Social Inclusion Working Group
Why recruiting staff with disabilities is key for Sightsavers
As part of our mission to promote disability rights, we strive to attract diverse candidates, whatever their abilities.
Sightsavers hosts accessibility workshop to promote inclusive design
The event encouraged designers and other creative professionals to think about about accessibility.
Can superheroes help make the world more inclusive?
Sightsavers’ Mike Straney explores how comics and pop culture are learning to embrace disability, gender and more.
Sightsavers’ inclusion work in 2018
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.
“The minute I started seeing less, I think I saw more”
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.
“I help people to be brilliant at employing disabled people”
Disability consultant Graeme Whippy visited Sightsavers to discuss his work with Channel 4 and how it embraces diversity.
How to make your workplace inclusive for people with disabilities
Sightsavers’ Global Advocacy Adviser Getty Oforiwa Fefoame offers tips for employers to make sure they are accessible for all.
A world without barriers: what we learned at the Zero Project Conference
The 2018 conterence, hosted by the Essl Foundation, took place in the UN office in Vienna. Sightsavers’ Kate Bennell shares her experiences.
The hidden topic: why do we struggle to discuss mental health?
Emma Mamo, from mental health charity Mind, reveals how employers can help staff to improve their mental health.
“Assistive technology has changed my life”
Accessibility consultant Molly Watt, who has hearing and visual impairments, visited Sightsavers to explain how her iPhone helps her to live independently.
