Creating inclusive workplaces through innovative auditing technology

通过创新审计技术创建包容性工作场所

• 批准号: 10060674
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: MOTIONSPOT LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10060674
• 关键词: Creating; inclusive; workplaces; through; innovative

There are 14.6 million disabled people in the UK. Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled people. Many workplaces across the UK are not accessible to accommodate the needs of people who have a physical, cognitive or sensory disability including neurodiversity.Most businesses aren't aware of what is required to design for employees with a wide range of needs including Autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, dyslexia, dyspraxia and Tourette's as these inclusive design principles are not currently captured in building regulations. Technology is required to provide a source of information to understand the challenges in current workplaces and plan how to design more accessible and inclusive spaces for everyone.Employers are also struggling to attract and retain the best talent and if offices can be designed to be more accessible, it will help unlock a new talent pool, bringing new skills and diversity to the workplace.Motionspot plans to develop innovative technology to help businesses evaluate their buildings against a set of inclusive design principles that exceed the minimum standards set out in building regulations and empower employers to understand the challenges in their buildings for disabled people. The technology will also provide recommendations on the changes required to spaces to make them more accessible.The technology will be developed and piloted in a workplace over 100,000sqf and learnings will be taken to further improve the technology before it is launched to the industry.After successful adoption of this technology in workplaces, there is the opportunity to expand this innovation to other sectors including hospitality, retail, housing and healthcare. Data generated from the project can also be shared with Government departments to help shape new standards and future regulations.This technology has the potential to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of disabled people and help create more diverse, equitable, inclusive and successful workplaces.

英国有 1460 万残疾人。残疾人失业的可能性几乎是非残疾人的两倍。英国各地的许多工作场所都无法满足患有身体、认知或感官障碍（包括神经多样性）的人们的需求。大多数企业不知道为具有广泛需求（包括自闭症、多动症）的员工进行设计需要什么、焦虑、抑郁、阅读障碍、运用障碍和抽动秽语症，因为这些包容性设计原则目前尚未在建筑法规中得到体现。需要技术来提供信息来源，以了解当前工作场所面临的挑战，并规划如何为每个人设计更无障碍、更具包容性的空间。雇主也在努力吸引和留住最优秀的人才，而办公室是否可以设计得更无障碍，它将有助于释放新的人才库，为工作场所带来新的技能和多样性。Motionspot 计划开发创新技术，帮助企业根据一套包容性设计原则评估其建筑，这些原则超出了建筑法规规定的最低标准，并赋予企业权力雇主了解其建筑物中的挑战残疾人。该技术还将就空间所需的改变提供建议，以使其更容易进入。该技术将在超过 100,000 平方英尺的工作场所进行开发和试点，并在向行业推出之前进行学习以进一步改进该技术。在工作场所成功采用这项技术后，就有机会将这项创新扩展到其他行业，包括酒店、零售、住房和医疗保健。该项目生成的数据还可以与政府部门共享，以帮助制定新的标准和未来的法规。这项技术有潜力对数十万残疾人的生活产生积极影响，并帮助创建更加多元化、公平、包容和成功的工作场所。