We are TWIP, we provide research-led specialist in-work support for disabled academics, professionals, and entrepreneurs.
Disabled academics and professionals often find their career derailed by inaccessible workplaces and inflexible working practices, TWIP can help navigate and remove disabling barriers that hold disabled professionals back from reaching their potential. Inclusive and accessible workplace cultures need supported and effective disabled professionals and leaders, TWIP can help you lead by example.
We understand the day-to-day practicalities that need to be considered when making workplaces accessible, the majority of TWIP staff are disabled. We don’t just preach impractical goals, we work to build and maintain the kind of inclusive and supportive working environments that our staff and clients need, while operating a remote team of almost 50 staff across the whole of the UK.
• Job Aides and Support Workers
Specialist assistants help remove workplace barriers, enabling equal participation in professional life. £38 – £50 per hour +VAT depending on specialisms
• Specialist Workplace Disability Coaching
TWIP coaches have specialist, research-led training in understanding the interaction between disability and work, and the practical realities of navigating the difficulties that arise, with a trauma-informed and empowering approach that is rooted in the realities of the employment relationship / world of self-employment. £60 – £150 per hour +VAT depending individual coach
• TWIP Online Support Hub
Online community of practical support for disabled academics and professionals. Body-doubling hosted by a TWIP Coach for 12 hours a day, Monday – Friday, a range of drop-in small group executive function support sessions across the week, group coaching, and general advice and support on things like self-employment, disability benefits, career development, practical reasonable adjustments, etc. and access to a library of resources, information and toolkits.
£125+VAT per week for unlimited access (pro-rata for part-time workers)
• Expert Training for Employers
Specialist training for raising awareness, addressing disabling attitudes and stigma, building confidence and practical skills in creating and maintaining accessible, inclusive workplaces, covering legal duties, practical adjustments, and best practices. Training can be tailored for senior leadership, HR teams, or line management / local teams.
£600 +VAT for up to 2-hour webinar training
£1,500 +VAT for up to 6hrs in-person training
• Workplace Assessment, Report & Training
Report & assessment of a disabled employee’s specific work context with practical suggestions for inclusion, and one 2-hour webinar training tailored to that employee.
£1,750+ VAT for one employee – discounts for multiple employees at the same employer