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Purple
Membership
Information Pack
1Why Join Purple?
Purple see the world differently We understand disabled people, and we
understand business
We believe in order to create true, sustainable
change and break down inequalities, the Our offer to business is about working with
conversation on disability cannot be one- you and your organisation, whatever your
sided. For too long the conversations have starting point, to strengthen your knowledge
either been with disabled people or with and approach to disability. We believe it is
business, but we think only by bringing of course about the more traditional aims
the two together can we truly change the of recruiting disabled people into your
conversation on disability. workforce, and retaining staff who acquire
an impairment, but we also believe it is
Alongside working with business, Purple about developing strategies which impact
support over 4,500 disabled people to lead your bottom line. Disability is a commercial
independent lives, from employing their own opportunity.
PAs and carers instead of using an agency, to
supporting those who are not yet ready for The Purple Pound, the consumer spending
work to gain the skills and confidence they power of disabled people and their families,
need to enter the labour market. is worth £249 billion per year and your
organisation can access it.
As a not for profit organisation, all membership
By becoming a Purple Member fees go towards funding Purple’s work to
you will be a part of this new and reduce inequality in society meaning our
different conversation. Members are also actively and meaningfully
contributing to their wider community.
2Our history, experience and
expertise
Established in 2016, Purple is the successor
organisation to leading disability charity
(ecdp) which provided support services to
disabled people.
Mike Adams OBE, led ecdp for 10 years
before becoming Chief Executive Officer
of Purple. Mike has 25 years’ experience
of the disability world across the public,
private and third sector both nationally and
internationally. Alongside Mike, Purple has
a strong management team who bring their
own experience and skills across different
disability-related areas such as HR, web
accessibility and communications.
With a Head Office in Chelmsford,
offices in Cambridge and
Leicester, and a plan for further
bases, Purple is a rapidly growing
organisation with a reach across
the UK.
3What is Purple
Membership?
As a Purple Member you will join a network Purple’s Commitment to Small
of organisations who are committed to Organisations
disability.
Purple is committed to small organisations
as we know they are at the heart of UK
Become a Member and be part of Purple’s
business.
vision to break down inequalities for
disabled people.
We also know that, while the intent to be
confident about disability is there, the funds
Your Purple membership is a demonstrable
and resources may not, and we do not
way of showing this commitment to potential
believe this should stop small organisations
employees, current employees, customers
from developing disability confidence.
and wider stakeholders.
Therefore, Purple’s offer to small businesses
is discounted by our membership prices to
Purple membership will support you to
medium and large organisations to ensure
ensure you are doing the right thing by your
the participation of all.
current disabled staff and customers; build
a realistic plan of improvement or a new Our membership is designed to be inclusive
approach; begin your Disability Confident for organisations of all sizes, whether
accreditation journey; upskill your staff to you are public, private or third-sector we
create an inclusive culture; and explore want to work with you all to change the
how to tap into the Purple Pound disabled conversation on disability.
consumer market.
4Our Membership
Packages
All Purple Members receive a monthly e-bulletin, a quarterly business magazine, discounts
on training, an exclusive Purple Member logo for use on promotional material, and a Purple
Member certificate for you to display in your workplace.
