Embedding youth leadership and influence in disability employment (360G-phf-43694)

DFN Project SEARCH supports young people with learning disabilities and autism into paid employment through high-quality Supported Internships. This grant supports DFN to embed youth leadership across its work - co-developing an accredited Youth Ambassador Training Course, expanding its Alumni and Parent Networks, and establishing a Reverse Mentoring Programme to ensure youth perspectives shape board-level decision-making. The project will also support DFN’s wider influencing work, amplifying young people’s voices to challenge stigma, shift public attitudes, and promote systemic change in disability employment.