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Universal InclusionJacqueline Winstanley FRSA

Universal Inclusion, founded 2013

Increasing equality of access to life’s opportunities

I help anybody who is facing barriers to life’s opportunities. You may know me for my work on disability, but I do so much more than that.

Training, events, consultancy and research for organisations, entrepreneurs and government, in the UK and internationally.

Book a free first chat See what I do
Jacqueline Winstanley in a red dress with a UN Sustainable Development Goals badge, in a wood panelled library at Windsor, November 2019
  • Training and coaching
  • Spectacular inclusive events
  • The Inclusive Entrepreneur Network
  • Parliament and the APPGs
  • Research and publications
  • Inclusive working spaces
  • Music as a force for change
  • Reclaiming the Game: equality in sport
  • Poetry

Who I work with

  • Organisations and employers

    Inclusive workplaces, training for managers and HR teams, and practical in-work support so you keep your people.

  • Entrepreneurs and individuals

    Executive coaching and mentoring, and a network that celebrates excellence, difference and business growth.

  • Government, policy and research

    Evidence, white papers and advice, presented to Parliament, the UN and international organisations.

What I do

Four ways to work with me. Our first chat is always free.

  • Training and coaching

    Training, coaching and the tools to build inclusive environments: welcoming to everyone, flexible, and offering choices when one solution cannot meet everyone’s needs. Executive coaching on business growth, inclusion, diversity, health and wellbeing.

  • Events

    Spectacular, international, ground breaking events that bring together business and industry leaders, supporters, friends and guests to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Cultural and leadership events with a difference, made accessible from the start.

  • Consultancy and workforce retention

    Bespoke guidance for organisations and entrepreneurs, frameworks for inclusion in the workplace, and practical in-work support that keeps good people, whether office based or working from home.

  • Speaking and thought leadership

    Keynotes, panels, white papers and research collaborations, plus non executive and advisory roles. Shared with international and national organisations, local government and universities.

Highlights

A few of the things I am most proud of.

  • European Parliament

    Delivered training on disability in day to day HR management to the European Parliament’s human resources managers.

  • Inclusive childcare

    One of the first in the country to design and open inclusive childcare.

  • Parliament

    Secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, set up in July 2020.

  • The United Nations

    Presented at UN Headquarters in New York and contributed to high level meetings on Inclusive Cities.

  • The Inclusive Entrepreneur

    Founded the Inclusive Entrepreneur Programme and Network, a community that celebrates disabled entrepreneurs and their businesses.

  • Concerts and festivals

    A concert at St George’s Hall and an accessible music festival at the Folly on Winter Hill.

Also: Fellow of the RSA. Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research. Judge, Shaw Trust Disability Power 100. Former director of Disability Rights UK. Virgin StartUp mentor. Nominated for the 2021 Entrepreneur of Excellence Award, National Diversity Awards.

What people say

“A very interesting and well attended virtual webinar to human resource managers of the European Parliament… I would highly recommend Jacqueline as a truly competent, professional and impassioned trainer and facilitator.”

Erika Landi, Director, Directorate General for Personnel, European Parliament

“Jacqueline delivered an excellent session, engaging and enlightening. I thought it was going to be boring… it wasn’t.”

Martin Stevens OBE, Chair, Disability Rights UK

“She is a key influencer in this area and has become a well respected figure within the third sector. Universal Inclusion is helping us all deliver a more inclusive world.”

Grant Logan, Disability Today (now Ability Today)

Events

Bringing values to life through cultural and leadership events with a difference, and making them accessible to everyone who wants to come.

  • Concert at St George’s HallConcert, before COVID
  • Music festival at the Folly on Winter HillMaking a festival accessible
  • An Inclusive WorldMedia City, 2019 and 2023
  • Raising The Roof2017 and 2018
  • Courage and Sparkle concertSpring 2016

Talk to me about an event

Body of work

Research, publications, talks, events and policy work since 2000, all in one place. Search it, filter it, or copy a list for a CV or application.

Showing all 37 items

  1. 2026
    Publications

    [New co-authored book on inclusive entrepreneurship and the UN Sustainable Development Goals]

    [Book title, publisher and link here]

  2. 2023
    Publications

    Barriers and opportunities to creating innovation and enterprise faced by disabled people: an exploratory study

    Co-author. Innovation Caucus, October 2023

  3. 2023
  4. 2023
    Events

    An Inclusive World: Disability, Enterprise and Innovation

    Hosted event, Media City, 24 March 2023

  5. 2022
    Research

    Inclusive Hybrid Working study

    Research Associate and co-author. Lancaster University

  6. 2022
    Research

    Support needs of small and micro employers to recruit and retain disabled workers

    Research collaborator with Dr Paula Holland and Dr Cara Molyneux. Lancaster University

  7. 2022
    Research

    The changing workplace: enabling disability-inclusive hybrid working

    Research collaborator. Work Foundation, Lancaster University

  8. 2022
    Publications

    Inclusion in business banking: credit, disability and other access needs

    Contributor, cited as good practice. Lending Standards Board, October 2022

  9. 2022
    Publications

    Navigating serial inequities: disabled workers’ experiences of becoming entrepreneurs

    Co-author, September 2022

  10. 2022
    Speaking

    Endless possibilities: what roles will universities play in new hybrid ways of creating inclusive entrepreneurship?

