Report of the Working Party on Workshops for the Blind.
- Great Britain. Working Party on Workshops for the Blind
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report of the Working Party on Workshops for the Blind. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Appendix 12 EVIDENCE SUBMITTED BY REMPLOY LIMITED 1. Remploy Limited presented very full and most useful evidence, both written and oral, based upon their experience in providing employment for more than 6,000 severely disabled persons in 90 factories. The following is a summary. It relates to the position in mid-1961. ORGANISATION 2. The main object of Remploy Limited is to provide employment for persons so severely disabled that work under normal conditions would be beyond their capabilities. To do this, Remploy has 90 factories throughout Great Britain, the smallest employing 25 workers and the largest employing 198. Each factory specialises, as far as possible, on one particular type of production and factories engaged on similar work are grouped by trades for efficiency of administration and production. The seven trade groups are as follows: Domestic Furniture which also includes the production of mattresses, divans and springs for interior spring mattresses. This group consists of 19 factories employing about 1,500 disabled employees. General Services which manufactures wooden articles under contract, both commercial and Government. This group is also responsible for the provision of work for the disabled homeworkers. It consists of 12 factories employing nearly 900 disabled employees. Engineering. This group manufactures, in the main, light engineering articles, electrical elements and domestic electric appliances. There are also a number of sponsorship schemes in this group. It consists of 12 factories employing over 900 disabled employees. Protective Clothing and Textile Sewing. This group not only manufactures for the Govern- ment under contract but also produces leather work, foul weather clothing and protective clothing for the commercial market. It also operates sponsorship schemes. The group consists of 12 factories employing about 770 disabled employees. Orthopaedics. This group produces orthopaedic footwear, belts, trusses, etc. It consists of seven factories employing about 430 disabled employees. Packaging and Bookbinding. This group is engaged in packaging, identification and preser- vation, in which connection it also manufactures specialised wooden cases for packaging. In addition it manufactures cardboard boxes and has a small section engaged in book- binding and printing. The printing factory prints most of the Company’s stationery. It consists of 20 factories employing about 1,250 disabled employees. Knitwear. This group manufactures knitted outer garments and also stump socks. It consists of eight factories employing about 370 disabled employees. 3. The overall management of the Company is under the administration of a Board of Directors which consists of a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, four full-time salaried Directors, one part-time salaried Director and seven non-salaried part-time Directors. The salaried Directors are known as Working Directors and they contro] the day-to-day management of the Company. They consist of a Production Director, Sales Director, Personnel Director and Financial Director and are headed by a Managing Director. Their responsibilities are as follows: The Production Director is responsible for the control of the productive functions of the Company. Each of the trade groups mentioned above is headed by a Group Controller who is responsible for the provision and maintenance of facilities for productive employ- ment within his group. Each factory is administered by a Works Manager. The Production Director is also responsible for incentive bonus schemes and work study, through a Senior Works Study Engineer, and he also has under his control a Chief Purchasing Officer responsible for the overall control of purchasing techniques and the purchasing of capital items of plant, machinery, etc.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32184918_0136.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
