Welcome to our Spotlight Sessions, a series dedicated to conversations with change-makers and people that have made an impact on the community of people with disabilities.

In this episode, we had the chance to speak with Jane Hatton, the Founder and CEO of Evenbreak, TEDx speaker, and Author. Jane has worked within diversity and inclusion since the 1990s and began focusing on disability in 2004. Evenbreak, a social enterprise she founded in 2011, is run by and for people with disabilities. They focus on inclusive hiring practices for employers and candidate resources, which include mentoring, events, and more.

Jane shared her thoughts on the following topics:
1. Her background and career prior to Evenbreak
2. Values that Evenbreak has to only employ people with disabilities
3. The disability employment gap
4. The services that Evenbreak offers to candidates and employers
5. How their virtual platform is opening access for people all over the world
6. How the universal design can impact everyone
7. The importance of inclusion for all
8. The accomplishments of Evenbreak that Jane enjoys the most
9. How creating an accessible world regardless of differences would create a better world for everyone
10. Her message to businesses about hiring people with disabilities is about talent - not charity
11. How the pandemic changed the way we look at adaptive working

You can learn more about Evenbreak by visiting: www.evenbreak.co.uk

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