In the third episode of the podcast, our CEO Diane Lightfoot explores the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on disabled people, considering how it has interacted with the extra costs of being disabled. The discussion covers the 'disability price tag', the impact of rising costs of essential goods and services, and why disabled people may be more …

Diane Lightfoot delves into the debate surrounding the business motivations for disability inclusion: does it matter if businesses are only trying to make themselves look good if they are affecting positive change? Peter Torres Fremlin and Birgit Neu shed light on whether purple-washing is a hindrance or a help.…

Business Disability Forum’s Disability Today podcast series will discuss the issues that affect us now, and will be part of our reality tomorrow. All too often, disabled people are overlooked and forgotten when considering what the future holds, and the challenges the world faces today. Leading experts will join Business Disability Forum CEO Diane …

If You Don't Mind Me Asking... Season 2 Recap by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

In the last episode of the series, we're talking workplace adjustments (accommodations). We're joined by PwC graduate apprentice Morgan McArthur and Graeme Crook, from PwC's IT and digital accessibility team. Morgan tells us about the impact of her multiple disabilities including dyslexia and a recent ADHD diagnosis, on her university study and wor…

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode talks about the loss of a child and bereavement in general. This is the second of a two-part episode, where Chantel Emery, (BDF Advice Service Officer) who has lived experience of disability and Karan Snuggs (BDF Business Partner) who originally trained as a nurse and bereavement counsellor, join Lucy and Dan to talk a…

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode talks about the loss of a child and bereavement in general. In the first of this two-part episode, Chantel Emery, (BDF Advice Service Officer) who has lived experience of disability and Karan Snuggs (BDF Business Partner) who originally trained as a nurse and bereavement counsellor, join Lucy and Dan to talk about grie…

Peter Torres Fremlin is the Editor of Disability Debrief, a weekly newsletter which 'sees world news through a disability lens'. In this episode, he talks to Lucy and Dan about his experiences of disability working in international development, how the challenges and often innovative solutions vary in different places and prevalent global trends an…

Linda Pike works in global cybersecurity for BT. She acquired several permanent health conditions after contracting encephalitis. She talks to Lucy and Dan about how she manages these multiple conditions, how adding menopause to the mix has affected her, why she's happy to be part of BT's Able to Network signposting colleagues to support and the ch…

Isaac Harvey MBE joins Lucy and Dan to talk about his many roles - content creator, video editor, President of Wheels and Wheelchairs, disability advocate, Patron of Happy Smiles, Fashion Week model and more - and why he's become much more vocal about disability on his social channels.Por Business Disability Forum

If You Don't Mind Me Asking... - Episode 9 - Season Recap by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

In the last episode of this series, Lucy and Dan are joined by Business Disability Forum Advice Service Officer Chantel Emery who talks about her extraordinary journey from a life-changing car accident, the birth of her quadruplets, to dealing with loss, gratitude and learning to live for each day.Por Business Disability Forum

In this episode, Lucy is joined by Global Head of Disability Inclusion, Thoughtworks and Digital Accessibility Advocate Matthew Johnston, who talks about how accessible technology has impacted his life.Por Business Disability Forum

In episode 6, Lucy and Dan are joined by Business Disability Forum’s George Wright, who like millions of other people in the UK, is still having to take extra precautions around COVID-19. George speaks about how lockdown and the recent return to ‘normal’ has affected her everyday life.Por Business Disability Forum

In this episode, Lucy and Dan are joined by activist, writer, researcher and public speaker Heather Lacey who talks about her experiences with cerebral palsy, chronic pain, fatigue and mobility issues: “Disabled people are not going away... we are at least one in five of your workforces, and we need to make sure that there's always things progressi…

In this episode, Lucy and Dan are joined by LaMondre Pough, CEO of Billion Strong, an organisation aimed at empowering disabled people all over the world. Lamondre talks about his early childhood, how dangerous assumptions can potentially change the trajectory of a person’s life and career and the positive influence of his mother and sister.…

If You Don't Mind Me Asking... - Ep 3 - Michael Vermeersch by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

Actress, author and disability campaigner Samantha Renke talks about her work, life, great shopping experiences, her innate confidence, working with Fearne Cotton on her new book and more.Por Business Disability Forum

In Episode 1 of “If you don’t mind me asking…” Lucy Ruck and Daniel Cadey interview each other about their own lived experiences of disability.Please feel free to “like” the episode and share your thoughts in the comments section.Also listen at: https://businessdisabilityforum.org.uk/knowledge-hub/resources/if-you-dont-mind-me-asking/…

Business Disability Forum’s Disability Business Partner Courtney Swaby shares his story around mental health with CEO Diane Lightfoot.Por Business Disability Forum

The nominations for The Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 are open, so our CEO Diane Lightfoot spoke to previous nominees Natasha Trotman, Shani Dhanda, Adi Latif and Samantha Renke to ask about what being on the list has meant to them. Diane is also joined by Clare Gray, Organisational Lead for Disability Advocacy at Shaw Trust who explains the impo…

In this episode, Diane Lightfoot spoke with David Oldfield Lloyds Banking Group Executive Champion about best practice on disability inclusion, why David is so passionate about being a disability champion and the importance of senior leaders in this area.Por Business Disability Forum

