The Ability People

Our aim is to remove the stigma of disability, where workplaces are always and forever accessible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Working with our customers, we've learned that achieving a truly inclusive culture, where difference is made normal and the associated commercial and social benefits are genuinely seen, required focus on the three key areas of employer brand, culture and the physical environment. Each of these elements of our services can be delivered independently or as a whole, depending on the outcomes your organisation is looking to achieve. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion As a basis, we kick off with a fun and inspiring keynote session delivered by our team, designed to give our audience a first-hand understanding of disability and how to focus on what people can do versus what they can't. Employer brand Of course this doesn’t just mean how you present to potential employees, it also needs to include your current workforce. Inclusion and belonging matters just as much to them, and it's surprising how many of our customers discover that a significant portion of their workforce actually identify as having some form of disability. The work we do can genuinely improve engagement with that workforce in a way that increases motivation, loyalty and ultimately retention. Culture This is a broad look at how the organisation, its processes, language, performance measures, the embedded DNA around disability and how it really feels to be working in this culture with a disability be it physical or otherwise, such as being neurodiverse. Physical environment Quite simple really, we look at the current environment and processes, for example how accessible is your workplace, or are there processes such as recruitment methodology that could be made more useable for everyone, then we suggest practical, sensible adjustments.