Non-profit organisations

We have extensive experience working both as and for Disabled people, and of the non-profit sector. It is part of our ethos to share our understanding and practices with others, and so it makes sense that we would support other voluntary organisations locally and nationally, especially those who tackle issues around EDI.  

We have taken this one step further, by establishing a Community Organisation Support team (COS) as part of the Barnet Together partnership with Barnet Council.  

With the Young Barnet Foundation and Volunteering Barnet, Inclusion Barnet provides training and networking opportunities, one-to-one meetings and tailored advice, to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations who become members. This often includes support with EDI issues such as advising organisations on how to overcome barriers which they or their users face or encouraging them to pay the living wage.  

By pooling our skills and expertise in projects like Barnet Together, we can provide tailored support to other organisations, many of whom are tackling issues around equality, diversity and/or inclusion themselves. 

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Alliances

Inclusion through alliance

Another aspect of our inclusive practice is our working alliances. Engaging with other organisations both in our field and beyond, enables us to share our experience, co-produce change, and ensure we continue to learn and develop.  

Influencing informed change

Many of our projects also involve influencing wider change, such as co-producing research and reports with NHS trusts, to ensure services address the specific needs and barriers of their users.  

We are also an integral part of the North Central London Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Alliance (NCL VCSE Alliance). This is a panel of diverse expertise working with the NHS, to highlight the crucial role of communities and the voluntary sector in shaping our Health and Care System. We share the insights that we have gained from the communities we work with, to address how services can be shaped to meet their needs, a significant part of this is around inclusiveness. 

Research and Campaigns 

Why we research and campaign 

We carry out research in the field of disability and related EDI issues, for a range of organisations including our own. As leaders in our field, research projects enable us to continually reassess our own practices, to make sure we are identifying and addressing Disabled people’s needs. But this work also goes far beyond Disabled people and our own services. The research and campaigns we produce led to the adaption or creation of new services, and even to changes in working practices on a national scale.  

Examples of our projects 

• Campaigning to raise awareness among employers of the right to reserve roles for Disabled people, which led to working with Acas and Inclusion London on changing the wording in Acas’ recruitment guidance.  
• Creation of the Inclusion Barnet Management Handbook, a free resource to support leaders of Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs). 
• Running the co-produced support project funded by Trust for London, researching and campaigning for deaf and Disabled people to have the best social care possible from Barnet Council. 
• Research into mental health peer support, funded by Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL), working alongside Inclusion London, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Real Lives, and Barnet Voice for Mental Health.
• Delivering research as part of an ongoing partnership with Healthwatch Barnet, focusing on Disabled people’s experiences of accessing services or the impacts on them of the way services are designed. 

Research & campaigns

Our insightful research shedding light on disability inequality