About Disability Smart Awards

Celebrating disability inclusion

Business Disability Forum’s annual Disability Smart Awards showcase and celebrate the work of organisations that are improving the life experiences of disabled employees and consumers, by removing barriers to inclusion.  

The 2024 winners were announced in April. Entries for 2025 open in December.

Why enter?

• Share your work to inspire others.
• Gain recognition for your organisation’s impact on the lives of disabled people.
• Meet and network with others who are leading the way in disability inclusion at our awards ceremony.

Disability Smart Awards  

In 2024, there were 10 Disability Smart Award categories open to UK and global organisations of any size, from any sector. All categories were free to enter.

• Disability Smart Diversity and Inclusion Professional, 
• Disability Smart Leader Award,
• Disability Smart Technology Award,
• Disability Smart Inclusive Workplace Experience Award, 
• Disability Smart Inclusive Recruitment Award,
• Disability Smart Inclusive Communication Campaign Award, 
• Disability Smart Accessible Built Environment Award,
• Disability Smart Inclusive Customer Experience Award, 
• Disability Smart Global Disability Inclusion Award,
•  Disability Smart Inclusive Product Design Award.

Disability Confident Awards

sponsored in 2024 by: 

There were 3 Disability Confident Awards for organisations registered for the UK Government’s Disability Confident employer scheme. Free to enter, these categories were independent of the Disability Smart Awards, and were judged by the Department for Work and Pensions Disability Confident Team.  

• Disability Confident Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace Award, 
• Disability Confident Impact Award, 
• Disability Confident Small Business Award.

Winners were announced at a live and online Disability Smart Awards Ceremony 2024, in partnership with Bloomberg, in April.

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