Disability Smart Awards 2025 finalists announced
Business Disability Forum has announced the finalists of its Disability Smart Awards 2025. These annual awards are a platform for showcasing the work of organisations, teams and individuals to help improve the life experiences of disabled people as employees and as consumers. 1 in 4 people in the UK has a disability and the estimated…
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Primark’s adaptive clothing range
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
By Joel Young, Senior Disability Business Partner at Business Disability Forum. Joel 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…
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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: Maximise your membership Are you getting the most out of your membership? Our Maximise your membership hub features video guides to your…
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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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