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Disability-Smart Awards 2018

Disability-Smart Awards 2018

Business Disability Forum is delighted to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our 2018 Disability-Smart Awards!

Business Disability Forum Film Festival

Business Disability Forum warmly invites you to join us at our annual Film Festival supported by Barclays. Come along and see the 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.

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Developing a global disability strategy at Accenture

In our latest blog, Barbara Harvey, Managing Director and UK Mental Health Sponsor at Accenture Research, discusses how the organisation extended support for disabled employees across the world.

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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.

Latest News

Press release: Business Disability Forum calls on disabled people to ‘choose their champion’ of accessible products and services

14 June 2018

London, UK: Business Disability Forum is calling on people to ‘choose their champion&rsqu...

Developing a global disability strategy at Accenture

21 May 2018

In our latest blog, Barbara Harvey, Managing Director at Accenture Research, discusses how the organ...

Mental Health Awareness Week: Business Disability Forum offers 10-point strategy to reduce work-place stress

14 May 2018

London, UK: With 12.5 million work days lost each year as a result of stress, depression and an...

Events calendar

Business Disability Forum Film Festival 2018

20 June 2018

Business Disability Forum warmly invites you to join us at our annual Film Festival suppor...

Building an inclusive workplace for employees with autism

28 June 2018

This workshop offers guidance on how to systematically and strategically embed inclusion i...

Business Disability Forum Partner Group Reception 2018

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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