Include 2011
The Role of Inclusive Design in Making Social Innovation Happen
18-20 April 2011
Sponsored by Audi UK, BT and Sanctuary Care
Audi UK are very proud to sponsor the sixth Include conference as a way of marking the long-standing relationship between The Helen Hamlyn Centre and The Audi Design Foundation.
The Audi Design Foundation, which closed in March 2010, donated more than £1 million towards innovative design in its 13-year duration. Its mission was to encourage and empower designers to develop ideas - ones which would create a positive change in people's lives. Projects funded by the Audi Design Foundation included:
Since March 2010, Audi UK has committed its funding and resources to an internal Corporate Responsibility programme. This work now rests on four pillars; energy and carbon, natural resources, quality of life and being a good neighbour. Audi UK are currently looking at all areas of the business to understand what effect their buildings, products, processes and behaviours have on the communities they are part of and on the environment as a whole. Once this information has been collated, targets will be set for engagement and improvement in order to minimise negative impact.
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. It has a long history of helping everyone to get the most from the latest communications and in developing inclusive products from switchboards that could be used by servicemen blinded in World War I and phones with flashing lights in 1930s to the iconic Big Button phone and bills in audio CD.
BT commissioned the development of the online inclusive design toolkit and has been working closely with Cambridge University's Engineering Design Centre and the i~design project since 2005 to help companies understand the benefits of inclusive design.
Established in 1969, Sanctuary Care is a successful leading-edge housing and care provider, managing over 78,000 homes throughout England and Scotland including general rented, sheltered and supported accommodation, student and key worker accommodation.A member of Sanctuary Group, Sanctuary Care is a professional, financially sound organisation with a good reputation and is passionate about the quality of services it provides.
Sanctuary Care was established in 1995 to provide older people with high quality nursing and residential care. Today it cares for thousands of people nationwide and has 42 state-of-the-art care homes for older people, homes and schemes for adults with physical and learning disabilities, independent living schemes and home care branches. It provides specialist supported housing accommodation and services for over 6,000 disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
All of Sanctuary Care's income is re-invested into the business, which allows it to provide its residents and the people it cares for with excellent standards of care from well managed and maintained homes and schemes.
