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Liz Sayce

Liz Sayce. Inclusive apprenticeships and routes into skilled work. Disability Rights UK. We are disabled people leading change Working for equal participation for all Majority of trustees, staff and volunteers have lived experience of disability or health conditions 3 strategic priorities:

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Liz Sayce

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  1. Liz Sayce Inclusive apprenticeships and routes into skilled work

  2. Disability Rights UK • We are disabled people leading change • Working for equal participation for all • Majority of trustees, staff and volunteers have lived experience of disability or health conditions • 3 strategic priorities: • Independent living – getting a life • Career opportunities – getting work, education and skills • Influencing public attitudes and behaviours Disabled People Leading Change

  3. Why inclusive skills • To enable everyone to fulfil their potential • To enable everyone to participate in the present and future economy • To benefit our economy • To meet our values as a country eg under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • To meet our policy priorities eg growth in apprenticeships Disabled People Leading Change

  4. Guides and stories Disabled People Leading Change

  5. Sharing what’s possible • All information and advice designed by and for people living with disability or long-term health conditions • Website reaches 1.6 million people per year, mainly people living with disability/health conditions; and over 43,000 twitter followers • Over 100,000 downloads of factsheets on education, skills and apprenticeships • 1500 advised through our Student Helpline

  6. Sharing good practice Disabled People Leading Change

  7. Learning points - presentations • For instance: • All working together – the individual, their line manager, others in the workplace, college tutor, job coach….. • Gains for the employer – new perspectives • Job carving • Adjustments – from buddies to door toggles Disabled People Leading Change

  8. Good practice through your career • Working with employers to promote career development opportunities for disabled people • ‘I Can Make It’campaign to open up employment opportunities for young disabled people • Leadership Academy for disabled people in work keen to progress in their careers: 80% achieved career aspirations eg promotions, leading new projects

  9. Partnerships are all • Working with employers to support good practice eg Channel 4 and Barclays, contributing to their toolkit • Ensuring Disabled People’s Organisations know the opportunities available • Linking with the education and skills sector – so we all promote best materials, good practice, integrated approaches eg Association of Colleges, Education and Training Foundation • With the careers sector – eg Careers and Enterprise Company, Career Development Institute • With policy and development organisations - eg The Work Foundation, Learning and Work Institute Disabled People Leading Change

  10. Policy advice • Maynard Review: steps to make apprenticeships more inclusive • Access to Work: extending it, promoting it to apprentices and their employers • Apprenticeship levy and incentives • All-Party Parliamentary Disability Group Disabled People Leading Change

  11. Conclusion • We can aim to move the needle on inclusive skills and employment opportunities – by working in partnership. Together we are stronger • www.disabilityrightsuk.org • https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/policy-campaigns/education-skills-and-employment/disability-and-skills-unit • liz.sayce@disabilityrightsuk.org Disabled People Leading Change

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