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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