About BASE

Employment For All

Our Mission

remove barriers and raise aspirations for disabled, neurodivergent, and disadvantaged people
change beliefs within the workplace and create inclusive recruitment opportunities
drive quality within the sector by promoting model fidelity and the use of quality frameworks

Our Vision

A mixed economy of provision across Britain, with the Supported Employment model at the heart, is available for everyone from Education to Adulthood.
Reduce the Disability Employment Gap by joining the dots through collaboration and partnership with employers, providers, organisations and policy makers.
Develop an evidence bank which demonstrates that Supported Employment Works when supporting all individuals who are experiencing multiple barriers to employment.

How BASE is run

Established in 2006, BASE is a charitable membership association funded mainly through membership subscriptions and donations from it's trading company, Inclusive Trading CIC.

The BASE membership is divided into seven regions comprising Scotland, North East, North West, Midlands, Wales, South West and South East. Each of these regions elect a National Executive Representative as a trustee to sit on the Board of BASE.

BASE is managed by a board of trustees also known as the National Executive Committee (NEC) which is made up of volunteers from the membership who have experience of supported employment/ inclusive recruitment with a small staff team running the organisation on a daily basis.

The board comprises the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, the seven regional representatives as well as five specialist roles: European Lead, National Employer Lead, Supported Business Lead, Commissioning Lead and Expert by Experience.

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What we do..

Training

Our partner Inclusive Trading CIC is a leading not-profit provider of workforce training and development solutions promoting inclusive recruitment

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Research

BASE is investing in research to develop the international evidence base for the Supported Employment Model

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Partnership

BASE is keen to build strong partnerships with others who share our values and aims. Whether you're an employer, user-led organisation or advocate we want to hear from you

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Members

BASE provides advice and support to members through its dedicated online membership portal, member-only webinars and access to member-only resources

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Questions

If you'd like to know more about our work or you can't find what you're looking for on our website please visit our frequently asked questions

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Support our work

Purple Socks Fund

The Purple Socks Fund is enabling BASE to offer small grants to organisations and or individualswho are building self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities with Disabled and Neurodivergent people.

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Donate to BASE

BASE campaigns actively on behalf of disabled, neurodivergent and disadvantaged jobseekers that support them , to promote better policy, better delivery and better funding of support. We welcome donations, because as a charity we are reliant on membership subscriptions to fund the work that we do.

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