Our pillars
Ability
Ability at Knight Frank
Around 80% of people with lived experiences of disability or ill-health develop these conditions during their prime working years. Despite comprising around 12% of the workforce, many employees grapple with this new identity while navigating work challenges.
Employees with disabilities often report a lack of personal disability confidence and feel isolated managing disabilities alone at work, hindering career advancement and risking mental and physical well-being. This lack of confidence can lead to colleagues hesitating to request necessary adjustments, avoiding sharing personal information, and feeling unable to bring their authentic selves to the workplace.
Being inclusive of each individual’s physical, mental or neurodiverse state is incredibly important to ensure our workplace is an environment where everyone is valued. At Knight Frank, we want to make sure that we keep accessibility at the heart of everything we do to remove the barriers for colleagues with visible and non-visible conditions. As Executive Sponsor for the Ability pillar, I am proud to be sponsoring and advocating for colleagues with diverse abilities to ensure we provide the right tools and resources as an employer of choice for all.
Abby Brown
Partner, London Office Leasing – Executive Sponsor for Ability
Disability Confident
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident employer. Working with our partner Purple Tuesday and our internal working group, we’ve successfully completed the Disability Confident self-assessment. We’re committing ourselves to actions to ensure we get the right people for our business as well as retaining and developing our people.
Evenbreak
Knight Frank is a member of Evenbreak; a specialist, fully accessible platform run by and for disabled people to connect with inclusive employers such as Knight Frank. Find out about the opportunities available at Knight Frank.
Our employee resource group
Ability
Our aim is to create an environment where all colleagues can contribute their unique skills and abilities to the success of the business. Addressing varying abilities is fundamental in promoting inclusion and accessibility at Knight Frank.
Key objectives
- Reach Level 2 as a Disability Confident employer
- Roll out the Sunflower Scheme across the London network
- Organise an event for International Day of Persons with Disabilities
