Successful Workplace Support

Webinar summary

This session will provide a 360 degree view of Workplace support for disabled and neurodivergent individuals. It will cover what the options are and talk about the clear steps to access support from needs assessments, to claiming Access to Work funding and the real life outcomes of workplace support sessions.

11.00: Introduction – by host, Lucy Cowap (Clear Links Support)

11.05: What is Workplace Support – by Katie Linsky (Clear Links Support)

11.15: Where to Start – by Kate Cunningham (Access Assessments)

11.25: Access to Work – by Alice Hastie (Sycamore Disability and Business)

• What Access to Work is and what support it provides (taking through the basics of it being a grant, categories of support, and that employee makes application)
• Where Access to Work fits in with legal obligations and other workplace support
• Using AtW wisely - Covering potential long timescales, costs and difficulties that might arise.

11.50: Q&A – by host, Lucy Cowap

We will allocate 10-15 minutes at the end of the webinar for a Q&A session. Please send your questions in advance HERE.

Speakers Bio

Kate Cunningham

Kate Cunningham is a passionate and pragmatic problem solver with extensive experience supporting organisations to become more inclusive. Her career spans museums, galleries, and arts venues through to universities, colleges, and workplace settings, where she has worked at the intersection of disability, access, and organisational practice.

She is the Head of Access Assessment Centres, a specialist provider of needs assessments that identify the support disabled students require to participate fully in, and succeed on, their chosen higher education course. Kate’s work focuses on translating policy and lived experience into practical, sustainable approaches to inclusion, and she has spoken to a wide range of audiences about disability, reasonable adjustments, and removing barriers to high performance in education and employment.

Alice Hastie

Alice is an Access to Work Specialist and Disability Inclusion Consultant with a deep understanding of the challenges disabled and neurodivergent people face when navigating workplace support. Drawing on her lived experience of chronic illness and career change, Alice offers clear, honest advice that cuts through complexity and empowers others to access the support they need to thrive in work.

Alice supports individuals, employers and service providers across sectors to better understand Access to Work, implement effective workplace adjustments, and reduce the stress and uncertainty surrounding disability support. She is known for her practical, compassionate approach and her ability to make confusing systems feel manageable.

sycamorebusiness.co.uk.

Who should attend

This webinar is suitable for anyone involved in supporting disabled and neurodivergent employees.

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