Businesses, organisations and individuals will be able to better engage with Queenslanders with disability thanks to a new initiative of the Queenslanders with Disability Network.
QDeNgage will provide consultancy, engagement, training and speakers for Queensland businesses and organisations.
Minister for Disability Services Coralee O’Rourke recently launched the new initiative alongside QDN CEO Paige Armstrong.
“This new initiative will help businesses and organisations undertake disability inclusion health checks, conduct disability inclusion training for staff, and host customer and consumer engagement sessions with people with disability,” Mrs O’Rourke said.
“Through QDeNgage engagement consultants will work with business, services, researchers and Government to plan, design, deliver and evaluate services, products, environments and policies to deliver on quality, accessibility, affordability, inclusion and innovation.”
QDN CEO Paige Armstrong said QDeNgage consultants had a diverse range of skills, knowledge and abilities.
“Consultants can assist organisations to design, deliver and evaluate their services, products, and policies to include the perspective of people with a disability,” she said.
QDN chairperson Nigel Webb said by involving people with disability from the beginning, businesses and organisations could design products and services the meet the needs of customers.
“QDeNgage can help you connect with 20% of the population who identify as people with a disability and grow your market share and deliver inclusive services and products,” he said.
“One in five Queenslanders identify as having a disability and want to be customers and consumers of all that business, industry and the community has to offer.”
For more information about QDeNgage, visit qdn.org.au/our-work/qdns-work/qdengage/.
