In The Forum, we generate new knowledge and bring bold and fresh approaches to policy problems, so that disabled people have better experiences of social and economic inclusion.
We share experience, ask new questions to generate new evidence, and facilitate forward-thinking ideas from our different perspectives as employers, service providers, disabled people, researchers, academics and policy makers.
If your organisation is a Business Disability Forum Member or Partner, join The Forum community to identify where change is needed – get involved in our forums, working groups and research projects to inform policy change.
Policy and research focus in 2023
Our four focus areas in 2023 remain Disability, Health and Work, Exploring Rights and Government Strategies, Inequalities in Society, and Technology and Transitions. Our two large scale research projects are The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey and Disability Workforce Reporting.
Our focus in 2023
The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023
Our research sponsored by Microlink, explores the process, experience and impact of workplace adjustments. Find out what disabled employees and managers told us, view our recommendations for employers and download key statistics and infographics.
Explore The Great Big Workplace Adjustments Survey 2023
Forums and working groups
If your organisation is a member of Business Disability Forum and you want to be part of a debating community that identifies where change is needed with a fresh approach, join a forum or working group to get involved in an issue.
Explore forums and working groups section
Focus area: Disability, health and work
Our disability, health, and work theme focuses on understanding the business and policy related barriers that prevent more people with disabilities and long-term conditions getting in to work, staying in work, returning to work, and enjoying work.
Explore disability, health and work section
Focus area: Enforcing rights and Government strategies
Our work in this area looks at the role of law and policy making with the aim of ensuring disability and disabled people are represented and included in policy change and well as at the beginning of the design of new strategies.
Explore enforcing rights and Government strategies section
Focus area: Inequalities in society
Our work in this area looks at disability related inequalities, representations, and underrepresentation’s in our UK society and the unintended barriers these create for disabled people.
Explore inequalities in society section
Focus area: Technology and transitions
Our work in this area looks at the barriers in education, work, and wider public participation that people experience when they do not have access to the assistive technologies they need. An area of focus for us is the experience of getting adjustments and assistive technology when in and moving between education and employment.
Explore technology and transitions section
Working with researchers
Our membership includes over 550 UK and global businesses, and we are often contacted by researchers requesting our help to recruit research and survey participants or to work jointly on research projects. We are happy to help where we can.
Find out how we work with researchers