes the boundary on meaningful employment for those with difference.
I believe everyone has a positive skill and asset that they can bring to society. Any employer or “scheme” that rights off disability or mental health conditions placing individuals at the bottom of a list is disgraceful. Employers need to adapt use technology, nurture openness and discussion, make reasonable adjustments. That combined with individuals pushing their boundaries, reflecting and correcting on their actions regularly can bring an employer consensus and results that change lives and drive forward quality, standards and economic growth.
Watch the programme, learn and listen better about Tourettes, blindness, Downs Syndrome and many more conditions in the world of work.
As the Daily Mail quotes in the UK – “This is a cookery show that will make you cry”