THE GROUP FOR SOLICITORS
WITH DISABILITIES

Sue Maynard Campbell MBE

Chair, Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD)
Managing Director, Equal Ability CIC

Sue Maynard Campbell MBE, Chair, Group for Solicitors with Disabilities (GSD), Managing Director, Equal Ability CIC

Sue is a solicitor although now focusing on equality and diversity training, research, and consultancy with specific expertise in disability.  She has chaired GSD since May 2004, having been a member since shortly after it was formed.  Being Chair involves working across the legal sector and being on a number of equality and diversity groups.  Prior to 1992 she practiced alone and in partnership both in Surrey and where she now lives in Yorkshire.  Since 1992 here legal practice has gradually given way to running Equal Ability CIC is one of the country’s leading disability equality consultancies which became a community interest company in 2005.  As such it is now owned and run for the benefit of the disabled community.

Sue works nationally across all sectors providing organisations with consultancy and training to enable them to promote equality and diversity especially for disabled people.  She also undertakes research which has included a report for the Disability Rights Commission preparatory to the introduction of the duty to promote and Disability Equality Schemes.  Sue is an Associate of the Employers’ Forum on Disability, a member of West Yorkshire CPS Community Involvement Panel, and on Jobcentre Plus’ Disability Consulting Group for Yorkshire and the Humber.  She is a former Chair of the DWP’s Ministerial Advisory Committee for Disabled People in Employment and Training (ACDET), and of the Association of Disabled Professionals, and Vice-Chair of a community and mental health NHS trust.

Sue is a permanent wheelchair user, lives in Yorkshire but spends significant time in London.  She is particularly proud of having recently been instrumental in increasing the availability of ceiling hoists in overnight accommodation in UK hotels by 500%, adding five through work with InterContinental Hotels – see www.CHuC.org.uk.  This allows greater freedom of travel for many disabled people and provides more accessible event venues, for instance for public sector involvement events.

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