Laura Davis

CEO

BASE (British Association for Supported Employment)

United Kingdom

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My organisation

BASE is the membership association for organisations that provide, or have an interest in, specialist employment support for people with a disability or other economic disadvantage. We campaign actively on behalf of disabled, neurodivergent and disadvantaged jobseekers, and the organisations that support them, to promote better policy, better delivery and better funding of support. We want to create an 'Employment is for all' culture within UK Business by removing barriers and raising aspirations for disabled, neurodivergent, and disadvantaged people, by changing beliefs within the workplace and creating inclusive recruitment opportunities., by driving quality within the employment support sector through the use of the supported employment model and quality frameworks   Our Vision is that  Every disabled, neurodivergent, and disadvantaged person across the UK has access to the right support to access good quality careers, through a highly trained workforce., Employers are not only signed up to Disability Confident but equipped with right support from local supported employment services to become Disability Confidence in Action., A mixed economy of provision, with supported employment model at the heart, is available for everyone from Education to Adulthood.
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LAURA DAVIS BIO

JAN 2024

Laura Davis has been working to improve the employment outcomes for individuals who are excluded from the workforce for over 20 years.

Passionate in the belief that employment should be for all, Laura has been the CEO of the British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) and Inclusive Trading CIC since May 2022.

Previously Laura has set up and led an award-winning supported employment service based across Berkshire and Hampshire.

She’s committed to widening the participation of disadvantaged people in the workforce and raising the visibility of inclusive recruitment and the benefits it brings for individuals, community, and society.

Laura is the mother to three teenage daughters who all have disabilities or neurodivergent and is also an experienced foster family.

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Employment

Supported Employment

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Speaker sessions (1)

Friday, 7 March 2025

13:15 - 14:45

Forum der Selbstvertreter von Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten (with English translation)

Format:In-personLocation:M3
  • Focus: Learning disabilities
  • In German Language with English translation
  • German captions | ÖGS
  • Graphic facilitation

Forum of Self-Representatives of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - Selbstvertreter tauschen ihre Erfahrungen mit integrativen Beschäftigungsmodellen aus und erörtern Möglichkeiten des Übergangs von geschützten Werkstätten in die Arbeitswelt.