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Wishing PurpleSpace founder, Kate Nash OBE 💜 a wonderful day as she chairs the d&i Leaders (Diversity and Inclusion Leaders) Disability at Work event alongside Dr Shani Dhanda today. Exciting to see so many incredible #Leaders from our community on the lineup, sharing their insight, experience and learnings with others. Elaine Carroll, Robbie Crow, Andy Garrett, Ross H., Trevor Jennings MSc CMIOSH, Priyaneet Kainth, Carrie Pawley, Russell Price, Elan Roberts, David Sneddon, Monica Stancu, Julie Thomas, Gareth Whalley

New York are the latest hub to lock in votes to determine the Top Three Priorities of Disability ERG/Network Leaders. Huge thank you to Renee Anastasi for your leadership and hosting our USA hub. During this session, we explored each of our Top Ten Priorities, compiled in consultation with our network of over 4,000 disability ERG Leaders from nearly 180 organisations. We discussed their relevance to ERG/Network leaders and the wider community of employees with disabilities within their organisations, before voting on the region's Top Three. The feedback from today's hub will feed directly into the anchor event and our identification of a final Top Three Global Priorities. Thank you to PurpleSpace Ambassador Belinda May for supporting the flow of today's incredible conversations. As part of the first ever Global Disability ERG Summit, in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations Ltd and MSD we are convening local Hubs across the globe to bring together regional ERG leaders. We are inviting local Disability ERG/Network leaders to attend the following events: Hyderabad, India - 19 September (hosted by HSBC) Nairobi, Kenya - 19 September (hosted by Google) Mexico City, Mexico - 20 September (hosted by HSBC) Warsaw, Poland - 25 September (hosted by Google) Dubai, UAE - 3 October (hosted by The Butterfly and Serco) Melbourne, Australia - 9 October (hosted by NAB) London, UK - 9 October (hosted by A&O Shearman) Milan, Italy - 10 October (hosted by Google) To sign up please email events@purplespace.org ID: PurpleSpace Determining the top three priorities of disability ERG/Network leaders. New York hub votes are in! This session was hosted by HSBC as part of the Global Disability ERG Summit on 15 October in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD.

🌍 Building a global 'network of networks' 🌏 Global Disability ERG Summit, in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations Ltd and MSD, we are excited to share our latest local hub announcement: 3 October Milan, Italy hosted by Google Our pre-summit hub event in Milan, Italy will bring together disability ERG/Network leaders will amplify the voice of employees with disabilities worldwide regarding the barriers that employers must remove for them to thrive at work. Disability ERG/Network leaders can join free of charge, either in-person, or virtually. Contributions from global hubs will feed in to our London anchor event, hosted by Financial Times on 15 October. Our full schedule of global hub locations - 17 September - New York City, USA (hosted by HSBC) 19 September - Hyderabad, India (hosted by HSBC) 19 September - Nairobi, Kenya (hosted by Google) 20 September - Mexico City, Mexico (hosted by HSBC) 25 September - Warsaw, Poland (hosted by Google) 3 October - Dubai, UAE (hosted by The Butterfly and Serco) 9 October – Melbourne, Australia (hosted by NAB) 9 October – London, UK (hosted by A&O Shearman) 10 October - Milan, Italy (hosted by Google) If you are interested in attending any of these locations, in person or virtually, please contact events@purplespace.org Kate Nash OBE 💜 Brendan Roach Sally Owen Kirstie Wilson Kay Allen Susan Scott-Parker ID: graphic with half of a purple globe image and text reading PurpleSpace Global Disability ERG Summit in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD - Hub Announcement. Milan, Italy hosted by Google 10 October 13:00 - 15:00 CET

Next month on 15 October 2024, Mark Brown Head of Impact and Sustainability and enABLE Network Lead of Motability Operations Ltd, will speak at the world’s first Global Disability ERG Summit, held in partnership with the Financial Times and sponsored by Motability Operations Ltd and MSD. “As the lead of Motability Operations Ltd's enABLE Network, I know that visible and influential disability ERG/Networks are driving the next phase of culture change. Great ERG/Network leaders are able to apply a disability lens to an organisation’s strategic priorities to support progress. These conversations are especially important in my area of expertise as Head of Impact and Sustainability.” To hear more from Mark, register to attend our Global Summit: https://lnkd.in/eftX5DCk ID: Purple header reads PurpleSpace Speaker Announcement, Mark Brown, Head of Impact and Sustainability, enABLE Network Lead at Motability Operations. Text banner reads Global Disability ERG Summit 15 October 2024 in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD. Graphic shows a photo of Mark, a white male with short dark hair, wearing a dark suit and striped tie, smiling to camera as he stands next to a paned glass window.

