Buckinghamshire Disability Service (BuDS) has been given a £20,000 grant to help disabled people find work.

BuDS announced that its Reach4Work project, which helps disabled people into employment, has been awarded the money by The National Lottery Community Fund.

Andrew Clark, chair of trustees, said: "This is fantastic news for disabled jobseekers in and around Bucks.

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"Our Reach4Work project is a unique service that is exceptionally successful at moving disabled jobseeker volunteers into or closer to work, with 95 per cent reporting positive progress.

"Now, with the support of The National Lottery Community Fund, we can help even more disabled people on their journey towards work, expanding beyond Bucks into Milton Keynes, Slough, North London, Oxfordshire, Beds, Herts and Northamptonshire."

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Simone Curran, BuDS Reach4Work officer, said: "Reach4Work isn’t like other employability services.

"Participants join BuDS as volunteers and full members of our team, and the whole BuDS community helps them.

"We are mostly disabled people ourselves, so we know that moving towards work can be extra challenging and difficult for disabled people.

"We offer a full wrap-around service to help disabled people with every part of their progress towards work, however quickly or slowly they need to go."