How Primark is opening doors for disabled people on the High Street through its new adaptive clothing rangeÂ
Today is the day when Primark’s latest venture into adaptive clothing hits its stores. Its adaptive fashion range includes 49-pieces for men and women, based on its best-seller items and designed with needs of disabled people in mind. Through the collection, Primark aims to create affordable fashion which quite literally works for every body. Fashion…
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Working with a support worker
Joel Young, Senior Disability Business Partner at BDF, shares his experience of using a support worker and gives advice for employers on facilitating support workers within their organisation. I’ve used support workers for about 12 years now, having lived experience of vision impairment. I refer to them as ‘access assistants’. ‘Support worker’ to me feels…
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Why packaging needs to be accessible
The deadline for Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Awards 2025 has been extended until 26 January, so there is still time to submit your nomination.  The Disability Smart Inclusive Product Design Award is a great opportunity for brands to showcase the work they are doing to not only make their products more accessible but their…
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Season’s greetings from Business Disability Forum
Before we take a break, (our office is closed from 5 pm on Tuesday 24 December until Thursday 2 January at 9 am), here are some highlights from this year. During 2024, we: Grew our membership to over 600 Members and Partners. Launched our eleventh Disability Smart Awards, open for entries until 17 January. Launched…
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Changing the image of disability: Why ‘seeing yourself’ represented is so important
Last week, we added a new collection of images to our Disability Smart Image Bank. Here disabled models Courtney and Fleur tell us why our ‘Changing the image of disability’ campaign and Disability Smart Image Bank are so important to them. For Courtney, who has a mental health condition, deciding to become a model for…
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Disability Smart Awards 2025 open for nominations
Business Disability Forum (BDF) has opened nominations for its Disability Smart Awards 2025 today (3 December). The Disability Smart Awards 2025 are free to enter and open to UK and global organisations of any size and in any sector. Now in their eleventh year, these annual awards showcase the work of organisations that are improving…
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New image collection helps disabled people be seen
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?
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).
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.
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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