4th October 2005
The Workplace of the Future (WotF) stand, created by the UK's leading disability insurer UnumProvident and RNID, the largest charity representing the UK's nine million deaf and hard of hearing people, has been voted the best stand by delegates at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton last week.
Photo features, from left to right, Brian Lamb, Director of Communications at RNID, the Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair, and UnumProvident's Head of PR John Hutson.
The award, which was presented by Tony Blair, was a great accolade for the Workplace of the Future stand, which showcases the importance of hearing tests as just one of the many options available to assist employees with finding an appropriate solution to a disability.
Now in its second year, the partnership between RNID and UnumProvident aims to highlight the range and depth of support available to ensure those with a disability and older workers receive the help they need to remain in the workplace.
Joanne Hindle, Corporate Services Director at UnumProvident, said:
We are delighted to have received this award and to hear that the stand was so well received by the delegates. This is the second year that the WotF stand has toured the party conferences and it is always received extremely positively. Changes in employment and most importantly changes in attitudes are vital if the workplace of the future is to be fully accessible for the older worker. Hearing loss is just one area that needs to be highlighted.
The stand is currently on display at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. Earlier in the year it visited UnumProvident's office in Dorking, Surrey and before the end of the year it will be set up at two further centres in Basingstoke and Bristol, where employees will be able to book their own individual hearing tests.
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