🌟 RIDI Awards 2024 Winner Spotlight 🌟 Disabled by Society (formerly known as Unlearning Ableism) achieved a remarkable hat-trick at the 2024 RIDI Awards! 🏆 Greatest Impact Award 🏆 Building Disability Confidence 📜 Highly Commended - Creating Disability Confident Recruiters Disabled by Society were recognised and awarded for their unwavering mission to tackle ableism, one of the most overlooked and under-addressed forms of discrimination. Despite 17% of the world's population identifying as Disabled, millions face exclusion, inaccessibility, and both macro and micro-aggressions daily. Through partnerships with individuals and organizations, Disabled by Society is dismantling ingrained ableism across cultures, recruitment, policies, products, and services. Their initiatives include a ground-breaking policy paper with unprecedented data, a live series, a podcast, and a diverse team of specialists driving systemic change to build an inclusive, accessible, and empowering society for all. Congratulations to Disabled by Society! 👏🙌 Learn more about RIDI - https://ridi.org.uk/ Learn more about Disabled by Society - https://lnkd.in/g3b7Fq9f #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment Jamie Shields Celia Chartres-Aris (née Hensman) Maria Grazia Zedda
Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI)
Human Resources Services
Creating disability confident recruiters and removing barriers for disabled people.
About us
The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) has one purpose: to break down the barriers faced by the millions of disabled people who are entering or progressing through the job market. RIDI believes more needs to be done to build disability confidence into recruitment and employment strategies and campaigns actively to achieve this. We help recruiters and employers to become disability confident and offer more job opportunities to people with disabilities. Our joint initiative started in 2011 when we realised that things had to change to improve the poor job prospects for disabled people. At the time, eighty five per cent of disabled people felt that their condition was holding them back from getting a job. And eighty per cent of recruiters agreed with them and thought their companies needed to do more to attract disabled jobseekers. So we sat out to transform recruitment and improve job prospects for disabled people. The aim was to work with the industry, not against it, and to give recruiters and employers the information and tools they need to change things. In 2014 we came together for the first time to celebrate progress on disability in recruitment at a spectacular RIDI Awards ceremony. We recognised the need to celebrate the great strides being made in the industry and the RIDI Awards are now becoming a regular fixture on the recruitment industry calendar.
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http://www.ridi.org.uk
External link for Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI)
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- Human Resources Services
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- 2-10 employees
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- London
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- Nonprofit
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- 2011
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- Disabled talent, Disability Confidence, Recruitment, and Employment
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It was an honour to be invited back to present an award at the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) awards. It is a night I always look forward to. It is a pleasure but also very humbling to hear about the brilliant work that goes on breaking down barriers for disabled people who are entering or progressing through the world of work. Pictured is the moment I handed over a highly commended award to Celia from Disabled by Society who ended up with a hat-trick of awards including the audience award!! Thanks to everyone involved not least Kate Headley! Learn more about RIDI - https://ridi.org.uk/ Learn more about Disabled by Society - https://lnkd.in/g3b7Fq9f
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HOW TO BUILD DISABILITY CONFIDENCE 🏆 A huge thank you to Maria Grazia Zedda, RIDI’s new Chair of Judges, and Head of Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing at Marie Curie UK, for sharing her insights from this year’s Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) Awards winners and why disability inclusion isn’t just a tickbox exercise. 👏 Congratulations again to the winners and highly commended including Disabled by Society (formally Unlearning Ableism), XPS Group, Irwin Mitchell, DWF, The Crumbs Project, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Meghan Reed, Randstad Academy for Talent (RAFT), part of Randstad Sourceright, The Stepstone Group, Fair Shot Café, Mimouna Mahdaoui, Emma Mendes da Costa, etc. 📢 A shout out to all the sponsors, including Evenbreak, The Clear Company, Lloyd's, PageGroup, DWF, Amazon, etc for supporting this event. #FairPlayTalks #DisabilityInclusion #ResponsibleBusinessMatters https://lnkd.in/eKM54ebU
