1. Inclusive apprenticeships and routes into skilled work
Liz Sayce
Inclusive apprenticeships and routes into skilled work

2. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
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. Disabled People Leading Change
Conclusion
We can aim to move the needle on inclusive skills and employment opportunities – by working in partnership. Together we are stronger campaigns/education-skills-and- employment/disability-and-skills-unit
Disabled People Leading Change