Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 winners
Meet our winners and read about their disability inclusion projects.
Winner stories
Find out how the 2026 Disability Smart Impact Award winners are removing barriers for their disabled employees and customers.
Accessible Built Environment Award: Lilly
Recognised for transforming workplace accessibility through large-scale physical and digital improvements, supporting over 10,000 employees globally.
Finalists in this category were:
- Homelands Trust – Fife
- Amazon Italy
Customer Experience Award (large organisation): Lloyds Banking Group
Recognised for embedding co-design into customer experience, ensuring banking products are shaped by people with lived experience of disability.
Finalist in this category was:
- Durham University
Customer Experience Award (small organisation): Accessible Housing Scotland
Recognised for transforming the housing experience for disabled people through personalised, end-to-end support that enables confident, informed decisions.
Finalists in this category were:
- Greenwich + Docklands International Festival
- Thrive Together Aberdeen C.I.C.
Diversity and Inclusion Professional Award: Will King – Evtec Automative Limited
Recognised for leading an organisation-wide transformation that embedded disability inclusion across systems, culture and operations, creating meaningful employment opportunities for disabled people.
Finalists in this category were:
- Ross Hovey – Workplace Inclusion Manager (Lloyds Banking Group)
- Sharon Extance – Disability Officer (Freeths)
Global Disability Inclusion Award: Unilever
Recognised for embedding accessibility at global scale across products, workplaces and culture, improving inclusion for employees and billions of consumers worldwide.
Finalists in this category were:
- Bupa
- Sutherland
Inclusive Communication Award: Stichting Uit met Autisme
Recognised for transforming how sensory information is communicated, enabling autistic people to plan with confidence and participate more fully in leisure activities.
Finalists in this category were:
- Worley
- Sony Europe
Leader Award: Iain Wilkie
Recognised for driving global change in disability inclusion through leadership rooted in lived experience, shaping systems, partnerships and workplace culture.
Finalists in this category were:
- Amy Nicholas – Director (Morgan’s Butchery)
- Marc Powell – Global Accessibility CoE Lead (Unilever)
Procurement Award: BBC
Recognised for embedding accessibility into procurement processes and contracts, ensuring inclusive design is built in from the outset and sustained across suppliers.
Finalist in this category was:
- Barclays
Product Design Award: Sensory Shine
Recognised for designing inclusive oral care products that reduce sensory and physical barriers, enabling safer, more comfortable daily routines.
Finalists in this category were:
- Sekond Skin Society
- Intotum
Recruitment Award: BBC
Recognised for transforming recruitment through its BBC Extend programme, creating accessible pathways into employment and increasing representation of disabled talent.
Finalists in this category were:
- Curiously Divergent
- KPMG
Technology Award (large organisation): ServiceNow
Recognised for developing an inclusive AI-powered voice interface that enables users to complete complex enterprise workflows more efficiently and independently.
Finalists in this category were:
- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
- Tesco
Technology Award (small organisation): Diverse Made Media
Recognised for developing an innovative camera platform that removes barriers to camera operation, creating new career opportunities for wheelchair users in the film industry.
Finalists in this category were:
- SensePilot
- Mobility Mojo
Workplace Experience Award (large organisation): Sutherland
Recognised for embedding accessibility, wellbeing and progression into a connected workplace system, delivering measurable improvements in productivity, engagement and career outcomes.
Finalists in this category were:
- BCLP
- Garanti BBVA
Workplace Experience Award (small organisation): Happy Smiles Training C.I.C
Recognised for creating a disabled-led workplace built on trust, flexibility and lived experience, enabling sustainable employment and improved wellbeing for disabled staff.
Finalists in this category were:
- Evtec Automotive Limited
- Tilting the Lens
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