FIVE St Helens employers have been rewarded for their commitment to disabled employees. St Helens Council, St Helens and District Women's Aid, Grosvenor Housing Association, St Helens and Knowsley Community Health Trust and St Helens and Knowsley Area Health Authority -- received the Positive about Disabled People Symbol at a ceremony in The World of Glass, organised by the Employment Service.

Representatives of each company were presented with a certificate and are pictured here being congratulated by St Helens North MP, Dave Watts.

The event also saw the official launch of the new SHIELD programme, the St Helens Initiative for Employment and Learning Development.