Alliance for Inclusion

Alliance for Inclusion is committed to empower and support organisations to develop forward thinking strategies to achieve full inclusion for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people.

Founded by Allan MacKillop and Ian George, with 30 years of combined experience and expertise in designing and implementing disability strategy with organisations such as the BBC, BT, CGI Group and the Scottish government.

As passionate advocates for both the social and human rights models of disability, we have seen the vast benefits to businesses when disability is understood and supported correctly.

As experienced disability strategists, we have identified a shift away from the support of disability via specialist inclusion roles to a more generalist-based approach.

We feel this will inadvertently create a skills gap within business, which if not
supported, will lead to inconsistent experiences for DDN staff, clients and customers across all sectors.

As services, we offer:

Full strategy design
➢ Work with organisations to conduct a full review of relevant policy.
➢ Meet your staff and managers individually to understand their concerns.
➢ Draft strategy design highlighting key workplace priorities alongside
implementation pathway.

Accessible Communication
➢ Full review of relevant communication strategy and policy.
➢ Provide guidance around both inclusive language, meetings and events.

Recruitment Review
➢ Full end-to-end review of outreach, recruitment and onboarding pipeline.
➢ Provide list of key recommendations, guidance and to enhance effectiveness.
➢ Provide key recommendations, written guidance and face-to-face sessions to
support inclusive recruitment practices.

Workplace Adjustment Provisioning
➢ Full review of workplace adjustment provisioning process.
➢ Provide written/verbal recommendations to enhance the manager and colleague
experience.

Support Training Needs
➢ Scope face-to-face training sessions covering key disability themes.
➢ Run both face-to-face training and leadership sessions to key stakeholder groups.
➢ Provide additional written guidance to support sessions as required.
➢ Run bespoke staff development programmes to support career enhancement and
full coaching.

Procurement Review
➢ Full end-to-end review of procurement pipeline, including guidance and policy.
➢ Provide recommendations and guidance to improve the inclusivity of the process.