ITV & S4C sign up to the Coalition for Change, joining major UK broadcasters

ITV and S4C are the latest UK broadcasters to sign up to the TV Coalition for Change (CFC), the body seeking to improve working conditions for freelancers in the UK TV industry. They join an impressive roll call of some of the biggest names in UK broadcasting including Channel 4, BBC, Sky, UKTV, Channel 5 and Amazon Prime Video among many others. They have all agreed to support the Coalition for Change by adopting the Freelance Charter in its mission to update freelancer engagement practices and to improve the working culture for…

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Broadcasters unite to create ‘passports’ to support inclusion

Seven of the UK’s main broadcasters have come together to create access and inclusion ‘passports’ that will remove barriers and support better inclusion of disabled people and other colleagues at work. Channel 4, ITV, BBC, STV, UKTV, S4C and Paramount UK have consulted to agree a similar approach which will see broadcasters encouraging staff to communicate their adjustment needs. The access and inclusion passports, adopted from an initiative formally introduced at the BBC in 2019, will be confidential and will support conversations with line managers to  ensure disabled colleagues and…

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ITV and Veg Power’s Eat Them To Defeat Them launches new 2022 campaign

ITV and Veg Power’s award-winning health-eating campaign, Eat Them To Defeat Them, returns for 2022 with the aim of one million children receiving activity packs. Since the campaign debuted in January 2019, Eat Them To Defeat Them has led to sales of almost one billion additional children’s portions of vegetables – worth just under £92 million.  Proven to get children to eat more vegetables, this year the TV campaign aims to reach 70 percent of households with primary school-aged children, with further reach through a schools programme designed to inspire kids to eat…

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ITV, STV, Sky, and Channel 4 unite to promote the mental and physical health benefits of the Daily Mile, supporting 3 million children worldwide.

ITV, STV, Sky, and Channel 4 have joined together in a national campaign to encourage millions of children to get back to being fit and active with The Daily Mile. Launching today, the TV advertising campaign highlights the powerful impact that The Daily Mile has on children’s physical and mental wellbeing. This campaign is part of a £10m commitment from broadcasters, and INEOS’ ongoing support to improve children’s physical and mental health. The fast-growing initiative for primary schools has been a huge success with children, parents and teachers worldwide. It…

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ITV launches new on air campaign to highlight Invisible Disabilities

ITV has launched a new on-air marketing campaign to highlight invisible disabilities, as part of its commitment to help create culture change around disability perception and representation. One in five of us are disabled, and this new campaign featuring famous faces powerfully highlights that just because you cannot see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. Developed in partnership with Scope, and devised by ITV Creative, the ad features Chase star Paul Sinha, author and TV personality Katie Piper, actress and Loose Woman Kelle Bryan and Real Housewives of Cheshire star…

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