Jacqueline Winstanley

Founder and CEO Universal Inclusion

Jacqueline Winstanley, FRSA Founder and CEO of Universal Inclusion and the Inclusive Entrepreneur Network now known as the Disabled Entrepreneur Network is best described as a global humanitarian & innovator, with a deeply held and proven conviction to increasing equality of access to life’s opportunities through the creation of inclusive environments and working practice. She is a recognised international expert and strategist on inclusion and accessibility challenges.

A thought leader in the reduction of global inequalities Jacqueline’s work is recognised as good practice in the UK and internationally. Over the years, she has built an audit trail in proof of concept and outcomes, most notably in Inclusive Economic Growth, Inclusive Entrepreneurship, Workforce Retention, Inclusive Play and Childcare, and Parks and Open Spaces. She has also influenced significant changes in government policy in the UK and internationally as a direct result of her clarity of vision in this area, setting up and providing Secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Inclusive Entrepreneurship now combined with the APPG for Disability. She continues to develop and implement frameworks and solutions for global cities and communities, especially within inclusive entrepreneurship.

 

Jacqueline regularly presents at high level gatherings at the UN, in Windsor and Westminster. She is also an author, poet and regular contributor to national & international Advisory Boards, Good Practice Guidelines, White Papers & Select Committee evidence sessions. Co-Author of the 2023 report ‘Road to Wonder – A study exploring the barriers and opportunities to creating innovation and enterprise faced by disabled people’.

Occupying a number of Non-Executive roles, chairing Foundation of Independent Living Trust, Ability Today advisory board, Avanti Accessibility Panel Member, Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 Judge.
A Visiting Fellow and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Centre for Innovation Management Research, Birkbeck, University of London and a Research Associate at Lancaster University. There is no doubt, her work has and continues to enrich lives and reduce inequalities

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