Rehab and Excellence Ireland Quality Association (EIQA) have launched the new ABLE Business Excellence Awards the Q Mark for Accessibility, aimed at ensuring an inclusive environment for your customers and staff with disabilities.

Rehab and the EIQA want to Drive Accessibility throughout Irish Businesses and Associations, there is currently 10% of the Irish population who have some form of a disability and still have a huge issue with finding Businesses and Services in Ireland that are Accessible. We want to overcome this problem and help businesses promote the area that they are most Accessible in and let people know about it.

We want to offer other members of the Dublin city chamber who sign up for the award for the months of January and February a 10% discount. The 2010 fee per module is €595 + Vat and for the three modules the fee is €1295+ Vat.

If you require any additional information please do not hesitate to contact myself directly on 01 2057234 or by return email. Below is some details on the award.

The award is a means for you to demonstrate and emphasize a commitment to meeting and servicing customers needs using a Q-Mark approach. 

Displaying the ABLE Business Excellence Award shows that you lead the way in customer service and demonstrate to them, and to your staff, that you have a continuing commitment to support equality and accessibility

There are a number of easy steps to take:

1. Register 

2. Complete the self-assessment form

3. Have an on-site assessment with a member of the Q-Mark for Accessibility team

4. Receive results and feedback

On www.able.ie, you will see there are three stand-alone modules, namely the ABLE Employee, the ABLE Customer and the Built Environment. This structure allows you to start being ABLE in the area in which you are currently best prepared or you may complete all three modules at once which ensures excellent value for money

Once your assessment has been approved, your ABLE Award is valid for a two-year period.