SAMEE is a Dorset based charity founded in 2016 by our CEO Samantha Everard. The name SAMEE represents Support and Mentoring Enabling Entrepreneurship. Our charitable purpose is to enable disabled people to gain further independence through exploring non-traditional forms of employment that will effectively fit around their learning needs.

Day-to-day the SAMEE team work with people from all walks of life, from school aged children up to adults looking for a new career path more accessible to their needs. We don’t believe in limiting our support services based on the level of disability. Instead, we pride ourselves in the quality and adaptability of our support enabling us to provide bespoke guidance no matter the need. 

With strategic partnerships in both the employment and education sectors, as well as 3 qualified careers professionals on the team, we ensure provision of the highest quality information, advice and guidance. SAMEE have also been Disability Confident Leaders since 2018. 

We have come a long way since 2016! We are proud to offer services such as 1:2:1 Self-employment mentoring which is completely  flexible to work with you, and sociable group workshops based around employability, self-employment, wellbeing and confidence building.

SAMEE has co-created with the help of our amazing disabled beneficiaries an NCFE accredited Level 1 Self-employment programme which can be completed on it’s own or alongside our newest programme… the UK’s first Self-Employment Supported Internship!! (which we are very excited about) 

Check our the programmes page for more information on this!

The SAMEE Charity's Impact Goals...

SAMEE - Work with disabled people
SAMEE - Work with disabled people
SAMEE - Work with disabled people
The year SAMEE started!
2016
People supported since established
0

96%

of beneficiaries had a 100% engagement rate in 2023

We are delighted to announce that that SAMEE have made the shortlist for a prestigious international award! We are one of 5 organisations in the UK that have been recognised for work within disability inclusion alongside the likes of the BBC.

Team SAMEE are amazed that we have made it to the shortlist for this award after hundreds of applications went in. Thank you to everyone who has supported us, we have grown so much since we started and couldn’t have done it without our amazing beneficiaries! 

“Building a business from scratch by yourself can be daunting and lonely but having the SAMEE Charity by my side from start to finish has been crucial in the success of launching my business.”

“They’ve helped me to keep on track with the more business side of my business and without them I definitely wouldn’t be as far along as i am now or as confident in my own work, so thank-you!”

SAMEE - Work with disabled people

Thank you to our Supporters

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