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Spotlight on...Alex Clarke, Business Analyst and chair of the 'Be You' disabled staff network at the Post Office
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Spotlight on...Iowa Morgan, Corporate Manager and Chair of the UK’s disAbilities and Allies Employee Resource Group at AIG Europe Limited
The disAbilities ERG is also members of WharfAbility, a wider network which began in Canary Wharf for finance firms. ‘We invite each other to our events,’ says Iowa. ‘Now, through PurpleSpace, I’m hoping to share ideas with networks outside the financial sector. I’m always looking for something new…’ And that’s a tune we all like to hear.
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- Founded in 1919, the American International Group (AIG) offers property insurance, life insurance, retirement products and other financial services.
- 56,400 employees in 80 countries.
- Over 100 Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) across the globe including: Asian Leadership Network, Black Professionals, Interfaith Network, LGBT & Allies, Women, Carers and Young Professionals.
- AIG’s UK disAbilities and Allies ERG has around 85 members and services the whole of the AIG UK including the regional offices in Birmingham, Chesterfield, Dublin, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester and Shoreham on Sea.
- Look out for #BeingYouAIG on social media for news on AIG’s diversity framework for 2018 and beyond.
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Blog: Spotlight on... Julie Addis-Fuller, chair of Workability, the disability network at Deloitte LLP
Spotlight on... Julie Addis-Fuller, chair of Workability, the disability network at Deloitte LLP
Spotlight on...is our series of deep dive conversations with an exceptional group of disability change agents. These disability network leaders, champions and allies talk to journalist Jim Pollard about their unique contributions and approaches to the narrative of building personal and business disability confidence from the inside out.
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Blog: Spotlight on... Tulsi Patel, Chair of the Enable Disability Network at Nationwide Building Society
Spotlight on... Tulsi Patel, Chair of the Enable Disability Network at Nationwide Building Society
Tulsi Patel is a Project Delivery Manager and Co-Chair of the Enable Disability Network at Nationwide.
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Blog: Press Release: 1 December 2017 - EMPLOYERS JOIN IN THE PURPLE LIGHT UP
Press Release: 1 December 2017 - EMPLOYERS JOIN IN THE PURPLE LIGHT UP
Celebrating the economic contribution of disabled employees
2. PurpleSpace is proud to be part of an inclusive and accessible digital community and we use social media to drive fresh conversations about disability and employment. #PurpleLightUp and #PurpleTalk are two of our key hashtags. www.purplespace.org/virtually-purple
3. Purple Light Up encourages organisations to show visible support for disabled employees from turning key buildings and corporate logos purple to flying purple flags and dressing purple to raise money for charity. www.purplespace.org/our-projects/purple-light-up
4. The positive indicators about the employment of disabled employees:
- Over 3 million people who identify as being disabled are in work: they are today’s senior managers or the managers of the future.
- Disabled employees contribute over £16.02 billion per annum in tax.
- 3.6% of businesses have one or more disabled owner, representing roughly 10,700 companies employing 78,000 people.
- 6.6 million people with disability or health impairment are in work making a huge wealth of skilled and committed disabled people in the UK who make a vital contribution to the economy.
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Blog: Spotlight on...our newest PurpleSpace Ambassador Andy Kneen from Shell
Spotlight on...our newest PurpleSpace Ambassador Andy Kneen from Shell
Andy’s gap year was a life-changer: for him and, through his networking, for many more thousands of other disabled people at Shell and beyond.
Spotlight on...is our new series of deep dive conversations with an exceptional group of disability change agents. These disability network leaders, champions and allies talk to journalist Jim Pollard about their unique contributions and approaches to the narrative of building personal and business disability confidence from the inside out.with an exceptional group of disability change agents. These disability network leaders, champions and allies talk to journalist Jim Pollard about their unique contributions and approaches to the narrative of building personal and business disability confidence from the inside out.
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PurpleTalk - Paul Smyth Head of IT Accessibility for Barclays and co- chair of Barclays Reach network visual impairment group
Coping with versus living with a disability
Pride against prejudice
Get informed, inspired and involved.
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Blog: Talking purple - Purple talent meets virtual reality by David Caldwell
Talking purple - Purple talent meets virtual reality by David Caldwell
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Blog: Introducing new PurpleSpace consultant Sally Ward
Introducing new PurpleSpace consultant Sally Ward
You can get in touch with Sally by email at sally@purplespace.org.
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