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Join us for the 2025 Neurodiversity Index Survey Launch Event, with Professor Amanda Kirby, DO-It Solutions via zoom to learn more about how the survey and how your input can make a difference.
In March 2023, we, the City & Guilds Foundation, successfully launched our new research, in partnership with Do-IT Solutions – the Neurodiversity Index Report. This year, we launched our second Neurodiversity Index. The findings shine a light on the challenges faced by neurodiverse people in the workplace, reinforcing the message that many employers could go much further in taking neurodiversity seriously and providing adequate workplace support for those who need it. A new and...
Exploring how you can best support and advocate for neurodivergent individuals that you may care for. Touching on common obstacles in education, healthcare, daily life etc and providing a space for shared experiences with proven tools and techniques.
We will be talking through our much-anticipated 2024 Neurodiversity Index Report, in partnership with Do-IT Solutions, with our guest speaker Professor Amanda Kirby!
Join our virtual roundtable to be empowered with the knowledge and tools needed to create inclusive work environments that embrace the strengths of neurodivergent individuals.
As the end of 2022 fast approaches, the team at the City & Guilds Foundation took some time to reflect and share their top highlights and achievements from the last year and moments to be proud of. Laura Mountain “Thinking about what we’ve collectively achieved over the past year, it is really incredible and just goes to show what you can do with brilliant, passionate people who constantly pull together – and challenge each other – to do the best they can. A particular highlight for me has...
This guest post is by Jordan Stevenson, the Diversity and Inclusion Product Lead at City & Guilds City & Guilds, in partnership with the Education Training Foundation: SEND excellence gateway, are launching a series of tools to support inclusive learning. This project was run as part of our Inclusive Curriculum Framework work at City & Guilds, to equip our trainers to confidently support students with disabilities. Being able to effectively support learners with disabilities in the...
Join Jennifer Warner, City & Guilds Foundation, and Amanda Kirby, Do-IT Solutions, to learn why we need to know the data relating to neurodiversity at work and how you can be involved in making a difference and understand more about what the Neurodiversity Index is trying to achieve. Find out more about the Neurodiversity Index and take part at cityandguildsfoundation.org/NDIndex
Last week was my second week of secondment with the Foundation Team and I was fortunate to be able to attend a two-day Neurodiversity Train the Trainer event. It was delivered by Helen Arnold Richardson from DO-It Solutions, and was specifically for our Foundation charity partners who work with offenders and ex-offenders – all with one shared goal, to reduce reoffending. Our partners in this space includes St Giles, Groundwork, Bounce Back, No Going Back and HMP Hull – as well as colleagues...
This guest post is by John Dowswell, Senior Lead Learning Designer at Kineo. The third event in the City & Guilds Foundation I&D series was on Wednesday the 16th of June. This time the focus was on developing neuro-inclusive workplaces. The speakers were Prof. Amanda Kirby, founder of website DO IT Solutions and Helen Needham, founder of Me.Decoded. If anyone missed it, here is a quick summary of some of the points covered in this brilliant session (Note: all of the points made in...
