The Open Doors Project – Increasing disability awareness in WA’s business community
The Open Doors Project aims to transform business and retail environments into welcoming hubs by challenging stereotypes of people living with disabilities and, at the same time, fostering economic growth and building more inclusive communities.
Through the project, we’re partnering with small and big businesses across Western Australia. Our goal is to raise awareness of people with disabilities and offer professional development around inclusive customer experience to participating businesses.
If you have got your doors open, why not open them a little bit wider to include people with disabilities?
This innovative project supports Western Australia’s State Disability Strategy goals, with a specific focus on:
- Increasing disability awareness, particularly focusing on the inclusion of people with communication and intellectual disabilities.
- Growing social and economic participation of people living with disabilities.
- Contributing to positive community attitudes about disability and diversity in participating communities.
- Boost feelings of community safety.
- Enhance community pride.
The Open Doors Project provides business and retail owners with practical tools to create genuinely welcoming environments. This ensures that everyone can enjoy and contribute to their community, both socially and economically.
Do you want to participate in this project?
Participating businesses will receive FREE training to develop their confidence and skills to create better customer experience for people with disabilities and to implement innovative initiatives to boost their revenues and customer base.
Co-designed and presented by people with lived experience, training topics will include language and terminology, communication and marketing, ideas of inclusive initiatives that businesses can easily implement, and much more.
Upon completion of the training, businesses will receive a comprehensive guidebook, easy-to-use checklists, and a certificate showcasing their commitment to fostering inclusive experiences for customers with disabilities.
Additionally, a limited number of businesses will receive a further 2 hours of consultation to help them achieve their goals.
Click here to book your FREE ticket to participate in the online training now. Get in quick! Spaces are limited!
If you have any questions about this social impact project, please contact Anne Marliac on [email protected] or call (08) 9443 7226.
This project is delivered by Inclusion Solution and funded by the Department of Communities.
