Jacqueline Winstanley Presents Webinar for Inclusive Companies

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EanqgaFXgAAQkZMJacqueline Winstanley FRSA, CEO and Founder of Universal Inclusion and The Inclusive Entrepreneur, is presenting a webinar about Inclusive Entrepreneurship on Tuesday 16th June 2020 at 11.30am BST for the cross-industry network Inclusive Companies, as part of their #InclusionSolutions webinars. 

Jacqueline, a globally-recognised expert and consultant on accessibility and inclusion challenges, and a nominee for the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award in this year's National Diversity Awards 2020, will be presenting an interactive session on Inclusive Entrepreneurs – Resilience and Beyond Covid 19. This webinar will include an introduction to the concept of Inclusive Entrepreneurship & the Inclusive Entrepreneur Network.  Jacqueline will also talk about how Inclusive Entrepreneurs are responding to the pandemic and give examples of resilience in response to Covid-19.

As Jacqueline said, "This webinar is an opportunity for policy makers, companies and organisations to understand the challenges facing entrepreneurs with protected characteristics as well as their impact on the economy. COVID-19 has brought new challenges, especially to inclusive entrepreneurs - the main one being how to build resilience and thrive beyond the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. As a disabled entrepreneur myself, and as the founder of Universal Inclusion, and The Inclusive Entrepreneur Network which I started in 2013, I have first-hand experience. I have also worked with boards, executives and inclusive entrepreneurs from all walks of life and industries, and the results and their successes are phenomenal. My pathways and programmes provide practical frameworks to find innovative and sustainable solutions for individuals, companies and spaces where there are barriers which prevent access to life's opportunities."

Feedback and recommendations from this session will be shared with policy makers to ensure future business survival. 

The seminar may be viewed here: https://youtu.be/_IIkrBlRJoc

Jacqueline Winstanley is available for an informal chat on any inclusive challenges you may be facing.

For further information on the Inclusive Entrepreneur Network please visit: https://www.universalinclusion.co.uk/the-inclusive-entrepreneur

#InclusiveEntrepreneursOnline   #AnInclusiveWorld  #InclusionAndDiversity

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Media Release: Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA Nominated for the UK's Largest Diversity Awards

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Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA,  a global disruptor, entrepreneur and champion for accessibility to life's opportunities,  has been nominated for the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award in this year's National Diversity Awards 2020. 

NDA Nomination Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA 2020

This year's awards are planned to take place on 25th September at an event that will recognise nominees in their respective fields of diversity; including age, disability, gender, race, faith, religion and sexual orientation.

As Jacqueline Winstanley said,' I am equally honoured and delighted to accept the nomination and to be listed among such an inspiring and amazing group of individuals for this year's awards. I am committed to my work as a disabled entrepreneur, as the founder of Universal Inclusion, and The Inclusive Entrepreneur Network, which I started in 2013. I have worked with inclusive entrepreneurs from all walks of life and industries, and the results and their successes are phenomenal. This nomination reflects that work and inspires me to continue in my quest to find innovative and sustainable solutions for individuals, companies and spaces where there are barriers which prevent access to life's opportunities. 


ITV News will be working in association with The National Diversity Awards to highlight role models and community organisations on regional and national news channels. Rachel Corp, Acting Editor, ITV News said; “We are pleased that ITV News is once again supporting the National Diversity Awards. ITV News remains committed to telling the stories of those, who through their work and dedication to helping others, have made a difference; enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion in our society. We look forward to introducing the 2020 nominees to our viewers across the regions and nation.”

The UK’s largest diversity awards has attracted a growing list of supporters including Adam Hills, Graham Norton and Katie Piper. Sir Lenny Henry CBE, last year’s winner of the Celebrity of the Year gong said, “Diversity to me means involving everybody without any discrimination; its means having integrated groups in society, it means fairness and total inclusion and that’s what the National Diversity Awards are about. Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated, you’re all doing a fantastic job, rock on!”

The National Diversity Awards receives over 28,000 nominations and votes annually. Founder & CEO Paul Sesay said, “As we enter our 09th awards season, The National Diversity Awards prepare to welcome a host of outstanding role models and charities to our family. We look to those who represent progress, spirit and resilience, and I cannot wait to learn about the wonderful work being carried out this year”.

Nominations and voting close on Monday 8th June 2020. Shortlisted nominees will be announced shortly after this date.

To nominate Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA, please visit: https://nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/nominate/28484/
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Equality In Sports - Combining Sports & Professional Careers

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WhatsApp Image 2020 03 05 at 10.08.15Nicole Stratford from New Zealand, who represented her country in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 as a member of the Football Ferns World Cup squad, talks about her role as a police officer and a professional football player. She is now trying for a place to represent her country at the Tokyo Olympics.
 
