Sunflower Lanyards

Following on from my other reply, here is the poster of the scheme.  I am going to post this on Facebook asking others to share to spread the word of the schemes existence.  The picture seems to be resized here to something which robs a lot of the definition, but hopefully most of it can be read.

I've just written a complaint to Sainsbury's regarding the lanyard. 

The main problem is the way they're made - the end of each piece of material is heated to stop it freying - but being a plastic, the heated bit becomes sharp.  I hate anything itchy or irritating, especially on the back of my neck - as do many other autistic people - and I could imagine this causing problems for people who are not able to verbalise what is causing irritation.  Put it this way - I have to remove labels from shirts and trousers to stop this (although oddly the washing instruction tab on side seams of shirts is often much softer and not a problem) - but now many manufacturers have started printing the label directly onto the material.

Secondly, at my local branch, I had to join the long queue on 5 occassions at the cigarette kiosk to get one, and for the first 4 times, the guy working there was almost rude with his 'we've not got any' as if I was delaying his *** customers.  They no longer have a customer info desk.

Hi Capers

It is not the fault of Sainsbury's that the ends of the lanyard may be sharp.

The lanyards are distributed through an organisation called

https://hiddendisabilitiesstore.com

who you may like to contact.  This is also a non-profit making subsidiary of the firm that manufactures them.

There are problems with them not being available at stores, remember that although they are given away free, Sainsburys/Marks and Spencers/ Tesco/Argos/Airports/Railway Stations etc who give them out have to pay for them so they  may only order a few at a time to avoid having to fork out large sums of money.  I say this not that I feel we should be made to feel grateful for being able to get them but by way of explanation.

This  is why I feel there should be more recogniition of the scheme, the more recognition there is the more available they will become.  And large employers should certainly consider making them available to their staff not least for managers to be able to recognise that someone wearing one might be in need of some extra consideration in the workplace.

I wrote to my employer's equality officer before Christmas about recognising the scheme, as yet I have had no reply but I will not let it rest, at the very least the employer should be able to recognise that a member of staff wearing one is likely to need a little more understanding at work.

Hi Capers

It is not the fault of Sainsbury's that the ends of the lanyard may be sharp.

The lanyards are distributed through an organisation called

https://hiddendisabilitiesstore.com

who you may like to contact.  This is also a non-profit making subsidiary of the firm that manufactures them.

There are problems with them not being available at stores, remember that although they are given away free, Sainsburys/Marks and Spencers/ Tesco/Argos/Airports/Railway Stations etc who give them out have to pay for them so they  may only order a few at a time to avoid having to fork out large sums of money.  I say this not that I feel we should be made to feel grateful for being able to get them but by way of explanation.

This  is why I feel there should be more recogniition of the scheme, the more recognition there is the more available they will become.  And large employers should certainly consider making them available to their staff not least for managers to be able to recognise that someone wearing one might be in need of some extra consideration in the workplace.

I wrote to my employer's equality officer before Christmas about recognising the scheme, as yet I have had no reply but I will not let it rest, at the very least the employer should be able to recognise that a member of staff wearing one is likely to need a little more understanding at work.