Business Disability Forum
We work with over 600 Members and Partners employing over 5 million people in the UK, and a further 16 million people worldwide.
What’s new at Business Disability Forum
The Innovation Fund: new ideas on disability at work
Business Disability Forum welcomes the Government’s new Pathways to Work Innovation Fund, which aims to support bold ideas that help disabled people get into and stay in work. CEO Diane Lightfoot explains why innovation is key to closing the disability employment gap.
What is the Disability Smart Framework?
Our Disability Smart Management Tools (available to Members and Partners) help you to understand how well your organisation is performing when it comes to disability inclusion.
Empowering customer-facing workers to provide disability-inclusive service
Join us on 15 September for a free webinar on empowering customer-facing workers to provide disability-inclusive service.
Knowledge Hub
A unique source of accurate, authoritative information on business and disability.
How businesses can use artificial intelligence inclusively
How organisations can realise the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) without leaving disabled employees behind.
Global Disability Smart Assessment
Use Business Disability Forum’s Global Disability Smart Assessment to improve disability inclusion across your global organisation.
How to plan accessible and inclusive events
This toolkit is for anyone who is responsible for organising, designing or delivering accessible and inclusive events.
Events
We run conferences, webinars and a range of regular Networks and Taskforces.
Annual Reception 2026: Designing for all: Where accessibility sparks innovation
Join us on 14 October to hear how BBC reshaped accessibility and how Barclays drives supplier change.
Higher Education Institutions (HEI) Network Oct 2026
Hear from Dr Ossie Stuart on developing disabled leaders and discover how inclusive training helps turn commitment into lasting organisational change.
Construction Network Sept 2026
Join us on 22 September to gain IET’s sharp insights and learn how BDF training consistently drives inclusive engineering.