In this episode, Diane Lightfoot speaks with Lexxic founder Nicola James about her personal experience with dyslexia, the pros and cons of neurodiverse labels in the workplace and Nicola gives advice on how to access assessments.Por Business Disability Forum

In this episode, Diane Lightfoot speaks to Stuart Blair who works for texthelp in their workplace solutions team. Stuart explains to positive impact working for home has on employees with neurodiverse conditions. The support that business can put in place to ensure everyone can access the technology they need and what texthelp has done to make sure…

Business Disability Debates with Diane Lightfoot and Dr Nancy Doyle by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

Diane Lightfoot speaks to Professor Amanda Kirby CEO of Do-IT Solutions about neurodiversity in the workplace. Diane and Amanda also discuss what the world could look like post-COVID-19 and the opportunity to reinvent the workplace.Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Global Debates: with Diane Lightfoot and Lyn Lee by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

This week our CEO Diane Lightfoot spoke with Global Head of Accessibility for Atos, Neil Milliken. about working from home during the lockdown and the upcoming Global accessibility awareness day (GAAD) which is on May 21. Neil tells us what the day means to him and how Atos are celebrating it.Por Business Disability Forum

We are delighted to present to you our new podcast series business disability debates sponsored by HSBC, our CEO Diane Lightfoot is speaking with Business Disability Forum board member and founder of 50 million voices, Iain Wilkie.In this series, we explore and debate the key disability issues of today Diane and Iain talk about Iain's early life an…

We are delighted to present to you our latest podcast, Brendan Roach Global Taskforce & Partner Development Manager is joined by Business Disability Forum board member and founder of 50 million voices, Iain Wilkie. In this episode, Brendan's and Iain talk about the importance of senior leaders being open about having a disability. The reaction to s…

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In this episode Bela and Catherine will be talking about the rights of disabled customers, clients, service users – whatever they might be called; people who the Equality Act 2010 says have the right not to be discriminated against by service providers. Why are there so few cases against service providers? Is it because there is no discrimination o…

In this episode from Business Disability Forum, Bela Gor and Microlink CEO Nasser Siabi discuss a neurofeedback device FocusBand. Nasser feels this technology which has been used by athletes to remain calm and focused in competitions could be beneficial to employees in the workplace to managing their own mental health.…

We are delighted to present to you our latest podcast, the first of our new legal podcast series, Business Disability Forum's Head of Campaigns & Legal Bela Gor speaks to Catherine Casserley who specialises in discrimination and equality, employment and human rights law.Por Business Disability Forum

We are delighted to present to you our latest podcast, the third and last in our new global podcast series, Business Disability Forum's senior disability consultant Brendan Roach speaks to Fundación ONCE consultant Edurne Alvarez de Mon.This series covers the theme of 'identity' on a global stage - Brendan talks with Edurne about her role at Fundac…

This series covers the theme of 'identity' on a global stage - Brendan talks with Caroline about her goal of influencing at least 500 companies to commit to having disability on their board agenda.Por Business Disability Forum

Senior disability consultant Brendan Roach speaks to British ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce about disability on a global scale.Por Business Disability Forum

Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck has a call with Diversity & Knowledge Manager for KPMG Neil Eustice .Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with our founder of Making lemonade and head of employment for Thomas Pocklington Trust Steph Cutler. This series covers the theme of "identity" - Lucy talk with Steph about the impact sight loss has had in her work and social life.…

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with our Executive Team Assistant Katherine Beavis. This series covers the theme of "identity" - Lucy finds out how Katherine identifies as having a non visible and visible disability.Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with Martyn Sibley Disability Horizons co-founder, blogger, author & podcaster. This series covers the theme of "identity" - Martyn tells Lucy about his life of travel, experiences through school and his ultimate goal.Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with Corie Brown from Channel 4.This series covers the theme of "identity" - Lucy finds out how Corie became continuity announcer & co-Chair of 4Purple.Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with Caroline Eglinton from Network Rail.This series covers the theme of "identity" - Lucy and Caroline talk about how growing up in a small town meant having to live a secret life.Por Business Disability Forum

Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with Graeme Whippy MBE. Lucy and Graeme talk about how disability has changed over the years in their lives.Por Business Disability Forum

In the first of our new series of podcasts, Business Disability Forum's Technology Taskforce Manager Lucy Ruck sits down with CEO Diane Lightfoot.This series covers the theme of "identity" - and Lucy and Diane have a thoroughly candid conversation about how disability has played a part in their lives.…

Diversity and technology with Neil Milliken by Business Disability ForumPor Business Disability Forum

With the fast approaching General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into affect 25 May 2018, senior disability consultant Charles Clement and business disability advisor Kim Whippy discuss the importance of data monitoring.Por Business Disability Forum

To mark the United Nations (UN) International Day of Disabled Persons (5 December 2018) we are joined by Business Disability Forum Chief Executive Officer Diane Lightfoot and Senior Disability Consultant Brendan Roach. They discuss how important organisations are in pushing disability best practice forward to improve the lives of disabled people gl…

Today is World Mental Health Day (10 October 2017), to mark the occasion our Advice Service & Policy Manager Angela Matthews sat down with Senior Disability Consultant Christopher Watkins to discuss this year’s theme, workplace well-being.Por Business Disability Forum