🎖️First-ever Ability HK hosted Global Disability ERG Summit🏆 Yesterday we were privileged to have hosted dozens of delegates from around town to contribute thoughts and voices around Top 10 priorities on supporting disability inclusion in workplaces as a HK hub in this series of global events. Having kicked off by David Rice, the event was opened with candid honesty with his personal sharing around different approaches to support growth with learning difficulties and the bank's ambition to leverage emerging technologies as productivity tools empowering diverse needs. Delegates from other industries such as hospitality, transportation, real estate, legal, consulting and NGOs then all contributed with their challenges and opportunities unique and common on how we can better inclusion in workplaces around #physical #disabilities and #neurodiversity. We are delighted to have built a platform, co-hosting with PurpleSpace to manifest thoughts and next steps in HK and can't wait to hear more from around the globe. Much appreciation to many to have made this happened: 🙏🏻 Ian Stuart for the stewardship of Global Ability 🙏🏻 Surali Siriwardene Lara Partridge Joanne Austin love and guidance from the co-chairs in Global Ability 🙏🏻Sally Owen Kirstie Wilson as our wonderful co-host from Purplespace 🙏🏻Phyllis Pang Ryan WAN @kelvin chan @matthew lau for the meticulous planning 🙏🏻Kate Wood Joe Jenkinson Khyati A Desai Robert Hsu from our very own Ability supporters to lead our conversations 🙏🏻 Most importantly our esteemed guests from around town bringing your insightful perspectives and energy to this movement Amy Hanly (She/Her) Matthew Clements Steven Yong Doris Tsui @angela gu Faride Shroff Xavier Chen Carmel Armstrong Bosco Leung (he/him) Nathan Leung Sukrit K. Loïc André (安泊海) Maggie Lock Elise Lau Michael Cheuk-Hon Chan, MPH Ansh Sahai (she/her) Fredy Wong Blake Kwok Mary Schaus Florence Sai Wing C. @natalie young Jennifer Choot Patrick Sum Sudesh T #somuchability proudly sponsored by Maggie Ng Selene Chong Edward Moncreiffe David Gareth Thomas

⏱ The countdown to our Global Disability ERG Summit continues. Hong Kong has spoken and locked in the first votes to determine the Top Three Priorities of Disability ERG/Network Leaders. During this session, we explored each of our Top Ten Priorities, compiled in consultation with our network of over 4,000 disability ERG Leaders from nearly 180 organisations. We discussed their relevance to ERG/Network leaders and the wider community of employees with disabilities within their organisations, before voting on the region's Top Three. The feedback from today's hub will feed directly into the anchor event and our identification of a final Top Three Global Priorities. We extend huge thanks to our Hong Kong hosts HSBC and to Phyllis Pang Surali Siriwardene Lara Partridge David Rice Kevin Lee Ryan WAN Regina Lam for leading the way. Thank you to Joanne Austin, Heather Newlands and Ian Stuart for supporting the global growth of Ability at HSBC. As part of the first ever Global Disability ERG Summit, in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations Ltd and MSD we are convening local Hubs across the globe to bring together regional ERG leaders. We are inviting local Disability ERG/Network leaders to attend the following events: New York City, USA - 17 September (hosted by HSBC) Hyderabad, India - 19 September (hosted by HSBC) Nairobi, Kenya - 19 September (hosted by Google) Mexico City, Mexico - 20 September (hosted by HSBC) Warsaw, Poland - 25 September (hosted by Google) Melbourne, Australia - 9 October (hosted by NAB) London, UK - 9 October ( hosted by A&O Shearman) Milan, Italy - 10 October (hosted by Google) To sign up please email events@purplespace.org ID: PurpleSpace Determining the top three priorities of disability ERG/Network leaders. Hong Kong hub votes are in! This session was hosted by HSBC as part of the Global Disability ERG Summit on 15 October in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD.

