Case studies
Small businesses leading on inclusive workSince 2019, The Inclusivity Project has collaborated with over 50 SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises) in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
Innovations in workplace wellbeing (especially digital ones) have been both funded through grants, and have benefited from the expertise of University of Exeter academics.
Bias and inclusive recruitment
Ocean3D
Using 3D photography to help access spaces online.
Now & Then
A new remote online training and demo service for customers.
Cornwall Museums Partnership
Workshopping inclusion at all levels, for local museums.
Utopy
Developing a new digital coaching service.
Tigger Training
Pivoting from face-to-face to online training.
First Light
Digitising and translating key domestic abuse documents.
Software Cornwall
A new workshop to help members develop their workplace culture.
Resilience & adapting through Covid
Glass Twin
Measuring the stress relief provided by a sonic bench.
Infinite Choice
A wellbeing survey product for the 50+ workforce.
The Fox Project
A podcast on workplace wellbeing.
Tregunna Life Coaching
A new before and after evaluation to help assess the effectiveness of coaching.
Mid Cornwall Lifestyles
Setting up a new Loan IT service.
Konektis
Testing how people feel about using hand signals during video meetings.
MSK Aware
Developing a policy framework they can use with businesses.
Farming Health Hub
Older people accessing digital health support.
The Best Medicine
Transferring laughter yoga services online.
Changing the system
CHAOS
Uplevelling their co-creation model.
Citizens Advice Cornwall
A survey to target future services.
Thoughtune App
A voice user interface for people with visual impairments.
Digital inclusion
Exploring digital inclusion has been essential. As this webinar Q&A featuring Ben Bolton of the Digital Skills Partnership highlights, digital inclusion encompasses internet connection, digital skills, and use of accessible technologies.
So You Want to Make An App?
Dr Beverley Shields, University of Exeter
From research, to the development of a diabetes app.
Wendy Powell, MUTU System
Director of core training app gives advice to wellbeing tech innovators.
Kyle Whittington, Bad Dinosaur
How to test early stage ideas, and save yourself time and money.
Liz Ashall-Payne, ORCHA
How to get your app accredited – the Holy Grail.
Cosmic & The Disability Alliance
The Inclusivity Project worked with the Disability Alliance (a network of local charities) and Cosmic, a social enterprise offering digital skills training and services.
They co-designed a programme of online workshops around the theme of digital inclusion.
Over the course of six weeks, the network of 8 local charities gained the skills and knowledge to support their members through the challenges of lockdown.
I didn’t know how much there was already out there and accessible to us.
Photographs of workplace adaptations
Images of inclusive work are often staged. We gave several people cameras, and they took their own photographs of what workplace inclusion really looks like.
View the whole project here.
Lucy Wright
Working with ADHD and fibromyalgia.
Naomi Stevenson
Working with a sight impairment.
Neil Chamberlain
Running a company, with MS.
Tigger Pritchard
Adapting, while advocating for autism.
Cornish businesses on workplace inclusion
Case study videos commissioned by the Beacon Project.
Eden Project
Dawn George, HR director at Eden, explains how easy it is to adapt around staff with hearing loss, and welcome a diverse workforce.
Ocean Housing
Recruiting from a wider talent pool is key, says Nicky Forward from the Cornwall company’s HR department.
Bluefruit Software
The Beacon Project talk to an inclusive Cornish tech company.
China Fleet
The Beacon Project talk to the Cornish hospitality venue about staff with long-term health conditions.
Foot Anstey
Local law firm shed light on employers’ main concerns around inclusive employment.