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Disability-Smart Awards 2018

Disability-Smart Awards 2018

Business Disability Forum is accepting submissions for our 2018 Disability-Smart Awards!

BDF Film Festival winners!

Business Disability Forum Film Festival

Business Disability Forum wishes to congratulate all our winning entries from our university 7 day film challenge!

BDF podcast series - Diane Lightfoot

Disability and technology

Our CEO Diane Lightfoot sits down with Neil Milliken, Head of Accessibility & Digital Inclusion at Atos, to talk about the relationship between technology and diversity.

Developing a global disability strategy at Accenture

We're proud to welcome Sopra Steria Recruitment to our Partner Group this month.

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About us

Business Disability Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation that makes it easier and more rewarding to do business with and employ disabled people.

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Free Disability Confident scheme validations available for Members

Our consultants offer validations at all three levels of the government's flagship Disability Confident scheme for employers and customers.

Consultation response: Disability Employment Gap

Business Disability Forum recently responded to a targeted call for evidence on the disability employment gap.

Latest News

Letter to the Trade Secretary regarding the EU Trade Bill and disability rights

16 July 2018

Business Disability Forum has joined disability and human rights campaigners in writing to Trade Sec...

Press release: Sopra Steria Recruitment joins Business Disability Forum's Partner Group

09 July 2018

London, UK: Sopra Steria Recruitment one of the UK’s leading staffing companies and ...

Building disability-smart businesses - looking to SMEs

25 July 2017

EY's Iain Wilkie discusses why SMEs are key to building a disability-smart business world in our latest guest blog.

Events calendar

Business Disability Forum Partner Group Reception 2018 - This event is now full

26 July 2018

Our annual Partner Group Reception is a networking event for over 200 of our Partners and ...

Becoming disability-smart is a catalyst for making your organisation more productive and more effective.

Publications

Our publications cover every aspect of bringing organisations and disabled people together from recruitment and retention to reasonable adjustments.

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Research and insight

Our research covers some of the key issues being faced by business and Government as employers of and service providers to disabled people.

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Disability-smart blog

Take a look at the latest opinion pieces, event reviews and commentary on Business Disability Forum's official blog, 'Disability-smart'.

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