Brandon Hulcoop, 24, said the 16-month period where he found himself unemployed was the “absolute deepest, darkest hell.”
Brandon, from Plymouth, is blind and applied for a thousand jobs but was never successful – something that prompted him to start his own business.
After studying at the Royal National College for the Blind and earning several qualifications, including an extended business diploma, level three Braille, and an A-level in English Literature, Brandon got a job at a mental health agency in 2021, but felt they were discriminatory towards him because of his disability.
He said: “They didn’t understand I needed help sometimes. My screen reader [a device to help blind or visually impaired people] has certain things it can’t always pick up and certain things it can’t do, and I would ask for help. There were periods where I was sat there for quite long periods of time not doing anything at all.”
Brandon said he was told by his bosses that they could terminate his contract with a week’s notice and that he wasn’t doing his job properly.
