Raising Awareness in England and Wales
Who are we?
Sense-Ability is a co-operative between two training businesses run by Martin McLean and Anna Lickley. Both are profoundly deaf, degree educated, enthusiastic and committed to disability issues and empowering disabled people.
Both possess teaching qualifications and have experience teaching British Sign Language and providing Deaf Awareness Training. Being deaf, they are knowledgeable in issues relating to deafness. They have experience of working with disabled people and take great interest in the wider spectrum of issues related to disability.
Martin McLean
Martin
has a degree in Genetics. In 2002, he researched and produced an information
project on Deafness and Genetics, which he gave a series of lectures to
universities and schools. In July 2004, Martin achieved a PGCE in Post-16
Education and has over two years of experience developing teaching materials
and delivering training. He has worked in Coleg Sir Gar, Carmarthenshire
as a lecturer supporting students with specific learning difficulties
and has carried out student retention research for the University of Wales,
Lampeter. Part of the research meant identifying possible reasons for
disabled students abandoning their studies and providing advice on future
improvements.
martin@sense-ability.co.uk
Anna Lickley
Anna
trained as a Fast-Track graduate trainee after graduating with
a degree in French. Fast-Track is a 12-month training scheme,
run by Scope, to enable high-calibre graduates with disabilities to reach
their potential in the job market. The scheme involves two 6-month work
experience placements and 4 week long training modules. Anna has worked
at the National Lottery Charities Board as a grants assessor and also
at Lloyds TSB Headquarters as a project assistant. As part of this, Anna
took part in a consultancy project for Lloyds TSB looking at their graduate
recruitment process and offering advice to improve access for disabled
people. Since then, she has worked in the Access Unit for Deaf and Disabled
Students at the University of Bristol where she gained a wide experience
of disability in the Higher Education field. Anna now teaches Sign Language
and Deaf Awareness.