Diverse Solutions

The special characteristics and challenges of the home Civil Service and statutory sectors are well understood by The Disability Partnership team, as are service industries and the voluntary sector. The team offers a wide range of expertise covering vital areas for today’s business in relation    to inclusion, diversity and issues in respect of compliance for the Disability Discrimination Act.  Provided early intervention and assessment of the Individual organisation is sought, it is usually possible to assist with pathways to success.

About Diverse Solutions

The Disability Partnership team now provides services predominantly across service sector industries and individual branches of the home Civil Service.  Customers include: The Royal Society for Arts, Capital radios “Party in the Park, Intercontinental Hotels group, the Department of Trade & Industry, BT and the Department of Culture, Media & Sport. In addition, we have a “Best Practice” advisor trained by the Disability Rights Commission covering advice and information on topics relating to specific legislation. This is beginning to be recognised as a valuable and quality resource by a wide range of our customers.

Organisations and company’s across the country are acknowledging the need for quality specialist input to ensure best practice for disabled customers and employees alike. We, together with our partners can provide tailor made solutions for all types of business.

As a new development over the past decade, the launch pad activity of The Disability Partnership has also created significant expertise in the area of change management – particularly relating to the not for profit sector of specialist agencies operating in the United Kingdom.  With increasing demands on the voluntary sector, many organisations have brought in costly commercial expertise to assist in areas such as competitiveness, re launching of initiatives, re branding of materials, and fundamental shifts in management, which are needed to accommodate financial, legal and organisational demands.

The team of experts is led by Peter Holland, Chief Executive of The Disability Partnership and a specialist in the sector for over 30 years.  He has developed a strong reputation in the voluntary sector and specifically specialist areas within British Industry such as hospitality and financial sectors.

The service is jointly managed by Chloe Franks who has established a significant presence specifically in services to the home Civil Service and allied branches of service organisations.  Between them they provide a comprehensive range of assessments, specialist advice and solutions driven services. 

We are also assisted where appropriate by many of the country’s leading specialist consultancy services, such as Churchill & Friend, Access Matters, Goss Consultancy and Disability Matters.

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Our Clients

“The Campaign for Leadership have worked with The Disability Partnership for the first time in the last year and we have been exceedingly impressed with their level of knowledge, attention to detail and above all their ability to both challenge and work within current realities, whilst effectively promoting the cause of exclusivity.  It is a pleasure to deal with an organisation with whom we feel so at one in terms of our value set”.  Ian Lawson, Chief Executive, the Campaign for Leadership.

“The DTI greatly values its involvement with Chloe Franks, Director of Leadership Programmes, at The Disability Partnership, who has given expert advice, support and encouragement in developing our own mentoring programme designed specifically for staff with disabilities.  She will help us manage the programme, which will run from 2003 – 05. Beyond that, she has given us invaluable help in awareness raising amongst all of our staff through delivering seminars and in support of our Disability @ Work Conference in 2004.” Alan Lawson Joint Head of Diversity - DTI’s Human Resources Directorate

“We thank Peter Holland and The Diverse Solutions team at The Disability Partnership team for their expertise in developing our members strategy on disability related issues for 2004. Our thanks also for the detailed advice he has researched and produced for our members website. His organization is our preferred supplier on all disability related issues.”  Bob Cotton – Chief Executive, The British Hospitality Association.

“The officers of our organisation were faced with real dilemmas about the future and  benefited significantly from the advice of the team at The Disability Partnership. They provided a coherent framework for considerations and focused our priorities appropriately.  We were then able to deal with the paramount issues immediately and sustain a breathing space until we could better organise the activities of the  Association.” Christine Menzies (former Vice Chair of the British Stammering Association)

 “I found the support and advice provided by Peter Holland of The Disability Partnership at the time of our charity merger both challenging and constructive.  Subsequently he provided sound guidance of our staffing issues and most recently provided advice in respect of the way we present our organisation, both in terms of funding applications and to the potential professional partners we rely on to develop of our work” Paul Mitson, Former Treasurer of Continuing Care at Home Charity

“Our company has benefited significantly from the advice and intervention of Peter Holland and the team at The Disability Partnership in relation to rebranding  and the considering of diversification of our options as a company”  Terry Reynolds, Chairman, Chalfont Line Travel

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