Disability Inclusion and Accessibility: Building Better Workplaces

Join Equal Futures for an in-person session exploring disability inclusion and accessibility at work, with guest speaker Toby Mildon, Diversity and Inclusion Architect and founder of Mildon.

This session will look at how organisations can become more accessible, inclusive and confident in supporting disabled colleagues and candidates — moving beyond good intentions towards practical, meaningful action.

Toby’s work focuses on helping organisations build inclusive cultures, re-engineer processes and systems to minimise the impact of bias, and improve the employee experience for disabled people. His report, Disability Inclusion and Accessibility: Making Your Organisation More Accessible and Disability-Inclusive, explores improvements employers can make across the employee lifecycle, including talent attraction, recruitment and onboarding, retention and development, line manager confidence and workplace adjustments.

Toby brings both professional expertise and lived experience of disability. He is the author of Inclusive Growth, previously worked as an in-house diversity and inclusion manager at the BBC and Deloitte, and chaired BBC Ability, the disabled staff employee resource group representing disabled staff and those living with long-term health conditions.

This session will create space for business leaders, HR professionals, people managers and inclusion leads to consider what disability inclusion looks like in everyday workplace practice — from recruitment and accessibility through to management confidence, workplace culture and adjustments.

We’ll explore

• Why disability inclusion matters for employers, teams and local communities
• How accessibility connects to recruitment, retention, development and progression
• Common barriers disabled candidates and employees may experience at work
• What employers can do to make hiring and onboarding more inclusive
• How line managers can feel more confident having conversations about disability and adjustments
• The role of workplace adjustments, accessible processes and inclusive culture
• Practical steps organisations can take to become more disability-inclusive

Who this is for

This session is particularly relevant for:

• Business owners and directors
• HR and People professionals
• Line managers and team leaders
• EDI leads and employee network leads
• Recruiters and talent professionals
• Anyone involved in recruitment, management, workplace culture or employee experience

Format

• Expert insight from Toby Mildon
• Practical reflections and examples
• Open discussion and shared learning
• Opportunity to connect with other local employers and professionals

Agenda

9.30am – 9.45am: Networking and refreshments
9.45am – 9.50am: Welcome, introductions and Equal Futures updates
9.50am – 10.50am: Toby Mildon: Disability inclusion and accessibility
10.50am – 11.20am: Discussion, questions and shared learning
11.20am – 11.30am: Reflections, next steps and close

Timings and speaker topics may be subject to small changes as the programme is finalised.

Accessibility

We want this event to be as accessible and welcoming as possible.

Please let us know when booking if you have any access or support needs, including anything that would help you take part comfortably on the day.

Cost

Free to attend. Places are limited.

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