Access to Work for Founders with Disabilities

Access to Work for Founders with Disabilities is running at the MK:U Innovation Hub in Milton Keynes on Tuesday 1 December, starting at 12:30 pm. It's a session focused on the Access to Work scheme, specifically for founders with disabilities who are running their own businesses.

If you're not familiar with it, Access to Work is a government grant that helps people with disabilities stay in work or start a business. It's not a loan, and it's not means-tested, so it doesn't matter how much you're earning. It can cover the cost of practical support—things like specialist equipment, software, or a support worker—that you need to do your job. For a founder, that might mean the tools that make running a company possible when the standard setup doesn't quite work for you.

The session is designed to walk through how the scheme works and how to go about applying for it. If you've been thinking about it but weren't sure where to start, this is a good place to get the basics sorted. It's held at the MK:U Innovation Hub, which is right in the heart of the city, so it's easy enough to get to on a weekday lunch.

It runs on Tuesday 1 December at 12:30 pm, and it's free to attend. If you're a founder with a disability and you've wondered whether there's support available to help you keep your business running, this is the one to look at.