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About Disability Smart Awards 2024

Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Awards celebrate organisations that support disability inclusion. Entries are now closed.

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.  Entries are now closed.

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 

There are 10 Disability Smart Awards open to UK and global organisations of any size, from any sector. Free to enter and membership of Business Disability Forum is not required.  

  • 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

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There are 3 Disability Confident Awards for organisations registered for the UK Government’s Disability Confident employer scheme. Free to enter, these categories are independent of the Disability Smart Awards, and are 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 will be announced at the live and online Disability Smart Awards Ceremony 2024, in partnership with Bloomberg, on 30 April 2024 in London.

Disability Smart Awards - Testimonials

To win a Disability Smart Award was an honour and signified a milestone for us as recognition of our dedication and effort toward transforming the workplace to make it a truly inclusive environment for all.

Leena Haque and Sean Gilroy, BBC’s Creating a Positive Environment Programme, Disability Smart Award winner 2019

Being in a room with so many passionate and brilliant individuals, who are all working towards making our world more accessible was awe-inspiring. And having conversations about the different innovations occurring across the industry was amazing.

Mark Wilcock, Global Accessibility Academy & Accessibility Lead, Atos, Disability Smart L&D Award 2023 (Highly Commended)

I am honoured and touched by this recognition, and truly proud and motivated to be among such an honourable group of individuals. I feel privileged to be able to work and live my life to the fullest, while doing things that I believe are right and good and supporting others.

Monika Jankowska-Rangelov, EMEA Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, State Street Bank, winner of Disability Smart Diversity and Inclusion Practitioner Award 2021

The Disability Smart Awards are a wonderful way to recognise the inspiring actions of individuals, businesses, and organisations who are already working toward inclusion. They also open up a network of like-minded people with whom you can learn, share ideas and explore opportunities for collaboration.

Disability Smart Award winner

This award truly reflects East Midlands Airport’s passion for creating an inclusive environment for all its customers. Congratulations to the entire team at East Midlands Airport for their hard work and dedication to making travel accessible for everyone!

Christiane Link, Chair Accessibility Advisory Group, East Midlands Airport, winner of Disability Smart Inclusive Customer Service Award 2023

The University of Warwick is proud to have added an Enhanced Accessible Suite to our accommodation stock for disabled students. And we are delighted to win a Disability Smart Award for this initiative, it is great recognition of all of the work of our Estates Team in developing this provision.

Winner of Disability Smart Accessible Built Environment Award

This awards means so much and is a testament to all the incredible interns, team members and partners who make up DFN Project SEARCH. So proud to work alongside and learn from you all, and so lucky to have the opportunity to do so.

Claire Cookson, CEO DFN Project SEARCH, winner of Disability Smart Leader Award 2023

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