What works?

What works? is Business Disability Forum’s new webinar series designed to guide you through the essentials of disability inclusion. Led by BDF experts, drawing on the experiences of over 600 businesses, What works? will help you decide where to focus your time and resources, and where not to.

At each webinar, you can expect: 

• A summary of the law and requirements. 
• Practical tips and best practice solutions that really work. 
• Signposting to a wealth of resources that will help you continue to build your knowledge. 
• The opportunity to ask questions of experts from our Advice Service. 

These webinars are open to all, but will be particularly useful for business leaders, HR professionals, and D&I professionals.  

All webinars will be hosted on Zoom and will be BSL interpreted and live captioned.   

Save the dates for the webinars listed below. To be the first to know when we are taking bookings for the next dates in the series, keep an eye on our upcoming events or subscribe to our newsletter.

Upcoming webinars

What works? Performance management 

Thursday 15 October 2026, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

When is it reasonable to adjust targets and objectives for employees with a disability or long-term condition? This webinar will help people managers respond sensitively and constructively to performance concerns, and support employees to work to the best of their ability.  

What works? Supporting your hybrid workforce

Tuesday 9 February 2027, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Understand the unique needs of remote and hybrid workers and provide them with the support that will allow them to thrive. This includes making sure reasonable adjustments are identified and working, spotting when support is needed and having difficult conversations. Be proactive in creating an inclusive culture where remote workers feel supported, valued and part of the team.

What works? Mental health and wellbeing

Tuesday 11 May 2027, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Practical tips to support employees’ existing mental health conditions, and how to spot the signs when someone is struggling with their mental health. It will explore how to take positive, proactive steps to have sensitive conversations to establish what support can be accessed or put in place, and how to help create a culture where everyone can thrive and ask for the support they need to be mentally healthy at work.

What works? Inclusive workplace premises and facilities

Wednesday 14 July 2027, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Further details coming soon.

What works? Welcoming disabled customers

Wednesday 13 October 2027, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Further details coming soon.

Past webinars

What works? Reasonable adjustments for disabled colleagues 

How do you identify when a colleague might need reasonable adjustments and how do you make, record and review them? This webinar will help you create an inclusive culture where disabled employees feel a valued part of productive, high performing teams. 

What works? Neurodiversity in the workplace

This webinar looked at the fundamentals of neurodiversity in the workplace to help you understand it, talked about it and support neurodivergent employees to thrive at work. We looked at some commonly experienced barriers and discuss how to ensure the right adjustments are put in place, monitored and reviewed.

What works? Retaining disabled employees

This webinar focused on what disabled employees really want from a workplace. Free food and duvet days or flexibility, adjustments and a supportive manager – what makes a great place to work that talented employees don’t want to leave, and how can you create it? 

What works? Long-term sickness absence

This webinar explored what processes you can put in place to help prevent some long-term absences, and consider how you should support employees if they do go off work for an extended period. Sometimes people develop conditions which seriously impact their lives, and how managers support the employee while they are off can have a significant impact on the length of their absence and their ability to successfully return to work.

What works? Recruiting disabled employees

This webinar focused on where to advertise, how to design inclusive job descriptions, and how to make reasonable adjustments to your recruitment practices. We explored how to create recruitment processes that are inclusive, accessible, and attractive to the disabled talent that you want to attract to your organisation. 

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