All our Training Courses are completely FREE.

There are no charges involved.  We can come to your school and run a course, or you can visit us in our office in central London.

Courses are often advertised on our Events Page of this web-site.

They are run all over the UK.

We also run one-to-one sessions in London, every day of the week.  Its simple to book in a session.

If you are a teacher, and can get together a group of 10-15 students, then we can run a course with you.

Perhaps you may want to bring a small group of students to our office in London?  We are happy to consider travel contributions.

Blind in Business provide 3 unique training courses all over the UK which are completely free of charge.

We also run unique courses to meet the needs of the people we work with.

We are happy to create a course, that may even combine elements of all 3 courses we offer.

       4,038 participants have so far benefited from our training courses and workshops.

       Each training course and workshops have been run and developed over 9 years.

       All course materials have been developed by blind and visually impaired people.

The training courses are as follows:

"Future Focus" - Careers Course

Are you at School or College and don't know what you want to do as a career?

Need some confidence?

This course is for you! and it's FREE

Career planning for school children aged 14 to 18. We give young blind students an understanding of the skills, tools and competencies you need for any job. We focus on interview techniques and practice. Students are taken through the recruitment process so that they understand how to cope with a variety of assessments and tests that employers put potential employees through and they are shown how important it is to prepare for work at an early stage.

"Total Technology" - Access Technology course

Need to learn more about access technology?

Want to try some of the new devices to help you in education, at home and the workplace?

Then this course is for you! and it's FREE.

Introducing technology to make children aged 14 to 18 more informed customers of access technology. Participants are taken through simple steps to give them the knowledge to make technology purchasing decisions for themselves. Far too often children leave education and are not fully aware of their technology needs and the options available to them for the use in the home, education and the workplace. The unique structure of this course gives participants the chance to try and test technologies from a variety of suppliers who will be on hand to answer questions and provide support and advice.

"Expectations Exceeded" - Blind and visually impaired role models course

Do you want to meet young, blind and visually impaired people in modern careers?

Everybody is welcome to attend these workshops! and it's FREE.

A short workshop introducing parents, carers, teachers and young blind students to role models. These role models are blind and visually impaired computer programmers, lawyers and IT consultants. People who are doing the types of jobs their son or daughter may wish to pursue. We believe in widening opportunities for people - this workshop provides new ways of thinking about visual impairment and gives parents and teachers ideas on how to help young blind people work towards their goals in a positive way.

How are the courses arranged?

Courses are arranged with the help of teachers from schools, colleges or local VI Services. We simply ask those organising the training courses or workshops to get in contact with the participants and make sure they can attend the course on a set date, time and venue.

You may wish to bring a group of students to our London office, we can consider contributing to travel costs.

You may want to involve other boroughs, to bring as many students together as possible, we are happy for this to happen.

All we ask is that you provide a venue and refreshments, it's that simple!

Each course is adapted to give a unique training experience for all participants and we are happy to work with other organisations to disseminate our positive approach to more people.

We encourage people to get in touch if they wish to know more and book a course in your region.

If you wish to know more, please contact, Dan Mitchell Tel: 0207 382 4601
E-mail: courses@blindinbusiness.org.uk

Mentoring Scheme

We run this service with small groups of children all over the UK helping them to achieve their goals.  Currently there are groups from Birmingham to London. 

The Scheme is here for you to shape on what you need.

You may want to visit a College or University.

Meet blind and visually impaired people in the workplace.

Join a local club or society.

These are all things we can help you with.  There are no restrictions, if we can help, then that is what we will do.

To find out more, simply contact Dan Mitchell e-mail: courses@blindinbusiness.org.uk

Or you can telephone 0207 382 4601