    Co-Chair, CIMR debate, Birkbeck, London

  11. 2021
    Speaking

    Presentation of co-authored paper

    International Conference and Graduate Colloquium (ICGC), Pakistan, April 2021

  12. 2021
    Speaking

    Rural Business Awards judging panel

    Judge

  13. 2021
    Events

    Doing Business Differently: Inclusive Entrepreneurship

    Facebook Live event with the APPG for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, June 2021

  14. 2021
    Speaking

    Judge, Shaw Trust Disability Power 100

    2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024

  15. 2020
    Policy

    Secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Inclusive Entrepreneurship

    First public meeting, September 2020

  16. 2020
    Publications

    Inclusive Entrepreneurship: a critical look at inclusion of persons with disabilities

    Co-author. International Journal of Business and Economic Development, vol. 8, issue 2, November 2020

  17. 2020
    Speaking

    Keynote speaker, WOSAM2020

    World Summit for startups, entrepreneurship and MSME development, October 2020

  18. 2020
  19. 2020
    Speaking

    #WomenLikeUs webinars

    Lloyds Bank Business, March and June 2020

  20. 2019
    Events

    An Inclusive World

    Hosted event, Media City, November 2019

  21. 2019
  22. 2019
    Publications

    Women in Sport: Levelling the Playing Field report

    Farrer and Co, 2019. Also roundtable panellist

  23. 2019
    Speaking

    The key to economic empowerment for women’s minority groups

    Gender Accounting and Accountability Conference, Melbourne

  24. 2018
    Speaking

    Inclusive Entrepreneurship: key to reducing poverty caused by chronic pain

    UN Headquarters, New York

  25. 2018
    Events

    Raising The Roof

    Hosted event

  26. 2017
    Speaking

    UN Headquarters, New York

    Presentation, and high level meetings on Inclusive Cities 2016 to 2018

  27. 2017
    Events

    Raising The Roof

    Hosted event

  28. 2016
    Policy

    Ahead of the Arc: a contribution to halving the disability employment gap

    APPG on Disability, 2016

  29. 2016
    Speaking

    International Women’s Day, Westminster: Inclusive Entrepreneurship

    Speaker

  30. 2016
    Events

    Courage and Sparkle concert

    Co-organised, spring 2016

  31. 2015
    Publications

    Fluctuating Conditions, Fluctuating Support

    The Work Foundation, 2015

  32. 2015
    Publications

    Solutions for Equality and Growth

    Citizens Advice, 2015

  33. 2005
    Publications

    Removing Barriers: A Can-Do Attitude

    Ofsted, 2005

  34. 2003
    Policy

    Services for Disabled Children and Their Families

    Audit Commission, 2003

  35. 2003
    Policy

    The Play Review: accessible play space

    For Frank Dobson MP, 2003

  36. 2002
    Publications

    Inclusion in Early Years

    2002

  37. 2000
    Publications

    Inclusive Play Care

    2000

[In the real site Jacqueline could add new items herself, so this stays her complete record.]

Initiatives

  • The Inclusive Entrepreneur Network

    A community and a platform that celebrates excellence, difference and business growth, with Friday Briefings, podcasts and a member showcase.

  • The APPGs

    Secretariat to the APPG for Inclusive Entrepreneurship, now merged with the APPG for Disability, so Parliament knows what inclusive economic growth needs.

  • Reclaiming the Game

    Real and lasting changes to the inequalities that exist across sport.

  • Music as a force for change

    Using the power of music to highlight issues and bring about change.

  • The Rivington Terraced Gardens

    An inclusive opportunity for everyone involved in and visiting the Terraced Gardens.

  • Opening up creative spaces

    Turning rights, protections and aspirations into real opportunities for everyone.

Poetry

“Sometimes it is easier to put feelings and thoughts into words and images.”

  • The Flame
  • First Snow of Winter
  • Reclaiming The Game
  • Woman
  • Mother
  • Essence of Humanity
  • Work That is Good for Your Soul
  • The Meadow
Jacqueline sitting with a tablet on wide white steps, beneath a wall that reads: The steps to an inclusive world

About Jacqueline

Jacqueline Winstanley FRSA is a global strategist and innovator whose whole career has centred on increasing equality of access to life’s opportunities. She founded Universal Inclusion in 2013 as a disabled entrepreneur.

She is a recognised expert and consultant on accessibility and inclusion, working through Universal Inclusion, Fluidity UK and The Inclusive Entrepreneur on inclusive cities and societies, especially in the workplace and access to services.

“My work is varied and I never know where it will take me: Westminster, the UN, working as a Virgin StartUp mentor or into the lives and homes of those who are most affected by social injustice.”

Her work is aligned to the 2030 Agenda and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Let’s talk

Share your challenge with me. Our first chat is always free.

[A simple, accessible contact form would go here on the real site.]