South West Screen Diversity Policy

The success of our business relies upon our attracting, retaining and working with people from the widest possible backgrounds with a broad range of attitudes, opinions and beliefs. It is only through diversity that we can ensure we continue to offer creativity, innovation and distinctiveness in our work.

We seek to ensure that equality of opportunity and the embracement of diversity are embedded throughout our organisation and acknowledge this is an on-going and developing process.

South West Screen is committed, as employer and as a sector development agency, to the engagement of diverse communities in our activities and in the film, television and digital content industries of the South West of England.

We aim to achieve our objectives on diversity through;

• Access: South West Screen will create ways to make it easier for targeted groups and individuals to interact with, influence and benefit from our services
• Sector Development: We will establish an approach to ensure that the sector, (inc. organisations, businesses and individuals) see diversity as a business imperative and provide practical tools that assist the integration of good practice.
• Profile: We will champion work that celebrates the diversity of makers, audiences and participants.
• Mainstreaming: We will identify opportunities in all existing programmes and initiatives where diversity targets can be identified and work to ensure that diversity and equal opportunities is integrated into all aspects of our work.
• Good Practice: We will ensure that South West Screen has the appropriate systems, structures and procedures to deliver, monitor and develop the above objectives and that its values and working practices support diversity and equality of opportunity.

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