Training and Consultancy
Our expert team of consultants and associates has worked with a variety of clients to support them with their engagement of disabled and neurodivergent people in STEM. Whether you’re a large corporate company or a small special school, we’re ready to work with you.
Our Services
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Making STEM Accessible
Designed for museums, visitor centres and any organisations developing and delivering education work, this session covers the key information about inclusive learning styles and how to develop and adapt content to disabled and neurodivergent learners.
Inclusive Practical Science
Designed for schools, this session covers tangible tips and examples of how to deliver practical, hands-on science in an accessible and inclusive way.
Hands on Science for special schools
Designed for special schools and teachers who are confident in inclusive learning practice but are looking for support in how to apply these to STEM lessons, in particular hands-on STEM experiments.
All training sessions are available in person or virtually.
Sessions can be delivered as a 60 minute general introduction to inclusive learning, or developed into a 90 minute bespoke session which includes our 60 minute general introduction followed by 30 minutes of exploring specific examples relevant to your organisation and some facilitated workshops/discussions.
We can also create or co-create completely bespoke training offers to meet your organisation's needs.
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STEM Engagement Development
Our team can help with the development and delivery of inclusive STEM engagement. We have experience in developing in-school outreach sessions, supporting school visits to places of work, and the curation and development of STEM exhibits and festivals.
Audits
We can audit venues to assess their suitability for disabled visitors, as well as auditing information shared on websites, exhibition signs, and resources shared with young people to ensure they are written and presented in an inclusive and accessible manner.
Audience development
Through our extensive database, we offer organisations support to identify and engage with local schools, community groups or STEM businesses.
Bid writing support
Support for universities, schools and STEM organisations to write applications for grants, whether as a named partner or an independent advisor.
STEM Curriculum Development
We can work with special schools or mainstream schools with SEND units, to support the development of STEM lesson plans, medium term plans and whole school curriculum approaches.
Consultancy projects can be a single meeting to help consolidate your plans, or a tailored project over a number of weeks or months. They can be remote or include site visits, we can also support with the facilitation of workshops or away days for your team.
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Our team can organise, co-create, or contribute to conferences and events including as:
Keynote speakers
Workshop facilitators
Exhibition and information stands
Or can work with you to ensure your conference, event or exhibition stand is accessible to disabled and neurodivergent young people.
If you would like to find out more about any of our training or consultancy offers, the first step is to complete a project initiation form.
If you have any questions or need assistance completing the form, please contact Em Diserens, STEM Partnerships Programme Manager on em@lightyearfoundation.org
If you’re not sure whether our offer is right for you let us know, if we can’t help you ourselves we may well have a contact who can.
Who we work with
Our consultancy and training offers can be tailored to meet your needs.
Schools
Higher Education
STEM Businesses and Organisations
Community
Previous clients
“The Lightyear Foundation team have been fantastic to work with, and have really helped me feel confident stepping into my first special school visit. The team came to my site early on to give suggestions for how to make the students welcome – there were lots of simple changes I hadn’t thought of that really made a difference on the day. And my staff have already reported that the changes and materials we made for the students would be helpful in other aspects of our work. I’m looking forward to continuing to work with Lightyear and the special schools in their network.”
Jack Monaghan, Science Engagement and Enrichment Manager, Wellcome Genome Campus.