Measuring and Celebrating

The joint gender and ethnicity benchmark run by the Diversity campaigns at Business in the Community is a yearly two-part assessment, free to members of Opportunity Now (our gender campaign) and Race for Opportunity. It is also open to non-members. Participants benchmark against those in their sector and receive detailed and specific confidential feedback, including a banding (platinum, gold, silver, or bronze status) to show where they are on their gender and/or ethnicity diversity journey. The analysis highlights strengths, weaknesses, and priorities for future work and provides a strong business case for employers continuing to treat diversity as a business priority during difficult economic times.

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To find out more about participation, see details on the BITC Diversity website.

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Race and Gender Benchmarking.

Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index is an annual benchmarking exercise that ranks the Top 100 Employers in Britain for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.

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Workplace Equality Index 2014.

E-quality is a pioneering tool designed by the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI) to benchmark organisational performance in equality and diversity. It covers the nine protected groups defined in the Equality Act 2010, as well as other groups such as carers and ex-offenders, and assesses performance concerning five key areas of diversity.

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Diversity Benchmarking.

The two ticks scheme is a recognition given by Jobcentre Plus to employers based in Great Britain who have agreed to take action to meet five commitments regarding the employment, retention, training, and career development of disabled employees. It is represented by the two ticks disability symbol (displayed on the right) that participating organisations are authorised to display.

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What commitments do employers make?​

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Employers who use the symbol have agreed with Jobcentre Plus that they will take action on these five commitments:

 

• To interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and consider them based on their abilities.

• To ensure there is a mechanism in place to discuss, at any time, but at least once a year, with disabled employees, what can be done to make sure they can develop and use their abilities.

• To make every effort when employees become disabled to ensure they stay in employment.

• To take action to ensure that all employees develop the appropriate level of disability awareness needed to make these commitments work.

• Each year, review the five commitments and what has been achieved, plan ways to improve on them, and let employees and Jobcentre Plus know about progress and plans.

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Recruitment and disabled people: Encouraging applications.

The 2014 Creative Diversity Network Awards are now open for entries.

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The ceremony, hosted at the London Studios of the current CDN Chair, ITV, will take place on the 11th. November 2014.

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The Creative Diversity Network Awards promote and celebrate excellence around the diversity agenda. on and off screen ? in British television production.

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There are nine categories in the awards.

Before entering, you must read the entry guidelines and notes on eligibility.

Find out more about each category below and click the links to submit your entries online:

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Best Onscreen Talent

 

Recognising the importance of onscreen talent in changing and challenging perceptions, this award is seeking nominations for an actor, presenter, performer, newscaster, or any other onscreen talent from any other genre, from an under-represented group, and for their outstanding work on screen.

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Best Writer or Director

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This award aims to acknowledge the importance of original, authored work in shaping programmes. Writers or directors from underrepresented groups are eligible, and the judges will be looking to reward creative excellence.

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Special Recognition for a Production Company

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Due to a lack of entries in this category, we have taken the decision to remove it.

You can still acknowledge the outstanding achievements of production teams or individuals working in production by making your nominations in the Achievement in Production category below.

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Achievement in Production

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This award is for an individual or team that has made a significant impact on improving diversity in any aspect of production, on or off-screen. Nominees can be anyone from runners to series producers who have implemented production practices that have had a demonstrable effect on the composition of production teams or on their output.

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Special Recognition for Commissioning

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This award will recognise a commissioner or commissioning team that has made an impact by addressing diversity through new commissions or commissioning practices, to share their successes with the broader industry. Commissioners and commissioning teams can put themselves forward or can be nominated by others.

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Best News Coverage

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This award celebrates news teams who are making an effort to engage minority groups in relevant content. The award is for either:

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• Network or regional news coverage that has fairly and accurately portrayed a story, aiding public understanding and raising awareness of issues affecting underrepresented groups.

• A network or regional news team that has employed new and non-traditional means for gathering news from underrepresented groups in a news report.

 

Best Onscreen Representation of Disability

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Recognising that disabled people are underrepresented on screen, and wanting celebration of positive inclusion as an inspirational catalyst for our industry, this award celebrates a programme that has challenged established models and brought a fresh approach to the inclusion of disabled people on and off screen. Programmes of all genres are eligible.

 

CDN Diversity Champion

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This award will honour an industry leader who has demonstrated a sustained, long-term, and significant commitment to diversity, but who does not necessarily have diversity as their core role.

 

CDN Groundbreaking Programme Award

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This award will recognise a programme which has broken new ground in terms of:

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• On-screen portrayal of one or more underrepresented groups.

• Has had a real-world impact, addressing issues that affect underrepresented groups.

Thanks to all those who have placed nominations for the 2014 CDN Awards. 

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We've seen a huge surge in entries this year, and with close to 220 nominations being made across eight categories, the competition is fierce. The panels of judges are reviewing the material submitted to compile their shortlists.

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The award ceremony was held on Tuesday, 11th November 2014.

The categories were:

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 Best  Onscreen Talent

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Recognising the importance of onscreen talent in changing and challenging perceptions, this award is seeking nominations for an actor, presenter, performer, newscaster, or any other onscreen talent from any other genre, from an under-represented group, and for their outstanding work on screen.

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Best Writer or Director

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This award aims to acknowledge the importance of original, authored work in shaping programmes. Writers or directors from underrepresented groups are eligible, and the judges will be looking to reward creative excellence.

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Achievement in Production

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This award is for an individual or team that has made a significant impact on improving diversity in any aspect of production, on or off-screen. Nominees can be anyone from runners to series producers who have implemented production practices that have had a demonstrable effect on the composition of production teams or on their output.

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Special Recognition for Commissioning​

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This award will recognise a commissioner or commissioning team that has made an impact by addressing diversity through new commissions or commissioning practices, to share their successes with the broader industry. Commissioners and commissioning teams can put themselves forward or can be nominated by others.

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Best News Coverage​

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This award celebrates news teams who are making an effort to engage minority groups in relevant content. The award is for either:

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• Network or regional news coverage that has fairly and accurately portrayed a story, aiding public understanding and raising awareness of issues affecting underrepresented groups.

• A network or regional news team that has employed new and non-traditional means for gathering news from underrepresented groups in a news report.

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Best Onscreen Representation of Disability​

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Recognising that disabled people are under-represented on screen, and wanting celebration of positive inclusion as an inspirational catalyst for our industry, this award celebrates a programme that has challenged established models and brought a fresh approach to the inclusion of disabled people on and off screen. Programmes of all genres are eligible.

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CDN Diversity Champion

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This award will honour an industry leader who has demonstrated a sustained, long-term, and significant commitment to diversity, but who does not necessarily have diversity as their core role.

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CDN Groundbreaking Programme Award​

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This award will recognise a programme which has broken new ground in terms of:

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• On-screen portrayal of one or more underrepresented groups.

• Has had a real-world impact, addressing issues that affect underrepresented groups.