For applicants

We’re looking for talented students and recent graduates with disabilities and long-term conditions. If that’s you, join Change 100 and unlock your potential.

What is Change 100?

Change 100 is our flagship programme of paid summer work placements, professional development and mentoring. It aims to remove barriers experienced by disabled people in the workplace, to allow them to achieve their potential. We partner with leading employers in the UK who believe disability isn’t a barrier to a brilliant career.

If you are successful, you will gain the experience, confidence, networks and skills needed to kick start your career.

  • 100% of Change 100 interns said their experience has improved their confidence in the workplace.
  • 100% said their Change 100 experience has strengthened their CV.

Applications have now closed.

Who is Change 100 for?

Change 100 is for talented students and graduates with disabilities or long-term conditions — including physical, visual or hearing impairments, mental health conditions and learning disabilities and difficulties like dyslexia and dyspraxia.

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Need help with your application?

Have a look at our top tips and making sure that Change 100 is right for you.

Change 100 eligibility criteria

Is our internship scheme right for you? Find out the eligibility criteria for our Change 100 scheme.

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Change 100 top tips

Here are our top tips on how to submit a successful application and give yourself the best chance of getting through to an assessment centre.

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I believe that the Change 100 may be one of the most important steps I have taken since I was accepted into University. I have been welcomed into a workforce that is accepting and understanding of my disability.

Success stories

I'd recommend anyone to apply to Change 100

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Dan took part in the Change 100 programme in 2019, where he worked in quality assurance at BMW. He graduated from UCL with a masters in Natural Science and is now working towards a PhD in cancer research at Imperial College London.

Why I would recommend Change 100

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Niamh was one of our Change 100 interns. She tells us about her experience working at Next.

I've gained so much confidence from Change 100

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Ray is a History and Politics student at the University of Cambridge. They recently completed an internship at the National Lottery Heritage Fund, where they worked as a Campaign Project Officer as part of our Change 100 Programme.

Change 100 has shown me what my standards should be

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Amy Bajwa studied Liberal Arts at King’s College London. She took part in our Change 100 scheme in 2019, with an internship as a Digital Marketing Assistant at digital agency Fat Beehive.

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Change 100 team on the email addresses below.

For Interns, Learners or candidates: change100applications@leonardcheshire.org

For universities, please contact Ursula Green: change100applications@leonardcheshire.org

Rumana Yasmin, a Change 100 Intern at a development day