Non-academic partners

The WAARC team will be working with prestigious organisations including

Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance
https://www.pathfindersalliance.org.uk/

Pathfinders Neuromuscular Alliance is a user led charity, run entirely for and by people with muscle-weakening conditions. We provide social and support services, a range of information guides, events and outreach, and campaign on issues that matter to adults living with muscle-weakening conditions.
 

Speakup Self-advocacy
https://www.speakup.org.uk/about 

Speakup is a Self Advocacy Group run by and for people with learning disabilities and autistic people. We help people have a voice, employment opportunities and be valued and included in society. At Speakup we see people and not labels and believe that everyone has the right to live a full and enjoyable life. It all started back in 1988 when a group of people with learning disabilities came together because they were unhappy that people were not listening to them. At Speakup we have been supporting, employing and training people with learning disabilities and autistic people to use their skills and abilities to help others and make a difference for over 30 years.

Sheffield Voices
https://www.sheffieldvoices.org.uk/

Sheffield Voices is a self-advocacy group with dedicated members and staff that ensure that everyone feels welcome and that they take part during activities. Self- advocacy is about standing up for yourself, your rights, and your communities rights. It's being able to support and speak up for yourself and others in a friendly way. We work with adults in Sheffield and the surrounding areas whose voices are seldom heard. We are made up primarily of adults with a learning disability and autistic adults but we are also a welcoming and inclusive group. We run sessions both face to face and online through zoom around self-advocacy, issues affecting the learning disability community, creative sessions, and social groups. 

National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN)
https://www.nadsn-uk.org/

• We are a super-network that connects and represents disabled staff networks.
• We are a collective platform to share experiences and good practice, and to examine challenges and opportunities.
• We are focussed on the tertiary education sector (i.e. universities, colleges, etc).
• We are open to any individual and organisation (public, private, social or voluntary) interested in the equality of disabled staff.