FSB Member Support

THe FSB will use its best endeavours to provide help to any member requiring accessibility support and all relevant contact details will be made available at the point of recruitment.  We will train all our staff and relevant volunteers to the appropriate level so that we can support our members accordingly. 

Using Our Website

We hope that you do not have any difficulty using our website.  We have given detailed consideration to the design, type sizes and colour contrasts used on the site, to make it easier to read.  We recommend that you view our site with your screen resolution set at (800 x 600) or above.  However, if you are having difficulty, there are things you can do. 

Microsoft users - www.fsb.org.uk/microsoft-instructions 

Firefox and Netscape users - www.fsb.org.uk/firefox-and-netscape-instructions 

Opera users - www.fsb.org.uk/opera-instructions 

News

FSB Recruits 100th Member Through Leonard Cheshire Disability Scheme

The FSB has recruited its 100th member from a scheme designed to encourage disabled people to set up their own business.  Alexandra Kelland-Rosser has become the 100th person to join the FSB after competing the Leonard Cheshire Disability's Ready to Start programme.

She has used her experience in the legal profession to set up a business specialising in benefit appeals.

FSB Recruitment Chairman Colin Stratton said:

"Disabled people can often find it hard to enter the workplace so self-employment is a viable and beneficial alternative.

The Leonard Cheshire Foundation's Ready to Start programme is an innovative way for disabled people to embrace their entrepeneurial spirit.  We are pleased to be working with them and look forward ro providing Alexandra with all the support she needs to develop and grow her business."

Alexandra Kelland-Rosser said:

"People don't always have a good grasp of how to run a business.  Ready to Start has helped me to understand the principles of managing that.  The initiative has that live element which means I have been supported by a specialist who has treated me as an individual and focused on my ability not my disability.

Being part of the FSB means I am now part of the UK's largest lobbying group which advises and protects the rights of small businesses."

Linda Holland, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Ready to Start National Project Manager said:

"Disabled people experience disadvantage and discrimination every day largely through ingnorance, this needs to change.  Leonard Cheshire Disability and Ready to Sart supports disabled entrepreneurs so they can make the right choices.

All our clients who exit Ready to Start and launch their business are given the option of 12 months free membership to the FSB and as the 100th member to do so Alexandra will be able to draw on their expertise so she can grow her business."

FSB Forum

Join other members in discussing issues that affect you and your business.  Login to the FSB site as a member FIRST then go to the forums at - www.fsb.org.uk/discuss.

Policy

The FSB lobbies on a number of issues concerning small businesses.  Please go to the Policy page for more details.  However if you feel that the FSB should be made aware of a business issue that is related to you running a business with a disability then please contact FSB Disability spokesperson Ann Johnson husk@uwclub.net.

Contact Details

For more information on how the FSB can support your access needs email  accessability@fsb.org.uk or telephone 01253 336036