 
During the international month of women & coming on the back of the recently released Women in Sport report by Farrer & Co to which I contributed with insights highlighting the inequalities that blight the sporting world, it is refreshing to hear Nicole's indepth perspectives of what it means to combine her two passions and professional careers together.
It resonates with the work I have been involved these last two decades, tackling intersectionality & equality within all aspects of the sporting arena, in particular the critical success factors required to turn policy into working practice. It also reminds us of the inequalities that still exist in the sporting world, why we need to debate these inequalities & share good practice on how to improve.
Other links: https://www.universalinclusion.co.uk/news/articles/reclaim-the-game
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Jacqueline Winstanley Nominated for the Women's Business Award

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UI AwardNomineeJacqueline Winstanley FRSA is nominated for The Women’s Business Awards 2020. 

Organised by the Women’s Business Club, the award recognises and celebrates the best businesses in the country. Winners are not selected through votes or reviews alone but by each sponsor thorough investigation.
 
The Business Club was set up in 2013 by Angela De Souza and attracts high calibre, real women who are determined to be all they can be while enjoying the journey and being an inspiration to others. From the very first event in January 2013 to today, the club has stayed true to its calling to serve business women and supporting them in their growth and success whilst encouraging feminine leadership.
 
Jacqueline is delighted with the nomination and said, 'It is an honour to be recognised and nominated among such inspiring women. The vision behind the awards is to empower businesswomen to achieve more in their work and home life by unleashing their full potential from the inside out. This is perfectly aligned with our ethos at Universal Inclusion, where I believe that there should be equal access to life's opportunities. Such awards bring our work to a larger audience and for that I am delighted to accept the nomination.'

 

 

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Farrer & Co launch game-changing report 'Women in Sport'​

Farrer & Co launch game-changing report 'Women in Sport'​

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Opening up Farrer & Co's Women in Sport Report that I contributed to brought back many memories and a certain level of irony as I looked back on the journey travelled since I set up one of the first inclusive play and childcare schemes in the country: Kidscore.

One of the key inclusive activities we embraced was Bolton Wanderer’s Football in the Community Summer School, as I believed then  - as I do now - in the enormous capacity of sport to break through barriers, create lasting friendships and develop excellence within the game.

Whilst this was at the time when inequalities within the game were even more visible than they are now at all levels of the sport, the Summer Activities saw young people of all ages, gender and abilities, playing side by side as the ethos within the setting extended throughout the opportunity to sample and gain new footballing skills, alongside a tour of the stadium and meet with some of their footballing heroes.

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It was an incredible thing to see and something I am immensely proud of. The Inclusion Blueprint I developed within the organisation at that time underpins all of my work to date.

I had no idea at the time and could have never imagined that I would one day be speaking about my work at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

It was such fun watching the young people, including my own children, grow up with a love of the game which has stayed with them through into adulthood.

My daughter went on to play for ‘Bolton Wanderer’s Ladies’ as they were known then and is now a Sports Medicine Doctor.

The images from those times filled my mind today as I was reading the report, as if it was yesterday.  I can remember pretty much all the young people who attended the sessions, including those who are sadly no longer with us, and it fills me with a renewed sense of purpose in my work going forward.

It was an immense pleasure and honour to participate in the work Farrer & Co have undertaken as they continue to raise awareness of the inequalities that blight the sporting world, creating safe spaces to debate and share good practice on how to improve things going forward.

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The opportunity to contribute to the report came following my interview with Karen Dobres of Lewes FC, the first football club in the world to implement equal pay and conditions for a FiLiA Podcast and I am grateful to Karen for recommending me to Julian Pike.

My input to the panel and subsequent interim and final report centred around the success I have had in increasing equality of access both within and beyond the sporting arena, in particular the critical success factors when turning policy into working practice. 

On the panel in London I talked about intersectionality and equality within all aspects of the sporting arena, not just the sports people themselves on Boards. I concluded by saying, “If we could harness the same desire to win, to be the best you can be, that exists within the sporting arena and directing it to reducing inequalities, we would see the stereotypical responses to why it is not possible just fade away."

I have worked with organisations across all sectors and industries here in the UK and internationally and in all cases, there are key elements that have been critical in terms of bringing about real and sustainable change.

Organisations which adopt a holistic approach within a supportive change framework have all succeeded in becoming exemplar in this area.

The ‘Bespoke Frameworks’ I have developed enable an organisation to navigate the simple changes that are required to create inclusive working practice in a way that demystifies the whole process leaving whole teams engaged, informed and able to navigate any eventuality within a vibrant diverse organisation.

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I am looking forward to further collaboration with Farrer & Co on this issue and others who are ready to embark on a journey to creating an inclusive world.

If you want to chat further about the work that I do and how we can work together going forward, please visit https://www.universalinclusion.co.uk/

Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA © 2020

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