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Volunteers Week: The Power of Disabled Staff Networks/Resource Groups and Leaders

By Angie Elrick, Membership Engagement Manager

This week is Volunteers Week (1st

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1 day ago

Photo of Marcella at Purple Stories event

‘Spotlight On…’ Marcella Browne, Chair of the Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Purple Network - May 2020

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Managing both her role as a band six ward nurse with the role of Purple Network

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1 month ago

‘Spotlight On…’ Tassja Wiseman, Founder and Co-Chair of the Welsh Government Autism Spectrum Disorder Support Group - April 2020

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With almost two decades of experience in the Welsh Government, an officer of

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2 months ago

9 Top Tips in Disability Leadership - A blog from PurpleSpace CEO Kate Nash OBE

Allies and Champions

This month's PurpleSpace theme is all about leadership. To be specific, the art

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2 months ago

Smashing the Glass Ceiling for Disabled People - Blog by PurpleSpace member Matthew Johnston, ThoughtWorks

Purple Confidence

Every year, The Shaw Trust produces a list called ‘The Power 100’.

It’s

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3 months ago

Spotlight On … Amina Hassan, Enable network co-chair, Financial Ombudsman Service, November 2019

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You’d expect the body charged by Parliament with sorting out complaints

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6 months ago

Congratulations to our first eight certified Disability #Networkologists

Networkology

We've been looking forward to delivering the second part of our core

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7 months ago

Portraits of Disability Power 100 list 2019 top ten

Disability Power 100 list 2019 reveals most influential disabled people in the UK

Media release

Artists, bloggers, entrepreneurs, sports stars and many more rubbed shoulders

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7 months ago

'Spotlight On ...' Rob Munns, Chair of Thrive, the Disability Support Network at Enterprise Holdings, October 2019

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Rob Munn’s personal journey into understanding his lived experience of

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7 months ago