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Want to work with an award-winning Disability Specialist? 🏆🎉 SIC is thrilled to have been recognised for our consulting and community work by Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) and to have been awarded their Disability Specialist of 2024 🏆 Our CEO Alice Hargreaves attended the awards ceremony last week, and was honoured to have won amongst such fantastic runners up as Meghan Reed, Opulent Access Events & Consulting, and Disabled by Society 🙌 Would your workplace benefit from attracting, hiring, retaining, and growing disabled talent? We've helped over 200 disabled people in the 24 months since we last won - and people in your workplace could become part of the SIC community, too. Our bookings for 2025 are open now! Here's a link to our website to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eMcPdFTb #ImageID the first slide is a graphic with a white background and a royal blue semicircle cutting it in half. Black and orange graphics of party poppers and stars decorate the background. It reads 'ridi, Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative, Awards 2024, SIC, WINNER!' #Disability #DisabilitySpecialist #AwardWinner #Award #Disabled #Neurodivergent #ChronicallyIll #Consulting #Workshops #EDI #DisabilityUK
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RIDI Awards 2024 Winners Revealed 🏆 The RIDI Awards 2024 have been unveiled, honouring those who have made significant strides in promoting disability confidence in the recruitment sector. This year's awards spotlight the remarkable efforts of organisations and individuals dedicated to fostering an inclusive work environment where accessibility and equity are paramount. “There is a recruitment revolution taking place, with candidates increasingly expecting disability confidence in the workplace. We’re delighted to celebrate this year’s winners and be inspired by their actions to make recruitment accessible and equitable for all” - Kate Headley, RIDI Chair and Government Disability Access Ambassador for the Recruitment Sector. Our 2024 Winner and Highly Commended #RIDIawards went to - 🏆 Greatest Impact Award as voted for by our audience - Disabled by Society (formally Unlearning Ableism) 👏 Building Disability Confidence – Sponsored by Guidant Global 🏆 Disabled by Society (formally Unlearning Ableism) HC XPS Group Creating Disability Confident Recruiters – Sponsored by The Clear Company🏆 Irwin Mitchell HC Disabled by Society (formally Unlearning Ableism) Disability Confident: Private Sector – Sponsored by Lloyd's 🏆 DWF and their Early Careers Team Disability Confident: Public Sector – Sponsored by PageGroup 🏆 The Crumbs Project HC University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Disability Specialist 🏆 SIC HC Meghan Reed Inclusive Recruitment Campaign – Sponsored by DWF 🏆 Randstad Academy for Talent (RAFT), part of Randstad Sourceright. HC Irwin Mitchell Inclusive Technology – Sponsored by Amazon 🏆 The Stepstone Group Pioneer of the Year - Agency/Organisation/Team – Sponsored by Evenbreak 🏆 Fair Shot Café HC Randstad Academy for Talent (RAFT), part of Randstad Sourceright Pioneer of the Year - Individual 🏆 Mimouna Mahdaoui HC Emma Mendes da Costa Read more via Fair Play Talks https://lnkd.in/eNC5TVj3 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Karina Townley, Kate Shoesmith, Natalie Penrose, Jane Hatton, Evan Knutson, Mark Lomas, Pauline Miller, Samantha Hurley, Paul Deemer, Tamsin McCarthy, Gavin Lawrie, Maria Grazia Zedda, Catherine Grinyer Randstad Enterprise Disability Confident
Celebrating Excellence in Disability Inclusion: 2024's RIDI Awards Winners Revealed
