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Making office festive fun accessible for all
It’s that time of year when workplaces are having their annual festive 'knees up'- but is your party fun for all? How much effort and planning goes into consideration for guests with disabilities? Chris Jay, Bascule’s Managing Director, considers how festive celebrations can be... read more »
Inclusive Video Conferencing
Bascule Managing Director Chris Jay offers a few tips on how to make video conferencing more inclusive There was a time when having a virtual meeting was a modern novelty- but now, in a post pandemic world, where Zoom has become a... read more »
Accessibility- Falling at the first hurdle
In this guest blog, Bascule’s PR and Comms Manager, Spencer Butt describes his recent experience of an organisation’s failings in accessibility Having worked with Bascule Disability Training for many years, I feel like I have learnt quite a bit about accessibility. Managing the PR and... read more »
Chris Jay presents at the Skills and Employability Summit 2022
Chris Jay, (our MD), recently presented at the Skills and Employability Summit in London- His presentation - 'A Cultural Transformation: Overcoming Obstacles to Promote Recruitment and Retention for People with Disability and Neurodiversity' can be seen in full here:read more »
Chris Jay- My story ...
In honour of CP Awareness Month, I thought it would share a little of my life story. I was born on 9th June 1985, the problem is, I was supposed to arrive in August! I was just over a kilogram when I was born, 10... read more »
Disability- The detrimental impact of secrecy
This article originally appeared on Occupational Health and Wellbeing. Many people go about their working lives keeping their disability a secret from their employers, much to the detriment of their health and wellbeing. Here, Chris Jay -the... read more »
Why are we awkward around people with disabilities?
If you are familiar with Bascule Disability Training- you’ll know that we regularly recite the statistic -67% of people feel uncomfortable or awkward when talking to a person with disabilities. (Originally taken from research by Scope in 2014). We often ask businesses to consider how... read more »
Bascule provides awareness training for Solent Junior School pupils
Children at Solent Junior School in Portsmouth recently spent two days learning all about disability through a fun, interactive and educational programme developed by Bascule Disability Training. One of the awareness days was sponsored by Compass Accountants, the local accountancy firm based... read more »
Disability awareness is a key element of improved customer experience
If you were to discover that your business was ignoring the needs of a potential customer base worth £274 billion per year how would you react? Would you continue doing business without addressing the problem or even showing a slight interest in... read more »
Should disability be a secret?
It is estimated that around 80% of disabilities are hidden, which means, at some point in their lives, around 11 million people in the UK will decide whether to disclose their disability. ‘Disclosure’ is something I’m regularly asked to talk about, and a topic I... read more »
