The WAM Programme

Introduction: What is WAM?

The central objective of the WAM (Willing Able Mentoring) Programme is to promote mainstream access to the Irish labour market for graduates with disabilities. WAM is essentially a partnership of employers and other key organizations who work together to identify and tackle the barriers and challenges facing graduates with disabilities in gaining employment. WAM secures paid mentored work placements from participating employers. The mentored work placements offer real life work settings to identify the issues facing both employers and graduates in the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities. Thus, through the provision of mentored work placements, WAM seeks to lay the foundation for in-company mainstream inclusive practices and policies that will guarantee wider access and sustainability for all graduates with disabilities attempting to enter the mainstream labour market.

WAM is currently funded by FÁS (2008/2009). WAM was originally an EU EQUAL funded pilot project (2005-2007) during which time it placed 47 graduates with disabilities within its then network of employers.

The following is an example of some of the leading companies currently involved in the WAM programme:

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