BASE 2025 Conference Agenda

Quality Support, Lasting Careers Agenda

DAY ONE :17 November 2025

09:00 - 10:00 Registration opens

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome

10:10 - 10:20 Minister Address, (invited Secretary of State)

10:20 - 11:05 KEYNOTE : Kris Foster , Lived Experience Speaker

11:05 - 11:30 Refreshment Break

11:30 -12:30 WORKSHOP A

A1. Accessibility and Assistive Technology : The Perfect Combination

A2. Workforce Development

A3. The experience of SEQF from a Provider and Assessor Perspective

A4. An Introduction to Tics and Tourettes in the Workplace

A5. Bidding with Integrity: Winning Funding Without Losing Your Values

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

14:00 - 14:30 KEYNOTE

Building inclusive recruitment with intent, what do quality partnerships look like for employers : Alicia McDonnell, Manchester Airport Group

14:45 - 15:45 WORKSHOP B

B1. Connect to Work and External Quality Assurance Discussion: The Journey so Far

B2. What the BASE would you do? Bringing Values to life in Supported Employment

B3. Setting Up Supported Internships – What you should consider

B4. Accessible Information Design within the world of Supported Employment

B5. Supporting people with SEND to access Modern Work Experience

15:45 - 16:45 INFORMAL NETWORKING

2025 Conference and Awards Dinner

17:30 - 18:00 Meet in Bobby Moore Room

18:00 - 18:15 Address from Main Sponsor

18:15 - 19:45 Awards Presentation

20:00 - 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - 23:00 Music and dancing

DAY TWO :18 November 2025

09:15 - 09:30 Welcome back

09:30 -10:30 PANEL DISCUSSION : Supported Employment, More Than a Model.

Panel Members

Ashley Ryan Enable Works
Hector Minto, Microsoft
Adam Whitworth, University of Strathclyde

11:00 - 12:00 WORKSHOP C

C1. Place, Train, Maintain and Flourish: There’s No Such Thing as a Light-Touch Supported Employment Model

C2. Widening Participation within Supported Employment – Realising the Potential of People with High Support Needs

C3. Job Analysis Tool and its importance in Job Matching

C4. Self-Employment – Taking the First Steps

C5. A Deep Dive into what being valued as an equal partner means to an employer

C6. What does the Supported Employment evidence tell us? And how can we best tell others

12:00 - 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 - 14:30 WORKSHOP D

D1. Access to Work, help us to improve everyone's user experience

D2. Bridging the Gap: Building Partnerships between Social Work and Supported Employment

D3. Inspiring, Driving and Promoting Inclusive Recruitment

D4. Insight to Impact: Using Local Research to Strengthen Supported Employment

D5. Creative Routes – Inclusive Pathways into the Arts for Young People with Additional Needs
D6. The importance of Job Coaching throughout the Supported Employment Model

14:40 - 15:35 PANEL DISCUSSION - Why Quality is Key to Careers; an employer's perspective

Panel Members :