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The Department for Work and Pensions is organising a market engagement event for an Autism Accreditation Contract. They are seeking a provider that is well experienced in working with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder and highly experienced in developing accreditations.

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15^th July sees the launch of a new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology, Talent & Technology: Building bridges to employment for disabled people, with keynote speeches from Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson MP, Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee and Julia Green, BASE Chair. The report is embargoed until 15 July but we'll post it on our Knowledge pages after that.

The Call for Abstracts has opened for the European Union for Supported Employment (EUSE) conference to be held in Oslo on 11-13 May 2022.

The organisers would like to invite all engaged in the employment arena, from NGOs, public employment services, policy makers, government agencies, recipients of employment services, academics and researchers to share their knowledge, skills and expertise on a range of themes intended to promote the best practice approaches in Supported Employment and work inclusion strategies.

The conference has four key themes:

Social Enterprise Scotland is organising a Corporate Challenge Bootcamp week which runs 19th-23rd July. The week features a number of sessions designed for all social enterprises interested in supply chain and procurement.