Designability

Who we are

Designability is a national innovation charity advancing inclusive design across the UK.

The world is full of barriers for disabled people because society is not designed with everyone in mind. For disabled people, those barriers can take away things that everyone deserves: freedom, confidence, and opportunity.
 

But it doesn’t have to be that way — not if we design and build differently. And that’s where we come in.

By collaborating with disabled people, we dismantle unfair barriers and turn lived experience into practical, creative solutions that unlock everyday independence. From prototypes to sketches, and from problems to solutions, we engineer products and services that make the inaccessible accessible — and we help brands, other charities and designers do the same.

We are at an exciting point in our nearly 60-year history. We have launched our biggest ever research project — The Unfair Index — exploring everyday barriers disabled people face. We will be launching a new international award winning, world-first product — The Accessible Pushchair. And we continue to deliver our flagship service, the Wizzybug Scheme, providing free powered wheelchairs to very young disabled children across the UK.

Our culture and values

A career at Designability means working as part of a diverse team of product designers, engineers and technicians, fundraisers, occupational therapists, marketeers and administrative staff. We all work closely together with the shared goal to make a difference.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

Designability is committed to providing a safe, healthy and productive environment for all our staff, those for whom the charity are providing a service and other people we come into contact with during the course of Designability business.