Patchwork Hub: Building our Technical Innovation

Beth Kume-Holland是屡获殊荣的Patchwork Hub创始人兼首席执行官，Patchwork Hub是一个由残疾人领导的，女性领导的社会企业和技术平台，致力于创造一个更容易获得和包容的未来工作。Patchwork Hub是根据她在哈佛大学肯尼迪学者的生活经验发展起来的，从那时起，Patchwork Hub就一直在颠覆技术和招聘领域，正如联合国可持续发展目标所指出的，“人人享有体面工作”是我们这个时代最紧迫的社会和经济挑战之一。在联合王国，有100万残疾人愿意并能够工作，但由于传统做法的障碍而无法工作。不仅仅是残疾人，还有照顾者、父母和每个人，他们都可以在适合他们需求的工作环境中更好地发展。当人们被不必要地边缘化时，不仅仅是他们受到惩罚：作为一个社会，我们都错过了。围绕我们的需求进行适当的工作可以为每个人带来经济和社会效益。这一核心目标是Patchwork Hub的社会使命的基础。大流行后，世界发生了变化，但我们的工作模式却没有跟上。在我们的“新常态”下，我们有机会重新评估我们的主流工作方式和中心可达性，引入一个“隐藏的人才库”。这就是Patchwork Hub的创新所在。在其原型成功的基础上，该项目将开发Patchwork Hub强大的、可访问的工作平台和技术基础设施，并为雇主设计额外的认证服务。它将定位Patchwork Hub，以扰乱该行业并迅速扩大其增长。在疫情期间，照顾者、父母和残疾人失业的可能性“超过两倍”，而残疾人就业缺口为28%。现在，我们比以往任何时候都更需要创造一个包容、无障碍的工作未来，让以前被排斥的群体参与进来。Patchwork Hub打破了这些障碍，将成为同类项目中的第一个，引领工作文化的变革，并为隐藏的人才库提供无障碍环境。Beth最近被Shaw Trust Power 100评为“英国最具影响力的残疾人”之一。凭借这个奖项提供的平台和她作为榜样的工作，Beth希望鼓励更多的妇女和残疾妇女参与创新和创业，将这个项目的影响力扩展到Patchwork Hub本身的工作之外。

Beth Kume-Holland is the award-winning founder and CEO of Patchwork Hub, a disabled-led, female-led social enterprise and tech platform working to create a more accessible and inclusive future of work.Developed out of her lived experience while a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University, Patchwork Hub has since been disrupting the tech and recruitment sector, leading an accessible working revolution through its recruitment and consultancy services.As noted in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, 'decent work for all' is one of the most pressing societal and economic challenges of our time. In the UK, there are 1 million disabled people willing and able to work, but who are unable to because of barriers in conventional practice. And it's not just disabled people - it's carers, parents, and everyone who could thrive better in work environments fitted around their needs. When people are needlessly marginalised it's not only them that are punished: as a society we all miss out. Fitting work around our needs can unlock economic and societal benefits for everyone. This core aim underpins the social mission of Patchwork Hub.Post-pandemic, the world has changed, but our model of work has not caught up. In our 'new normal' there's an opportunity to re-evaluate our mainstream ways of working and centre accessibility, bringing in a 'hidden talent pool'.This is where Patchwork Hub's innovation comes in. Building on the success of its prototype, this project will develop Patchwork Hub's robust, accessible job platform and tech infrastructure and devise additional accredited services for employers. It will position Patchwork Hub to disrupt the sector and rapidly scale its growth.Carers, parents and disabled people were 'more than twice as likely' to lose their job during the pandemic, while the disability employment gap stands at 28%. Now more than ever we need to create an inclusive, accessible future of work that brings in previously excluded groups. Breaking down these barriers, Patchwork Hub will be the first of its kind, leading a culture change in work and accessibility for the hidden talent pool.Beth was recently named in the Shaw Trust Power 100 as one of the 'most influential disabled people in the UK'. With the platform afforded by this award and her work as a role model, Beth hopes to encourage more women, and disabled women, into innovation and entrepreneurship, extending the impact of this project beyond the work of Patchwork Hub itself.