Happy Smiles Training CIC
Social Enterprise
Community Action Organisations
Happy Smiles Training CIC is a disabled persons-led social enterprise, made up of more than 90% disabled people with over 60% of their full-time employees disabled people.
They empower disabled people to create positive social change, by delivering inclusive training and projects to schools, community groups and businesses, using their lived experiences. They have positively impacted over 5,000 people, with 100% of audiences recommending their work.
They have been supported by national disabled and non-disabled leaders such as Mike Adams OBE: “An absolutely brilliant organisation helping to change the disability conversation” and by Lisa Nandy MP: “A fantastic local organisation led by disabled people.”
Their impact has been recognised by multiple national awards including:
- We Stand Together Awards 2022 – Winners
- Digital Leaders Impact Awards 2022 – Winners
- Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2021 – Finalists
- National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards 2022 – Finalists
- Inclusion on the Learning Disabilities and Autism Leaders List 2021
“I’m extremely lucky to be able to wake-up each day and contribute something positive towards making the world a more accessible and inclusive place for disabled people. Thanks to Shaw Trust for acknowledging my work and helping amplify its reach through my inclusion on the Disability Power 100.”
