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About Kimel Foundation
What is our why?
Only 16% of autistic and neurodivergent people are in paid employment!
You read that correctly. That is not a statistic from 1921, that is the statistic from 2021.
There are many reasons why neurodivergent people are not in paid employment:
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Lack of understanding
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A failed interviewing and recruitment system
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The amount of misconceptions surrounding neurodivergent people
Neurodivergent people fall under the umbrella of neurodiversity, a model of understanding and acceptance for those who are different - autistic, ADHD, dyslexia, ADD, dyscalculia etc.
Many workplaces complete 'autism awareness' training sessions that only widen gaps and reduce understanding.
Here at Kimel Foundation, we want to incubate new attitudes, fresh approaches and create innovative and inclusive spaces. From our personal and professional experiences, Team Kimel has done just that. We aren't the standard "lets train people on autism on what it looks like to the majority", our training has been developed in partnership with neurodivergent professionals, speakers and consultants who live and breathe neurodiversity.
Identifying & promoting opportunities for all
In memory of Howard Kimel
The Kimel Foundation has been set up in memory of a dear friend and an inspirational man, Howard Kimel.
He was a very successful businessman who believed in giving people opportunities.
He invested generously in people he believed in with nothing in it for himself apart from the knowledge that he was helping people succeed that otherwise wouldn’t have been given the opportunity. He thrived on helping people and watching their business grow.
The Kimel Group
The team at Kimel offers a holistic solution for the autistic and neurodivergent community, employers, schools & statutory authorities.
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Kimel Cafe
For the Community
Providing supported employment for the autism & neurodivergent community, a stepping-stone training experience and transitioning our young people into employment. Provide supported life skills training for the autism & neurodivergent community. “Pay It Forward” programme to help local charities to alleviate food poverty. To provide tailored and appropriate stepping stone training for our young neurodivergent team members Identify potential employers, skills advice and transition into employment. Empower our young people to independence and raise awareness of challenges. Serve great coffee.
Autism & employment
16%
Autistic people are in full time employment
80%
Autistic youngsters claim careers advice is poor or non-existent
77%
Unemployed autistic people want to work
£34B
Annual costs of autism to UK tax payers
1 in 4
Autistic young people access any training after school
Video by kind permission of the author, Paul Micallef of ‘Autism Explained‘, Australia