Research
Will's Research
As a Winston Churchill Fellow, Will embarked on an enlightening research trip to America and Canada. Here you can read is study learn more about the specialist research YSM has been part of.
Winston Churchill Fellowship
As a former Young Amabassador and a member of the Council for disabled children , Will noticed that the system didn't adequately support young, disabled people and were prevented from leading independent lives.
Will was supported in his mission to improve the lives of disabled people by receiving the Winston Churchill Fellowship, which was awarded to him in 2011. As a fellow, he was given the opportunity to conduct intense study in the USA and Canada, which saw him speak to hundreds of people and deliver numerous presentations about how services could be improved in the UK.
He discovered that young disabled people in the US were given personalised education plans (the same for non disabled children) at the age of 13 and this is something he wanted to help implement in the UK.
You can read his report here:
Value and Impact of the Research
Will was given the opportunity to change education plans for disabled children in 2012/ 2013 when he advised the then Coalition Government on the Education and Health Care Plan and the Every Child Matters green paper. One of Will's specialisms is Employment and he worked with Disability Rights UK around improving employment opportunities for disabled people.
The ‘I Can Make It’ Campaign aimed to influence The Departments of Procurement across
local authorities to include a social value objective in their tender documents; stipulating businesses must employ a percentage of their workforce that identified as people living with disabilities. The outcome was to open this up to businesses locally and nationally. . His research paper is held in the Parliamentary Library in the Houses of Parliament.
His research and skills have been influenced many disability organisations nationwide, ensuring best practice wherever he goes including the Care Quality Commission( CQC) and Skills for Care
Winston Churchill
"What is the use of living, if it not be to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?"
Policies Will Has Influenced
Children and Family Act of 2014
Advocated for the personalisation of the education system, so that disabled children were included in the decision making process.
