Organisational inclusion Archives

Susie Rodgers holds her gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.

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Sightsavers' Kate Bennell reflects on Susie Rogers' lunchtime talk about her experience as a Paralympian swimmer before joining Sightsavers.

Sightsavers Social Inclusion Coordinator Kate Bennell sits at her computer, looking at a document on screen about alt text.

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Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell shares her experience of living with hydrocephalus and explains how employers can support colleagues with the condition.

Members of Transforming Communities for Inclusion pose for a group photo.

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Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell reflects on a recent talk led by Transforming Communities for Inclusion about psychosocial disabilities.

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Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell talks to Peter Fremlin, curator and author of the Disability Debrief, about the online newsletter which provides a disability lens on world news.

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In our latest lunchtime talk, Phyllida Swift, the CEO of Facial Equality International, shared why facial disfigurement needs to be recognised as a human rights and equality issue.

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We recently welcomed members from Inclusion International to deliver a talk about the development of the Listen, Include, Respect guidelines.

two women sit behind a computer, laughing.

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Lead trainer Kate Bennell shares learnings from developing and coordinating a staff training programme on disability awareness and inclusion.

A close-up of a woman's hand being washed with gel.

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Kate Bennell shares insights from a recent talk on energy-limiting chronic illness and disability inclusion, which was led by speakers from Chronic Illness Inclusion.

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At Sightsavers, our accessibility testing has developed into a comprehensive process to make our content as inclusive as possible.

Man using a computer's built-in screen magnification options

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Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part two of this blog, she looks at online tools used in remote meetings.

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Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell looks at various meeting tools and their suitability for users with disabilities. In part one of this blog, she looks at remote meeting platforms.

Two young girls with their arms around each other.

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Over the last 15 months, Sightsavers’ journey towards disability inclusion in the workplace has continued to gather momentum, but we still have gaps to fill.

A Sightsavers brochure, showing the title 'Working for Sightsavers'.

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As part of our mission to promote disability rights, we strive to attract diverse candidates, whatever their abilities.

A colourful cartoon snippet showing the words Pow, What, Bang and Boom.

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Mike Straney, Sightsavers’ Director of Major Giving, hosted a talk recently to discuss how inclusion and diversity are portrayed in popular culture, and he flagged how the approach to inclusion is changing.

Inside the colour room, which is bathed in red light to reveal an illustration of a girl on the wall.

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The Social Inclusion Working Group’s final speaker session of the year focused on initiatives that colleagues from the group have been involved with in 2018.

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Nidhi Goyal is a blind feminist from India who works on disability rights and gender equality. She recently visited Sightsavers’ offices to share her experiences.

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Disability consultant Graeme Whippy visited Sightsavers to discuss his work with Channel 4 and how it embraces diversity.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame speaking into a microphone at an event.

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Sightsavers’ Global Advocacy Adviser Getty Oforiwa Fefoame offers tips for employers to make sure they are accessible for all.

Attendees at the Zero Project conference chat next to one of the stands.

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The 2018 conterence, hosted by the Essl Foundation, took place in the UN office in Vienna. Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell shares her experiences.

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Emma Mamo, from mental health charity Mind, reveals how employers can help staff to improve their mental health.

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Accessibility consultant Molly Watt, who has hearing and visual impairments, visited Sightsavers to explain how her iPhone helps her to live independently.

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Microsoft’s senior tech evangelist for Europe, Hector Minto, gave a talk at Sightsavers to showcase some of the software created by Microsoft that benefits people with disabilities.

Paralympian Georgie Bullen holds a yellow sign containing the words: 'Join us at en.sightsavers.co/campaign, #inthepicture'.

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Our social inclusion coordinator Kate Bennell was inspired to meet Paralympian and inclusion campaigner Georgie Bullen when she visited our UK offices.

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Sightsavers Organisational Inclusion Coordinator Kate Bennell is involved with testing our systems, processes and content to make sure they’re accessible, especially for people who are visually impaired. Here she explains Sightsavers’ approach.

A woman sits at a desk looking at a computer screen.

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Sightsavers recently hosted a lunchtime talk by accessibility consultant Joshua Marshall, who was the accessibility lead on the UK government’s multi-award-winning GOV.UK website.

Lady Jean Wilson with Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell.

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In January 2017, Lady Wilson gave an informative talk at Sightsavers' head office on the history of our work in inclusion.

Nicola Sturgeon speaking on stage at the RI World Congress in Edinburgh.

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Three Sightsavers staff members attended the Rehabilitation International Congress, which promotes disability inclusion. Here’s what they learned.

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Susie Rodgers: from the Paralympics to international development

How to support people with hydrocephalus at work

How people with psychosocial disabilities can claim their rights

“My aim is to make the world a better place for disabled people”

Why facial disfigurement is a human rights and equality issue

How can we include people with intellectual disabilities at work?

Why is disability awareness training important?

How can staff with chronic illnesses be supported at work?

How Sightsavers' in-house accessibility testing has evolved

Accessibility of remote meeting tools

Accessibility of remote meeting platforms

Sightsavers' workplace: our disability inclusion achievements

Why recruiting staff with disabilities is key for Sightsavers

Can superheroes help make the world more inclusive?

Sightsavers’ inclusion work in 2018

“The minute I started seeing less, I think I saw more”

“I help people to be brilliant at employing disabled people”

How to make your workplace inclusive for people with disabilities

A world without barriers: what we learned at the Zero Project Conference

The hidden topic: why do we struggle to discuss mental health?

“Assistive technology has changed my life”

How Microsoft is championing inclusive technology

Paralympian Georgie Bullen shares her story

Testing and training: how we’re making Sightsavers more accessible

Great design and full inclusion: getting up to speed on accessibility

Lady Jean Wilson discusses seven decades of inclusion

Inclusion and entertainment in Edinburgh at the RI World Congress