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| April 2020 |
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| Star of the Month |
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| Claire Cookson, employment champion |
After we get through the Coronavirus crisis, we need people who can help to create a better post-lockdown world for people with autism.
One of those who will be striving to achieve that is Claire Cookson, who has taken over the reins at a charity that aims to get 20,000 young adults with learning difficulties and autism into full-time paid jobs over the next decade.
Claire, who began her career in education and was associate headteacher at a special needs school, is the new chief executive of DFN Project SEARCH. The charity offers young people a one-year transition-to-work programme in their final year of school or college, combining classroom instruction, career exploration and hands-on skills training.
It runs more than 60 schemes in the UK – plus a handful in Ireland and Portugal – and has supported more than 1,000 interns into work. Over 60 per cent of its graduates obtain full-time paid employment.
Claire says: “Everyone deserves the right to aspire to the very best future – yet nationally only 5.9 per cent of people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) go on to secure full-time paid employment.”
She adds: “Our job now is to work with other aspirational providers, educators and local and national government to give these talented young people hope and the chance to fulfil their potential.”
Click here to read more about the organisation. |
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| Fab five |
| The five winners of this year's Spectrum Art Prize, together with some of their artworks |
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