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RIDI Awards 2024 Winner 🏆 The 2024 Greatest Impact RIDI Award as voted for by the audience and presented by Maria Grazia Zedda (CMgr EDI) goes to Unlearning Ablesim! Unlearning Ableism is on a mission to tackle ableism, one of the most overlooked and under-addressed forms of discrimination in society, despite 17% of the world’s population identifying as Disabled. Every day, millions of disabled people face exclusion, inaccessibility, and both macro and micro-aggressions, perpetuating a cycle of oppression. Through partnerships with individuals and organisations, Unlearning Ableism works to dismantle ingrained ableism across cultures, recruitment, policies, products, and services. With initiatives like a ground-breaking policy paper featuring unprecedented data, a live series, a podcast, and a diverse team of specialists, they are driving systemic change to build an inclusive, accessible, and empowering society for all. Congratulations Unlearning Ableism 👏🙌 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Disability Confident Jamie Shields Celia Chartres-Aris (née Hensman) Disabled by Society
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RIDI Awards 2024 Winner 🏆 Pioneer of the Year: Individual presented by Sheri Hughes The 2024 Pioneer of the Year: Individual RIDI Award goes to Mimouna Mahdaoui Mimouna Mahdaoui’s leadership in advancing disability inclusion and digital accessibility at The Stepstone Group is transformative. She founded the Champions of Accessibility Network (CAN), uniting 110+ members across 10 countries to drive initiatives like a Neurodiversity policy. Through her strategic pillars—training, auditing, and mainstreaming—Mimouna has embedded accessibility into the company culture. Her work includes skill development for key teams, accessibility audits to ensure compliance, and external advocacy via meetups and conferences. The launch of the Accessibility Lab in 2024 epitomises her impact, providing hands-on learning for over 200 employees across five cities, with plans for global expansion. By combining internal expertise with partnerships like AbilityNet, Mimouna has built a framework for sustainable change, making accessibility a company cornerstone. Congratulations Mimouna 👏🙌 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Disability Confident The Stepstone Group
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RIDI Awards 2024 Highly Commended Pioneer of the Year: Individual presented by Sheri Hughes The Highly Commended Award goes to Emma Mendes da Costa. Emma Mendes da Costa, Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has driven significant improvements in disability declaration rates through innovative initiatives, including a video and roadshow to champion disabled staff. She also played a key role in establishing the Deaf and Hard of Hearing NHS Staff Network, advocating for equality and inclusion within the NHS. Congratulations Emma 👏🙌 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Disability Confident
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RIDI Awards 2024 Winner 🏆 Pioneer of the Year: Organisation sponsored by Evenbreak and presented by Adam Hyland The 2024 Pioneer of the Year: Organisation RIDI Award goes to Fair Shot Café Fair Shot Café is dedicated to creating equal opportunities for young learning disabled or autistic adults, serving as a final stepping stone to sustainable employment. Their impactful partnership with GWR began with funding for trainee baristas and has grown to include onboarding a graduate into a customer service role at Paddington station. Fair Shot’s tailored approach, including job carving and providing a job coach, ensures a successful transition for the employee while equipping GWR with the tools to foster inclusivity. The job coach offers essential support during the graduate's first months, helping managers integrate the new team member and enhance their own equitable practices. Fair Shot Café’s expertise and compassionate approach make them a crucial partner in advancing workplace diversity. Congratulations Fair Shot 👏🙌 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Disability Confident
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RIDI Awards 2024 Highly Commended Pioneer of the Year: Organisation sponsored by Evenbreak and presented by Adam Hyland. The Highly Commended Award goes to Randstad Academy for Talent (RAFT) Randstad Academy for Talent pioneers disability-confident recruitment by offering holistic support, including tailored interview prep, onboarding, and ongoing role assistance for disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Collaborating with over 30 charities, they foster inclusivity through training, events, and meaningful employment. With over 60 successful placements, they are reshaping recruitment and driving sustainable, inclusive hiring practices across industries. Congratulations Randstad Academy for Talent (RAFT), 👏🙌 #RIDIawards #InclusionRevolution #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveRecruitment #AwardsCeremony Disability Confident Natalie Collingwood Sehar Mir Randstad Enterprise
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