Glasgow City Council
Ability Fest are particularly grateful to Glasgow City Council, Executive Member for Equalities who has worked tirelessly on our behalf to help us raise sufficient funds to go ahead this year.

"I am pleased to have had the opportunity to be involved and assist the tremendous efforts of the Committee. Ability Fest is, and should remain, an integral fixture in Glasgow´s "inclusive events" calendar. It is a unique facilitator, providing disabled people with access to information and services and allows services to engage and learn from their client group". (Councillor Irfan Rabbani, Glasgow City Council, Executive Member for Equalities).
www.glasgow.gov.uk

Glasgow Community Planning Partnership
"Listening to Communities
Improving Public Services"
www.glasgowcommunityplanningpartnership.org.uk

Strathclyde Police Force
Strathclyde Police are proud to be sponsors of Ability Fest 2008 and are keen to highlight the wide variety of career opportunities within the organisation. There is almost 3000 police staff, (civilians), within Strathclyde Police, covering 400 different roles, including part-time, job-share, administration and clerical posts to senior management positions.

Strathclyde Police is fully committed to diversity and equality, and strives to have a fully representative workforce. The Force recognises the key benefits of having a diverse community of staff and is working towards building and maintaining an environment which values and respects equality and diversity.

Ability Fest 2008 is a fantastic opportunity for Strathclyde Police to highlight these opportunities, offer an insight into the application process, and offer advice and guidance on how to access these opportunities.

Strathclyde Police staff will be available throughout the day to answer your questions, and will deliver a workshop from 12.30 - 1.30 pm in Rooms 4 & 5 "Moving On to Employment", where we will be giving a more in-depth insight into these roles and opportunities.

We look forward to seeing you there.
www.strathclyde.police.uk/recruiting

City Building Glasgow LLP
City Building (Glasgow) LLP is one of the UK´s largest construction companies, employing over 2,200 skilled employees and providing construction and maintenance solutions to commercial and public sector organisations across the UK.

City Building has a unique social ethos, providing training and employment to a diverse range of people from the communities it serves.

City Building also has one of Britain´s largest apprenticeship programmes, providing opportunities to long-term unemployed and single parents, as well as being proud employers of one of the UK´s largest skilled disabled workforces.

"Excellence is our contribution".
www.citybuildingglasgow.co.uk

Energy Watch
www.energywatch.org.uk

Scottish Prison Service in Partnership
with Uniformed Services Partnership

SPS – The SPS manages services in 14 establishments across Scotland, as well as HQ and College. We work in partnership with other agencies, providing custody, care, training, education and rehabilitation for around 7,200 prisoners. Our staff are offered all the development opportunities you´d expect – and then some! There´s huge scope for personal growth and the chance to make a real contribution to Scotland´s future.
www.sps.gov.uk

USP - The Uniformed Services Partnership (USP) is a unique Partnership and an excellent example of co-operation between the uniformed services in the West of Scotland. The partnership comprises of the Scottish Prison Service, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue, Strathclyde Police, Army, British Transport Police, Royal Air Force and Navy and Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency. The USP is committed to equality and diversity with its aim being to raise awareness and promote the wide variety of career opportunities within each of the member organisations. This is achieved by promoting recruitment and awareness among equality target groups by attending and hosting community based events.

Careers Scotland
www.careers-scotland.org.uk

Mearns Castle Golf Academy
Mearns Castle Golf Academy is uniquely placed as the "home of tuition". Our purpose built facilities include, 34 heated practice bays fitted with power tees, 3 tuition bays fitted with power tees, 2 full USGA specification greens for wedge play, a challenging 9 hole course and an all weather Huxley putting green.

• Professional Tuition
• Kids at the Castle
• Corporate suite and Training Days
• Mr Singh´s at the Castle

Development & Regeneration Services - GCC
Development and Regeneration Services brings together a wide range of staff, finance and resources, to drive forward the City´s ongoing renewal.

Economic and Social Initiatives
Through our teams of specialist business development and economic development professionals Economic and Social Initiatives work in partnership with other agencies to design and implement projects and programmes that:

• Create employment opportunities by encouraging inward investments
• Helping Glasgow companies to grow by improving the skills levels of the resident workforce
• Supporting individuals wishing to work or to play a fuller role in society by reducing barriers that inhibit their participation
• Tackling financial exclusion and poverty and
• Promoting equal access to employment

For these and other projects and programmes to be successful account must be taken of the wider global economy to be aware of global threats and opportunities facing the city so that we can impact on the City´s economic capacity to deliver real quality of life improvements. www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/ServiceDepartments

Arthritis Care in Scotland
At Arthritis Care we believe people with arthritis need support, expertise, understanding, and information so that they can manage their condition and get the most out of life. We offer helplines, local groups, booklets, a website, courses, and we campaign for changes in attitudes and laws.
www.arthritiscare.org.uk

Shaw Trust
www.shaw-trust.org.uk

Disabled Go
DisabledGo is a national accessibility project specifically designed to answer the everyday questions of disabled people, their carers, family and friends. DisabledGo has covered over 54 areas across the UK and can be found completely free of charge at www.disabledgo.info

The guide provides very detailed information and every venue included has been visited in person by a trained DisabledGo researcher to ensure information is accurate. In Glasgow over 1000 public venues such as restaurants, bars, hotels, cinemas and theatres have been profiled.

For more information please go to the website www.disabledgo.info Or contact Rachel Felton - Partnership Manager - 0143 884 2710 Rachel.Felton@DisabledGo.info

Scottish Health Council
A patient-focused NHS should meet the needs and wishes of the person receiving care and treatment. "For too long, people have been made to fit services, rather than services being made to fit people" (Our National Health, 2000). The Scottish Health Council´s role is to promote improvements in the quality and extent of Patient Focus and Public Involvement in the NHS in Scotland.

Key
Key is a registered charity and one of Scotland´s leading organisations providing quality housing and person centered supports to enable adults who have a learning disability to live full and independent lives in the community.

We are committed to embracing participation and social inclusion as vital components of an empowering service.

Our vision is that "People with learning disabilities should have the choice to build a life of their own with the active support of family and friends on a foundation of good quality support and accommodation".

As an organisation that is continually developing, we are interested in meeting new people who want to join us. If interested in employment please check our website for job details, application form and general information, alternatively contact Key at 0141 332 6672.
www.keyhousing.org