Just Include Foundation

This week, we were delighted to welcome from , who delivered a fantastic workshop based on the Lobbyist’s Guide to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive.

The session explored:
- The role of committees and what they do
- How plenary sessions and debates work
- Understanding motions and more

It was an informative and engaging workshop, giving us valuable insights into how decisions are made and how people can influence change. We will utilize Andrew's teachings to support our engagement with MLAs, advocating for equitable opportunities.

A massive thank you to Andrew for such an inspiring session!

Image shows Andrew smiling with laptop

📣Voluntary organisations, working in advocacy? Help test and shape Just Include’s Northern Ireland Programme Workshops!

The Northern Ireland Programme consists of a handbook alongside 3 one hour long comprehensive workshops delving into the political processes of Stormont.

We are looking for 3-5 organisations to participate in a small scale user test of a workshop to help us evaluate and shape our existing training materials.

👉 interested? Please comment or reach out via DM or email: [email protected]

Know an organisation who may be interested? please share.

We had a Brilliant Stormont Launch Event on Monday, launching the brand, our Northern Ireland Programme and DigitAll; digital accessibility campaign.

It was fantastic to see so many from the disability sector and disabled people at the event and their enthusiasm for

Thanks to our primary sponsor again

Really enjoyed this morning’s event and hearing Andrew speak so passionately about lack of legislative protections for accessibility and inclusion in the digital world for disabled people. I have no doubt that this is only the beginning for So inspiring to see a young person pushing and promoting change all while being a voice for so many disabled people.

I will be reading up the on the handbook Andrew created for lobbyists and getting some tips! Much still to be done for but we continue to fight on and push for an equitable future for our young people with disabilities.

Michelle O'Neill Emma Little-Pengelly MLA Caoimhe Archibald MLA Paul Givan MLA Gordon Lyons MLA Mike Nesbitt MLA (Strangford) Claire Hanna Northern Ireland Executive

It’s today.

Government’s need to start taking disability rights and policy issues seriously in order to build an equitable and inclusive society in line with

Why the Asterisk❓

You may wonder why Just Include is based around the brand language of an asterisk.

Well an asterisk is used to denote difference, disabled people are often marked out as different.

Our message is disabled people are more than an asterisk - they are equal.

What is Just Include?

We aim to educate, empower and stand up for disabled people in decision making through active engagement with policy and key players on the issues that matter.

Our vision is an accessible and inclusive society were disabled people’s voices are heard and they no longer face discrimination or inequality.

Our website is: https://justinclude.org

More exciting things to come…