Central Government Network

Our theme for the meeting is Empowering and supporting neurodivergent employees in Government. We will be joined by our very own Angela Matthews, Director of Policy and Research at Business Disability Forum. For an overview of, and updates on BDF’s Disability Network Leaders’ Forum, Work and Health Policy Forum and Access to Work Forum. Then, we […]

ELEN Network

Our next Emergency Services and Law Enforcement Network (ELEN) meeting will be held on Thursday 19 September from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon via Microsoft Teams. Adjustments and redeployment We are delighted to be joined by colleagues from our BDF Senior Disability Business Partners team. They will be presenting to us on what adjustments are, common […]

NHS Network

We are delighted to be joined by colleagues from our BDF Senior Disability Business Partners team. They will be presenting to us on what adjustments are, common adjustments you may want to consider and what is considered as ‘reasonable’ when it comes to adjustments.

Customer and Service User Network

Award winning detailed access guides for TUI Hotels

We are delighted to be joined by Marina Snellenbery, Accessibility Manager TUI UK&I as they present their Disability Smart award winning access guides. Marina will share with us the work they have done at TUI to provide consumers with information on accessibility of their TUI hotels.

Procurement Network 

Our next Procurement Network meeting will be held on Wednesday 2 October, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am via Microsoft Teams.    

An Introduction to Business Disability Forum 

If your organisation is new to Business Disability Forum, or you are new to your organisation, An Introduction to Business Disability Forum will help you to learn about what is included as part of your membership and how we can support you. 

Navigating the Disability Confident Journey: evidence

This webinar series aims to guide you and your organisation through your Disability Confident journey by visiting some of the key areas of the framework and providing best practice and guidance to support you to receive your validation. The third webinar in this series will focus on evidence. What do we mean by evidence? What […]

Getting it right for every employee: Career Progression 

The webinar will assume delegates are familiar with the knowledge covered in the previous webinars – the basics of disability for organisations, disability-inclusive recruitment and retaining disabled talent. 

Technology Taskforce

We will host our next Technology Taskforce meeting on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, from 3 to 4:30 pm, open to Business Disability Forum Technology Taskforce members. Risk based approach to digital inclusion Abi from Barclays will discuss the impact of using a risk management approach for managing digital accessibility at scale. They will discuss how using […]

Global Taskforce

Our next Global Taskforce meeting will be held on Thursday 17 October 2024,  from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. via Microsoft Teams. Topics and speakers are being arranged, and we will share more information soon. This meeting will take place via Microsoft Teams and will operate using the ‘Chatham House’ rule. Live captions will be provided. Please note […]

HEI Network

The research team here at Business Disability Forum has been working with some of your teams to understand the challenges of University Careers Services teams and the questions they are commonly asked by disabled students about applying for jobs after their degree. Angela Matthews (Policy and Research Director) will be sharing some of the findings with you.

Global Conference 2024 (online): Disability inclusion in a changing world

Disability inclusion in a changing world Our Global Conference, kindly sponsored by HSBC, will take place online on Thursday 21 November 2024. To reach a global audience, all sessions will be available for playback immediately after the live broadcasts, to enable you to catch up on sessions wherever you are in the world. Book your […]