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Welcoming Disabled Customers

The spending power of disabled people in the UK is around £249 billion per year and set to increase as the number of people living with a disability grows. Read our advice on how to make your business accessible to disabled customers

Disability Smart Awards 2019

Disability-Smart 2019 Award Winners announced.

Winners of Business Disability Forum’s Disability-Smart 2019 Awards have been announced at a ceremony at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

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Launch of free Mental Health resource for managers - sponsored by Anglo American.

To mark World Mental Health Day (10 October), a new resource is being launched to help managers spot the signs of mental ill-health and to offer advice on talking to team members about their mental health.

Podcast: Bela Gor and Nasser Siabi

Disability leading the way - Nasser and Bela on mental health and neurofeedback

Business Disability Forum's Head of Campaigns & Legal Bela Gor speaks to Microlink CEO Nasser Siabi about mental health and neurofeedback in the workplace.

Angela Matthews

Blog post: Supporting employees returning to work after a stroke

Business Disability Forum's Angela Matthews discusses new research which showed 15 per cent of stroke survivors returning to the workplace feel unsupported by their employer - and ways employers can improve this.

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About us

Business Disability Forum is a not-for-profit membership organisation that makes it easier and more rewarding to do business with and employ disabled people. Find out more about us.

Latest News

What do we want from the new cross-government approach to disability?

01 November 2019

Today, the Office for Disability Issues moves out of the Department for Work and Pensions and into C...

Disability-Smart 2019 Award Winners announced

24 October 2019

Organisations recognised for leading the way on positive change

Launch of free mental health resource for managers

10 October 2019

To mark World Mental Health Day (10 October), a new resource is being launched to help managers spot...

Events calendar

Future at Work Conference 2019

21 November 2019

Business Disability Forum CEO, Diane Lightfoot, is pleased to be speaking at this event.&n...

Disability-smart recruitment for recruiters

26 November 2019

Book your place on our upcoming professional development workshop, “Disability-smart...

Becoming disability-smart is a catalyst for making your organisation more productive and more effective.

Disability-smart blog

Take a look at the latest opinion pieces, event reviews and commentary on Business Disability Forum's official blog, 'Disability-smart'.

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Global Taskforce

Our Global Taskforce comes together to share challenges and successful approaches to managing disability as a global business issue.

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Publications

Our publications cover every aspect of bringing organisations and disabled people together from recruitment and retention to reasonable adjustments.

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