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Business Disability Forum announces Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 finalists

Business Disability Forum, the leading business membership organisation in disability inclusion, has today unveiled the finalists for its prestigious Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026.

Now in its twelfth year, the annual awards spotlight and celebrate the organisations and practitioners who are removing barriers and driving meaningful, measurable improvements for disabled employees and consumers.

The awards highlight projects that demonstrate a real difference to disabled employees and consumers and aim to encourage all businesses to elevate their approach to disability inclusion. From transformative workplace adjustments to customer‑focused accessibility innovations, the awards celebrate initiatives that deliver impactful change.

Diane Lightfoot, CEO of Business Disability Forum, said:

“This year’s finalists are raising the bar on what genuine disability inclusion looks like. The 2026 shortlist showcases a diverse range of organisations and individuals working to overcome barriers and improve outcomes for disabled employees, consumers, and service users.

“They all reflect an extraordinary standard of innovation, ambition and action. Their work proves that when organisations prioritise disability inclusion, everyone benefits. We are delighted to amplify their leadership and hope it inspires more businesses to accelerate their own inclusion journeys.”

Projects in this year’s list of finalists include developing a global network for people who stammer to a small, family-owned shop that has made neurodivergent and disabled people feel safe and welcome in a retail environment. There are also global corporationspioneering ways to design products and services with, instead of for, disabled people and campaigns harnessing the power of storytelling across five continents to disrupt harmful and stereotypical assumptions around disability.

Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 ceremony

Winners in the 14 categories of the Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 will be announced at the Disability Smart Impact Awards Ceremony 2026, hosted by HSBC, on 29 April 2026. There is an additional Lifetime Achievement Award.

Go to Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Impact Awards 2026 page to find out more about the awards and to register for the live stream of the ceremony.

2026 Disability Smart Impact Awards finalists

This year’s Disability Smart Impact Awards finalists by category are: 

Disability Smart Impact: Diversity and Inclusion Professional 

  • Evtec Automative
  • Freeths LLP
  • Lloyds Banking Group

Disability Smart Impact: Leader Award

  • 50 Million Voices
  • Morgans Butchery
  • Unilever

Disability Smart Impact: Technology Award – small organisation (fewer than 250 employees)

  • Diverse Made Media
  • Mobility Mojo
  • SensePilot

Disability Smart Impact: Technology Award – large organisation (250+ employees)

  • ServiceNow
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Tesco

Disability Smart Impact: Workplace Experience Award – small organisation (fewer than 250 employees)

  • Happy Smiles Training CIC
  • Evtec Automotive
  • Tilting the Lens

Disability Smart Impact: Workplace Experience Award – large organisation (250+ employees)

  • Sutherland Global
  • BCLP
  • Garanti BBVA

Disability Smart Impact: Recruitment Award

  • BBC
  • Curiously Divergent
  • KPMG LLP

Disability Smart Impact: Inclusive Communication Award

  • Stichting Uit met Autisme
  • Sony Europe
  • Worley

Disability Smart Impact: Customer Experience Award – small organisation (fewer than 250 employees)

  • Accessible Housing Scotland
  • Thrive Together Support
  • Festival.org – Greenwich + Docklands International Festival

Disability Smart Impact: Customer Experience Award – large organisation (250+ employees)

  • Lloyds Banking Group
  • Durham University

Disability Smart Impact: Accessible Built Environment

  • Eli Lilly
  • Homelands Trust – Fife
  • Amazon Italy

Disability Smart Impact: Global Disability Inclusion Award

  • Unilever
  • Bupa
  • Sutherland Global

Disability Smart Impact: Product Design Award

  • Sensory Shine
  • Intotum
  • Sekond Skin Society

Disability Smart Impact: Procurement Award

  • BBC
  • Barclays
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