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
Business Disability Forum welcomes ‘much-needed’ reform of Government’s Disability Confident Scheme
Business Disability Forum (BDF) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of plans to reform the Disability Confident Scheme to make it more robust and evidence based.
Disability and Business: What’s new in Government policy?
Join us on 12 February for a half-day conference to understand what recent developments in Government policy mean for business and how businesses are responding.
Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026: How to enter
Find out how to enter the Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026. Entries now open until 21 January.
Knowledge Hub
A unique source of accurate, authoritative information on business and disability.
Disability inclusion for Desk-Free Workers
Empower your desk-free workers with our targeted programme of bite-sized guides, videos, and staff briefing packs that are designed to build confidence in delivering exceptional service to disabled customers.
Business Disability Forum’s Global Assessment
Use Business Disability Forum’s Global 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.
Global Conference 2026
Our Global Conference, kindly sponsored by HSBC, will be held online on Tuesday 7 July 2026 between 10 am – 4 pm GMT.
Disability Smart Impact Awards Ceremony 2026
A celebration of our Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 finalists and winners (in-person ceremony is invitation-only).
An introduction to Business Disability Forum
Join us on 24 February to find out what’s included as part of your Business Disability Forum membership, and how we can support you.