Disabled Employee Networks – a practical guide

In 2014 Kate Nash Associates launched the groundbreaking publication' Secrets and Big News' which looks at challenges and current practice with regard to disability, monitoring and sharing personal information at work. 

Based on a two-year research project, the book details the reasons why people find it hard to share information and offers ideas for both employers and employees alike. 55

'In The Chair' is a collection of top tips when creating and maintaining successful networks employee networks and / or resource groups. Of course no two networks are the same. 

Some will focus on the business and help the organisation to become disability confident through better policy, practice and procedure. Others will work primarily with individuals helping them navigate the lived experience

In February 2013 Kate Nash Associates, led by PurpleSpace CEO Kate Nash OBE invited 100 employers to take part in the Secrets & Big News research project. 

The employer participants were asked to complete a broad questionnaire about challenges and current practice with regard to monitoring on disability and time to circulate a second survey to disabled employees. 55 employers took part and