Small Medium Large
(0-49 staff) (50-249 staff) (250+ staff)
£199 per year £1,799 per year £2,999 per year
Digital Diagnosis Digital Diagnosis Digital Diagnosis
Half-Day Consultancy Half-Day Consultancy Full-Day Consultancy
Disability Confident Disability Confident Disability Confident
Accreditation Guide and Accreditation Guide and Accreditation Guide and
Level 1 Submission Level 1 Submission Level 1 Submission
2 Months Access to Purple’s 3 Months Access to Purple’s 4 Months Access to Purple’s
Job Board Job Board Job Board
5Our Membership Products and Services Consultancy Disability Confident Bespoke, expert support Receive formal accreditation for your work Time with our experts on a topic of your Our Disability Confident Guide will support choice such as developing a disability you to navigate the three levels of the strategy for your organisation, developing Government’s accreditation scheme, your web accessibility, or support on providing prompts on best practice and your disability Confident accreditation supporting you to complete each level. For submission. You tell us what you want our those new to the scheme, we will process support with, and our expert in that area will your Level 1 submission on your behalf work with you to achieve your goals. Our and the guide provides you with the forms consultancy is fully tailored to your needs. required for this submission. Digital Diagnosis Purple’s Job Board Ensure your website is accessible to all Access talented disabled people Access is about more than ramps and lifts. Advertise your roles on our Job Board and It’s about being accessible to the widest reach active disabled job seekers, enabling customer base possible across all the ways you to widen your pool of potential applicants you interact and communicate. We will and increase the chances of finding talented assess the accessibility of your website, future employees. Our research shows the providing you with a top line report of best organisations reflect their customers in findings and recommendations to support their workforce and promoting your roles on your organisation to take the next steps. our Job Board enables you to access this. 6
Other Purple
Services
Purple offer a variety of other services which packages, as well as a Level 2 prompt sheet
complement our membership packages. template for organisations to self-complete.
Purple can support you with your self-
assessment via bespoke consultancy, and
Knowledge Bank then support you to achieve Level 3 and
Here you will find resources offering key become a Disability Confident Leader, really
statistics and information on disability- demonstrating your commitment to the
related issues. Purple aims to support disability conversation. For non-members,
organisations to build their confidence on we can support organisations through all
disability, as well as ensuring they meet their three levels with our Disability Confident
obligations under the Equality Act 2010. Our Premium package.
Knowledge Bank provides the fundamental
information all organisations need, as well as
practical solutions for your workplace, and Training Workshops
research data for you to use when building All Members receive 20% off our external and
any business case for a targeted disability in-house training sessions. Our workshops
strategy. currently cover topics such as Disability
Awareness, Disability and Customer Service
and Disability and Line Management. Over
Disability Confident the next year, we will be listening to our
Members and increasing our training offer in
Purple offers support to organisations to response to what organisations need.
achieve all three levels of the Government’s
Disability Confident accreditation. Level 1 is We will also be launching our online training
included as part of all of our membership modules later this year, so stay tuned!
7Join the Conversation
We invite you and your organisation experiences and thoughts on questions
to connect with our disability experts other organisations are asking.
and network with other like-minded
organisations. We know from our research Webinars
fear of doing or saying the wrong thing to
a disabled person is still one of the biggest Access our disability experts through regular
barriers to engagement. Only by having webinars. View the live action and ask any
the conversation can we truly change the questions you may have on the topic being
narrative on disability. discussed. You can also access our archive
of recordings and watch them at a time
Purple provides that ‘safe’ place for you to which works for you. We also regularly send
ask the questions you really need answers polls to our Members asking what topic they
to, but have been too afraid to ask for fear want to see a webinar on next, to ensure we
of causing unintentional offence. are talking about the topics you want to talk
about.
Conversation Hub In 2018, Purple will also be announcing its
first calendar of events where our Members
Network, ask questions, share thoughts, will be able to come together and network,
information and good practice on disability- whilst sharing good practice, and building
related topics. We regularly ask questions on their disability-related knowledge.
of our Members based on our webinars
or current issues in the news, seeking Connect with us now:
their views and answering questions and Twitter: @wearepurpleorg
queries they have. You are also invited to Facebook: www.facebook.com/
start your own threads on topics you need wearepurple
answers or advice on, and to share your own LinkedIn: Purple CIC
8Sign up now! Join Purple today and become part of our exciting journey to create real and sustainable change for disabled people and business. Online Go to our website: www.wearepurple.org. uk/membership, to sign-up, pay online or request an invoice. By Phone Call 01245 214023 and speak to our Membership Team today who can sign you up, take payment for your membership fees over the phone, or request an invite for you. By Email Write to membership@wearepurple. org.uk requesting to become a Member and we will send you all the neccessary paperwork. If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at: hello@wearepurple.org.uk 9
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