Deaf Futures: Entrepreneurship, starting a business and diversity and equality in employment

Welcome to the next exciting instalment of Deaf Unity's Deaf Futures series - the online content series creating aspiration in employment, education and wellbeing for the Deaf Community via informative and fun, fully accessible, masterclasses and interviews.
At 00:25 Alan Reed, Chief Operations Officer at ELREM provides a masterclass in entrepreneurship and creating a business. This will be valuable information for professionals, students, jobseekers - in fact anyone with a passion or a hobby they would love to do for a living! Alan walks us through turning an idea in to a business, building a brand, advertising and websites, navigating Companies House, HMRC, Self Assessment, and much more.
You can find Alan's full presentation, with links to additional resources here - deafunity.org/...
24:38 Marije Davidson, Equality and Diversity adviser at St John University shares her advice for finding the most inclusive employers, knowing your working rights and starting a conversation around deafness with potential employers.
If you have any questions for Alan or Marije, please leave them in the comments box below and we will put them to them! If there are other topics you would like us to cover, please also write them below.
A big thank you to our Deaf Futures sponsors and partners, Sign Solutions, Bright Network, STAART, Microlink, ELREM, for making this happen.