New image collection helps disabled people be seen

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Business Disability Forum (BDF) has launched a new collection of images to mark ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities today’ (3 December). The images of disabled people in everyday situations will be available to businesses and the media and aim to challenge perceptions and increase understanding around disability. They are the latest addition to Business Disability Forum’s extensive Disability Smart Image Bank and its ‘Changing the image of disability’ campaign.

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Global Conference 2024 highlights: How inclusive is disability inclusion across the globe?

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Lara Davis, our Director of Communications and Marketing, shares highlights from the ‘How inclusive is disability inclusion across the globe?’ session at our Global Conference on 21 November (sponsored by HSBC). Disability workforce and pay gap data reporting is a hot topic, but not just in the UK. It’s also a particular challenge for organisations…

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Global Conference 2024 highlights: Building confidence through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

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Business Disability Forum’s Rebecca Elliott shares highlights from the Disability Networks and Employee Resource Groups session at our recent global conference, ‘Disability inclusion in a changing world’ (sponsored by HSBC). Of all the amazing sessions in our Global Conference on 21 November, this year I think I was most excited for the “Building Confidence Through…

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Global Conference 2024 highlights: The European Accessibility Act (EEA): The knowns and the unknowns and what businesses need to do.

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Matt Ewington, our Digital Marketing Manager, shares highlights from ‘The European Accessibility Act (EEA)’ panel at our Global Conference on 21 November (sponsored by HSBC). “The European Accessibility Act, coming into effect in June 2025, will set a benchmark for accessibility standards not only in the EU but globally. Businesses that want to sell their…

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Conference debates global change and disability inclusion

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Join Business Disability Forum’s Global Conference (online) on 21 November 2024 to hear about how global businesses and employers are adapting to recent changes in legislation and regulation. The conference is sponsored by HSBC and will take place from 10am to 4pm GMT. ‘Disability inclusion in a changing world’ will debate how organisations are responding…

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The Employment Rights Bill: BDF responds

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Responding to the publication of the Government’s Employment Rights Bill, Business Disability Forum has welcomed the spirit of the proposed legislation but highlighted some key missed opportunities for disabled people and employers, particularly around Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) reform and Access to Work.  Business Disability Forum’s Director of Policy and Research, Angela Matthews, said:   “We…

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Embracing Disability Inclusion: Opening up opportunities for business growth

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Ahead of our Global Conference 2024, kindly sponsored by HSBC, Carolanne Minashi, Global Head of Inclusion at HSBC, shares some of the steps her organisation took to nurture disabled employees and encourage growth.

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