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mscbristow.bsky.social
Delighted to be speaking at the @businessdisability.bsky.social Annual Conference 2025 about the new edition of the CLC which won the Innovative Product category of the 2025 Disability Smart Awards.
#BDFBusinessAsUsual #DisabilitySmart
June 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Welcome to our membership Jisc!

We look forward to working with you to achieve your goals in disability inclusion.

Find out more about becoming a Member: https://ow.ly/6ozH50XgW1Q

#DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion #Membership
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October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Our Annual Conference is now over! A huge thank you to our sponsor Microlink, our host EBRD, our sign language interpretation provider Sorenson UK and everyone who attended in-person or online.

#BDFBusinessAsUsual #AnnualConference2025 #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilitySmart
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June 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
vrassociation.bsky.social
🚨 Speaker Spotlight: Diane Lightfoot, CEO @DisabilitySmart, joins our expert panel at #VRAConference2025!
She’s shaping inclusive employment across the UK — don’t miss her insights on the Gov White Paper.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1088467889....
#VocationalRehab #DisabilityInclusion #DianeLightfoot
"The Voc Rehab Movement: Shape the Future"
A Deep Dive into the recent Government White Paper, Roundtable, Structured Learning and Awards
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October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
hvhtest.bsky.social
#SelfDrivingCars #transformation #SDG12

We already talk to our cars, name them, plead with them, cry to them, sing to them in a secret way

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Things that will Change with Self-driving Cars
Every morning I wake up and drive an hour to work. Every evening I leave the office and drive an hour back home. The ten+ hours a week I spend in the car has given me a lot of time to think about the…
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April 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
City of London Corporation has just joined our membership.

Welcome! We look forward to helping you reach your goals in disability inclusion.

Find out more about joining us: https://ow.ly/3AUm50YnW3J

#DisabilityInclusion #DisabilitySmart #NewMember #DisabilityCharity
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March 5, 2026 at 12:15 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has joined our membership. A very warm welcome, we look forward to support you in achieving your goals in disability inclusion.

Find out more about joining us: https://ow.ly/7GyV50YesWp

#DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion #NewMember
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February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Season's greetings from Business Disability Forum! We share our #2025Highlights.

Our offices will be closed from 5pm on Wednesday 24 December until 9am on Friday 2 January.

Read our highlights: https://ow.ly/HCZ650XL0bQ

#DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion
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December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Fortnum & Mason have joined our membership - a very warm welcome!

We look forward to working with you on your disability inclusion journey.

Find out more about becoming a Member: https://ow.ly/xKKF50XyH39

#DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion #Membership
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December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
'Our relationship with BDF is so highly valued that we genuinely use it as a benchmark when reviewing our other partnerships.' - Charley Crabb, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, Allianz UK.

Find out more about joining us: ow.ly/f6aR50X2Kxl

#DisabilityInclusion #DisabilitySmart
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October 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
businessdisability.bsky.social
We look back on our #AnnualReception, generously hosted by our Partner dla-piper.bsky.social.

We explored the transformative power of #Sport in #DisabilityInclusion and what workplaces can learn from it.

Read the recap blog: ow.ly/vIk250X6f3Q

Photo credit: Ollie Rudkin.

#DisabilitySmart
The Business Disability Forum's Annual Reception 2025 panel of 5 speakers sitting on stage with a BSL interpreter. Audience looking at the stage, photographed from the side. They are all holding event programmes for the Business Disability Forum's Annual Reception 2025. Steve Ingham, Business Disability Forum's Chair of Trustees, who uses a wheelchair, posing with Diane Lightfoot, Business Disability Forum's CEO. Both are smiling and holding a glass of wine. A delegate with a vision impairment, who wears glasses, stands in the crowd in conversation with another guest at the Business Disability Forum's Annual Reception 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
We were delighted to have Louise Bailey, Belonging Lead with our Member OVO, on the steering group which helped develop our new desk-free resources for the utilities sector.

She explains how and why utilities companies will benefit in a new blog: ow.ly/pt0R50X4cE9

#DisabilitySmart
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September 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
And it’s a wrap for the #DisabilitySmartAwards2025! Huge congratulations to all our winners.

A huge thank you to our sponsor Freshfields, and to everyone who joined us in-person or via the live stream.

#DisabilityInclusion #BusinessAwards #DisabilitySmart
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April 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Members and Partners, are you maximising your membership?

We've created a series of videos to help you explore your key membership benefits and how to access them.

Talk to your Business Partner for more information.

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#Membership #DisabilitySmart
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April 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
businessdisability.bsky.social
In case you missed it, we announced the finalists of the #DisabilitySmartAwards2025 earlier this week!

Meet the finalists: ow.ly/Nqh850VfReE

#DisabilitySmart #DisabilityInclusion #ICYMI
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March 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
businessdisability.bsky.social
Your #DisabilityInclusion journey starts with our Disability Essentials range: a collection of free resources containing essential disability guidance for business, including the law, adjustments, guide dogs and assistance animals and accessibility.

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#DisabilitySmart
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February 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
businessdisability.bsky.social
#Accessibility training for your colleagues is critical. Find training that works for your team in our Tech Taskforce's free list of courses and resources, organised by level and job role:

https://bit.ly/4arm7rY

#BDFTechTaskforce #A11y #DisabilitySmart
Professional wearing a sunflower lanyard and holding a notebook stands and interacts with 2 sitting colleagues in an open plan office. All 3 have less-visible disabilities. The Business Disability Forum 'Changing the image of disability' logo is in the lower right corner of the image.
January 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM