When: 3rd December 2018



When:?3rd?December 2018#PurpleLightUp?3rd?December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities was launched in 1992 by the United Nations, it is now globally recognised as a day that brings together a united voice to celebrate and empower disabled people.?#PurpleLightUp?powered by PurpleSpace?will amplify millions of voices around the world.?Why: Inclusive global movement#1billiondisabledpeopleMore than 1 billion people worldwide have some form of disability, that is 1 in 7. It can affect all us at any time in our lives. In a growing global movement, over 160 countries have signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. True inclusion however comes from a world that accepts all human difference, and where everyone’s voice can be heard#PurpleLightUp powered by PurpleSpace?will?‘light up’ this global opportunity to create a new and vibrant community, grounded in a 21st?Century understanding of what it really means to unlock human potential.?Why PurpleLightUp?We are focusing a purple spotlight on the economic contribution of the millions of employees and self- employed persons with disabilities around the world, while inspiring the many millions of disabled people aspiring to meaningful employment and valued careers#PurpleLightUp?presents a direct, visible and compelling challenge to the soft bigotry of low expectations that so needlessly prevents so many from realising their potential.?Why ‘powered” by PurpleSpace??PurpleSpace is a social business with a big mission:‘To make it easier for employees to navigate the experience of ill health, disability or the experience of an accident or injury, at the same time as flourishing at work.’?As the world’s only best practice exchange for disabled employee networks, resource group leaders, allies and champions, we support?employees to bring their authentic selves to work - while helping employers from across all industries and sectors to improve business performance by learning directly from their disabled colleagues.?#PurpleLightUp powered by PurpleSpace?from the moment of its soft launch by our founder Kate Nash, in the summer of 2017, has captured the hearts and minds of our member disabled employee networks and their allies from London to Peru to Australia and beyond.…as we continue to explore this emerging movement’s tremendous potential to:Inspire and energise a ‘purple revolution’ while?building a powerful global real and virtual community of ‘purple change agents’Increase the global reach of authentic corporate story-telling campaigns?Showcase the collective strength and impact of employee led networksChallenge wide spread out dated assumptions and ‘old brain thinking’.#GoPurple – what can you do December 3, 2018?Build on the momentum of Year 1.In 2017,?56?major?organisations across 66 countries including Peru, Singapore, UK and the USA celebrated?#PurpleLightUp?in some way355,275 people were reached through Thunderclap and?#PurpleLightUp?trended on Twitter with in excess of 133,000 impressionsFor 2018, corporations and public bodies are lining up already, including Fujitsu Global, Santander, Tesco, PwC?UK, Transport for London, Network Rail, Ruh Global Communications, the list goes on and spans the globeAXSChat are on the message, as is Business Disability International and scores of othersYour options range from lighting up iconic buildings and bridges, locations and stations, planes, trains and automobiles, purple employee events, purple dress codes, purple flags, boats, blogs, vlogs or bows on dogs (!), to wherever your creative, energizing and celebratory purple imagination takes you – just so long as we tell the worldWe have many organisations across industries and sectors marking #PurpleLightUp and International Day of Persons with Disabilities and we also have iconic buildings around the world lighting up, including CN Tower in Toronto, Queens University in Ontario, Viscardi Center in New York, Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, Bank of England, Cardiff Council, University of South Wales….this list continues to grow as we receive all of the pledges being made.Who are the current #PurpleLightUp Partners?KPMG UK – Webinar PartnerIsobel Creative – Advertising PartnerPwC UK – Event PartnerAXSChat – Social Media Partner?Who are the #PurpleLightUp Ambassadors?To help us spread the message we are proud to be working with a special group of ambassadors. Our ambassadors are leaders, shakers and visionaries from around the world, key allies that will help us to engage and excite organisations to light up or go purple in celebrating the economic contribution of people with disabilities.We will be announcing our ambassadors across social media this week and they are:Susan Scott-Parker OBE, Founder, business disability internationalSarah Kaiser, Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Fujitsu EMEIAMartyn Sibley, Co-Founder, Disability HorizonsDebra Ruh, CEO, Ruh Global Communications and Co-Founder, AXSChatJulian John, MD, DelsionDr Hamied Haroon, Chair, National Association of Disabled Staff Networks (NADSN)Dr Caroline Casey, CEO, Binc GlobalThe last word: from Kate Nash – CEO and Creator, PurpleSpace“Just as the rainbow flag has inspired real change as it rallies an increasingly vibrant LGBTQ+ movement – just as it symbolically unites people from every sector of society – just as it shows that prejudice can be positively challenged by building communities from a banner of colours that inspires hope – so too is?purple?inspiring a new grass-roots movement to convey and value the reality of what it means to be valued as a human being.?I want disabled people to use the power of their networks and resource groups, with their champions and allies, to help forge a global identity; one that puts the positive contribution of disabled people and their networks in the spotlight. – and oh yes, that’s a very?Purple Spotlight!” ................
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