How to recruit and retain employees with learning disabilities
Business Disability Forum CEO Diane Lightfoot and Senior Disability Consultant Charles Clement discuss the topic of unemployment for people with learning disabilities.
2019 Disability-Smart Awards now open for nominations
This year’s Disability-Smart Awards, which aims to showcase and celebrate the most innovative and inclusive practice among employers and service providers, is now...
Business Disability Forum launches new career development programme
The Business Disability Forum has announced the launch of a new career development course specifically designed for employees with a disability. The...
More global firms sign up to The Valuable 500 Initiative
Bloomberg, Sainsbury’s, APM, Danske Bank UK and Cerealto Siro Foods are the latest global companies that have signed up to The Valuable...
2nd April 2019: World Autism Awareness Day
Today on 2nd April 2019, we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day. According to the National Autistic Society, autism is a lifelong developmental...
26th March 2019: Purple Day for Epilepsy
Today the world is celebrating ‘Purple Day’ – a global grassroots event created to increase worldwide awareness of epilepsy....
21st March 2019: World Down Syndrome Day
Today we celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. It was launched to highlight that all people with down syndrome...
BAME & disabled charity chief numbers ‘still too low’
The number of BAME & disabled chief executives in the charity sector is ‘still too low’, according to Vicky Browning, CEO of the...
Business Disability Forum confirms 2019 conference speaker line-up
The Business Disability Forum has announced the line-up of key speakers for its upcoming conference (on Thursday 25thApril 2019), entitled ‘Disability Leading...
1st March 2019: International Wheelchair Day
This year, International Wheelchair Day (IWD) will celebrate its 11th event, and supporters will host activities worldwide on 1st March 2019.
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