🌍 Building a global 'network of networks' 🌏 Global Disability ERG Summit, in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations Ltd and MSD, we are excited to share details of our Australian hub event: 9 October Melbourne, Australia hosted by NAB Our pre-summit hub event in Melbourne, Australia will bring together disability ERG/Network leaders will amplify the voice of employees with disabilities worldwide regarding the barriers that employers must remove for them to thrive at work. Disability ERG/Network leaders can join free of charge, either in-person, or virtually. Contributions from global hubs will feed in to our London anchor event, hosted by Financial Times on 15 October. Our full schedule of global hub locations - 16 September - Hong Kong, China (hosted by HSBC) 17 September - New York City, USA (hosted by HSBC) 19 September - Hyderabad, India (hosted by HSBC) 19 September - Nairobi, Kenya (hosted by Google) 20 September - Mexico City, Mexico (hosted by HSBC) 25 September - Warsaw, Poland (hosted by Google) 9 October – Melbourne, Australia (hosted by NAB) 9 October – London, UK (hosted by A&O Shearman) If you are interested in attending any of these locations, in person or virtually, please contact events@purplespace.org Kate Nash OBE 💜 Brendan Roach Sally Owen Kirstie Wilson Kay Allen Susan Scott-Parker Jenny Watts-Sampson (she/her) ID: graphic with half of a purple globe image and text reading PurpleSpace Global Disability ERG Summit in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD - Hub Announcement. Melbourne, Australia hosted by NAB 9 October 14:00 - 16:00 AEST

🎤 Dawn Poulson Whelan, Chair of National Ambulance Disability Network joins us for the world’s first Global Disability ERG Summit on 15 October 2024, in partnership with Financial Times, sponsored by Motability Operations Ltd and MSD. During the Summit, we will: ✔ Convene disability ERG / Network leaders and key stakeholders at a 'free-at-source' hybrid global event. ✔ Connect with groups of disability ERG / Network leaders via supported Local Hub events around the globe. ✔ Determine the top three strategic drivers of workplace equity as expressed directly by people with disabilities – that, if tackled, would result in lasting change in the employment prospects of employees with disabilities. 👉 To hear more from Dawn at our London anchor event on 15 October, you can register for virtual attendance at our Global Summit here https://lnkd.in/eftX5DCk Brendan Roach Sally Owen Kirstie Wilson Kate Nash OBE 💜 Susan Scott-Parker ID: Designed graphic reads PurpleSpace Speaker Announcement, Dawn Whelan, Chair of National Ambulance Disability Network. Text banner reads Global Disability EBRG Summit 15 October 2024 in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD. Graphic shows a photo of Dawn from shoulder up smiling to camera, she is a white female, with long auburn hair, wearing a black top.

🌐 The world's first ever Global Disability ERG Summit takes place on 15 October 2024. Disability ERG/Leaders, champions and allies will vote to determine the top three strategic priorities to drive disability workplace equity. These will be selected from our published 'Top Ten priorities of Disability ERG/Network Leaders' compiled in consultation with our network of over 4,000 disability ERG/Network Leaders, champions and allies from nearly 180 organisations. You can access the publication, sponsored by Novartis and Tesco here https://lnkd.in/d_Rze767 Disability ERG/Network leaders, champions and allies attending the summit will be voting during the events, but we value the contributions of those working in the wider disability agenda. ✅ We invite those of you in disability ERG/Network leadership positions to vote for your Top Three Priorities via Slido here https://lnkd.in/eMdXYaXN 📈 All votes will feed directly into our London anchor event alongside those gathered from across our global hub events. These will enable us to determine the final Top Three Priorities of Global Disability ERG/Network Leaders. ID: Designed image, with half of a purple globe image and bold text reading 'Have you voted?' PurpleSpace determining the top three priorities of disability ERG/Network Leaders at our Global Disability ERG Summit on 15 October 2024 in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD

Next month on 15 October 2024, Andrew Miller, CEO of Motability Operations Ltd Operations, will welcome delegates to the world’s first Global Disability ERG Summit, held in partnership with Financial Times and sponsored by Motability Operations Ltd and MSD. “The summit will enable disabled employees around the globe to voice compelling business and ethical rationale for organisations to invest in disability ERG/Networks. From our experience of investing in the enABLE Network, we know that doing so will result in lasting change in the employment of disabled employees.” Don’t miss the chance to hear more from Andrew, register today: https://lnkd.in/eftX5DCk ID: Designed graphic reads PurpleSpace Speaker Announcement, Andrew Miller, CEO at Motability Operations. Text banner reads Global Disability ERG Summit 15 October 2024 in partnership with Financial Times, Motability Operations and MSD. Graphic shows a photo of Andrew, a white male with grey hair, wearing a blue sweater, smiling to camera as he rests his arms on a desk in an office setting.