Booster Nadia van den Heuvel: Inclusive work is not philanthropy

Only 1 in 5 employers employs someone with a disability. If it is up to Nadia van den Heuvel, this will soon change. She helps people with a distance to the labour market move forward. Nadia van den Heuvel works every day with heart and soul in her 2 companies, Ictoria and Xtoria. She successfully […]

Sitdown Café launched at Amsterdam Open Air festival

The Sitdown Café was launched at the Amsterdam Open Air festival on 1 June. Here, people with and without disabilities can meet each other. This playful café is a collaboration between Amsterdam Open Air and HandicapNL, which launched the Accessible Festivals project in 2019. With this, the foundation helps festival organisers improve their accessibility. Many […]

A look at one of the Netherlands’ most inclusive employers

When Nadia van den Heuvel quit her high-earning job at the Public Prosecutor’s Office, she had not yet thought of creating her own work. And not just for herself… Through her multimedia design agency Ictoria, she has now helped more than 60 people with a perceived distance from the labour market into work. ‘I deliberately […]