'It Makes Me Feel Confident': A Community Based Participatory Study of Experiences of Employment for People With Intellectual Disabilities.
- 1University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
- 2Ivybridge Brewing Company C.I.C, Ivybridge, Devon, UK.
Abstract
Background
A social enterprise brewery requested help from researchers to understand their employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities ('trainees'). A community-based participatory framework (CBPR) was used to develop the research.Method
Digital storytelling was selected to enable trainees to express their views about their work. Six participants created digital stories with support from researchers. Transcripts of the stories were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Findings
Three main themes were developed: 'Learning new skills'; 'We do good work'; and 'I belong at the brewery', each with several subthemes. One overarching theme, 'I feel more confident' was developed to represent the ways in which different aspects of the work had developed their confidence.Conclusion
Working within the brewery seemed to have both immediate and far-reaching benefits for participants. Further research would be needed to better understand the wider impact on the local community.
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BibTeX
@article{gallichan2026makes,
title = {{'It Makes Me Feel Confident': A Community Based Participatory Study of Experiences of Employment for People With Intellectual Disabilities.}},
author = {Deanna Gallichan and Chloe Deacon and Karen Gresty and Simon Rundle},
journal = {Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1111/jar.70310},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42893697},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - 'It Makes Me Feel Confident': A Community Based Participatory Study of Experiences of Employment for People With Intellectual Disabilities.
AU - Deanna Gallichan
AU - Chloe Deacon
AU - Karen Gresty
AU - Simon Rundle
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/01
JO - Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID
DO - 10.1111/jar.70310
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42893697
AB - Background A social enterprise brewery requested help from researchers to understand their employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities ('trainees'). A community-based participatory framework (CBPR) was used to develop the research.Method Digital storytelling was selected to enable trainees to express their views about their work. Six participants created digital stories with support from researchers. Transcripts of the stories were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis.Findings Three main themes were developed: 'Learning new skills'; 'We do good work'; and 'I belong at the brewery', each with several subthemes. One overarching theme, 'I feel more confident' was developed to represent the ways in which different aspects of the work had developed their confidence.Conclusion Working within the brewery seemed to have both immediate and far-reaching benefits for participants. Further research would be needed to better understand the wider impact on the local community.
SN - 1360-2322
SN - 1468-3148
ER -