Becky Elliott explains how event organisers at DLA Piper made her feel safe, valued and truly appreciated by considering her needs as a wheelchair user from the moment she arrived.
Delivering events that are accessible and inclusive to all. Practical steps and low cost solutions to removing barriers for attendees with disabilities.
Business Disability Forum’s 2025 Annual Reception, ‘A sporting chance: the transformative power of disability inclusion in sport’ was hosted by DLA Piper.
With one in four people in the UK identifying as disabled, it is important that service industries, such as the utilities sector, can meet the needs of disabled customers. Many customer-facing staff in the utilities sector are not desk-based, which can present problems when creating awareness and training resources that staff can access on devices…
By Katie Coates, Lead Senior Disability Business Partner at Business Disability Forum. Katie explains why employee engagement is crucial to your disability inclusion strategy, and how Business Disability Forum’s consultancy service can help. Disability inclusion is most effective when it’s shaped by the voices of disabled colleagues. Their insight brings clarity and authenticity to every…
Fifteen new images have been added to our free Changing the image of disability media collection.
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…
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.
By Diane Lightfoot, CEO at Business Disability Forum. Diane discusses what employers can do to include people with learning disabilities into their teams. Identity means very different things to different people and it can change many times in a lifetime. Our Identity is shaped by our experiences and the world around us. It is also…
By Vicky Harker, Project Manager at Business Disability Forum. To coincide with the publication of our new food sensitivities factsheet for businesses, Vicky shares her experience of travelling with a child with multiple food allergies. When my second baby was born, I thought I was prepared for the challenges of looking after a newborn and…
Can people ever just be ‘one’ thing? For example, is a disabled person ever ‘just’ a disabled person? Are all a disabled person’s experiences only affected to being disabled, rather than any other aspect of that person like their age, gender, ethnicity, or beliefs? We set out to answer some of those questions in an…
It’s been an exciting year for growth here at Business Disability Forum. 135 organisations of all sizes, sectors and industries have joined us for advice and support with their disability smart journeys, taking us to over 550 Members and Partners – over half are global. It’s been a busy year for our events with over…
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