Dive In Festival
24 September 2024, 14:00–15:30
Join IICF UK, Lloyds and The Clear Company at Dive In for an interactive session on Embracing Inclusivity – A Journey to Disability Confidence
This session features keynote remarks and discussions on two important topics:
- Disability Confident Practices: The Next Chapter
- Spotlight on Talent with Sight Loss
This will be a hybrid event to increase accessibility and to give those able to join in person at Gallagher’s office an opportunity to network and informally ask questions and share your experience with our speakers. To register for this event on 24 September and to explore others taking place across 50 countries, visit: diveinfestival.com and select the Virtual or In-person event.
About the Session
Did you know that the disability employment gap is a shocking 48%?* Or that more than two million people in the UK are living with sight loss*, with only 1 in 4 blind and partially sighted people of working age in employment?+ However, it doesn’t have to be this way – by raising awareness and engagement we can help overcome these barriers and develop career pathways in the insurance industry to give people with sight loss the independence and meaning that employment brings.
Agenda
14:00 Event Starts: Sara Gomez to open
14:10 Keynote speaker: Maria Grazia Zedda
14:25 Workshop – Disability Confident Practices: The Next Chapter
Case studies and top tips informed by lived experience
Led by Kate Headley, The Clear Company
14:55 Panel discussion: Spotlight on Talent with Sight Loss
Moderator: Kate Headley, The Clear Company
Panelists share their lived experience of the impact of inclusive (and non-inclusive) employment practice.
Panellists: Rebecca Wood, Lloyds, Andrew Day, Sompo, Martin Kane, RNIB, Robin Christopherson, AbilityNet and Michael Smith, Revantage
This discussion will allow participants to:
- Better understand the barriers to employment that people with sight loss face
- Hear from people with lived experience of sight loss who have successful careers
- Learn simple, practical steps employers can take to help attract employees with sight loss
This panel forms part of IICF’s wider collaboration with insurers and nonprofits on ‘Breaking Down Barriers to Create Career Pathways for People with Sight Loss’.
*ONS Labour market data (April 2021).
+Barriers faced by blind and partially sighted people (2018) RNIB
24 September 2024, 14:00–15:30