Tag Archives: diversity

What is Zebedee Management? Zebedee Management is a new specialist talent agency whose models and actors all have disabilities – either learning or physical. Representing both children and adults. Their vision is to see people with disabilities fairly and sensitively represented in the media. Zebedee Management is currently working with retailers, advertising agencies and production companies to make this happen. ... Read More »

Letterbox is the game show for everybody with no physical games and no tricky quiz questions. Pairs of contestants go head-to-head as they attempt to crack a series of passwords. For each password solved, you’re awarded clues that will help later in the game. The more clues you have, the better your chances are of moving through the game and ... Read More »

Actor and Comedian Richard Blackwood and ITV News Presenter Charlene White united to host the National Diversity Awards on September 16, 2016. Role models and charities were honoured nationwide at Friday’s ceremony at the breath-taking Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, rewarding Britain’s most inspirational people for their fight against inequality. Community heroes from across the UK gathered in the bustling city of ... Read More »

Arts Council England is investing £5.3 million in 40 organisations across the country to enhance diversity in the art and culture sector. Organisations will receive funding through the Arts Council’s Elevate fund, designed to strengthen the resilience of organisations already contributing to enhancing diversity within the sector. Initially a £2.1 million fund, the level of funding has been uplifted using ... Read More »

Due to a lack of representation in the industry, this year the scheme is targeted at people with disabilities and those from BAME backgrounds. The scheme provides a 12 month contract to work at one of the independent production companies who produce some of Channel 4’s award winning content, as well as a great training package to ensure each participant ... Read More »

Indian Music Maestro, Baluji Shrivastav, has received an OBE for his Services to the Music Industry in the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours list. The honour comes in recognition of his work as a musician, instrumentalist and founder of Inner Vision Orchestra – the UK’s only blind orchestra. Described by The Times as a ‘virtuoso multi-instrumentalist’, Baluji Shrivastav is one of ... Read More »

Findings released to mark National Volunteers Week  (1-12 June) highlight numerous benefits of volunteering for individuals and society. With the EU Referendum fast approaching and the issue of diversity a major topic of debate, a survey released by national disability charity Revitalise to mark National Volunteers Week has found that 93% of the charity’s volunteers said their volunteering experience had ... Read More »

A midlands based businesswoman is behind one of the world’s first multicultural pregnancy and parenting website. After going through her first pregnancy Sim Mistry, mum of one and founder of Simplybabynames.com realised there was a huge gap in the market for advice on multicultural baby names, pregnancy and parenting. That was when the idea of Simplybabynames.com was born. “I went ... Read More »

  Parallel London is thrilled to announce three sponsors joining the trailblazing event in championing inclusivity and accessibility: Barclays, Gatwick Airport and Irwin Mitchell. The world’s first disability-led push/run takes place at the iconic Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on 4 September, exactly four years on from the 2012 Paralympics. A national celebration of diversity, the push/run will form the centrepiece ... Read More »

Channel 4 today announced that 2016, the year of the Paralympic Games in Rio, will be the broadcaster’s Year of Disability. Announced one year on from the launch of Channel 4’s 360° Diversity Charter, the Year of Disability includes major new commitments to increase representation of disabled people within the broadcasting industry – both on and off-screen.  This will include ... Read More »

Channel 4 has opened its highly successful Production Training Scheme in Scotland for the first time, targeting people from BAME backgrounds and those with a disability. The Nations & Regions Production Training Scheme is offering six three-month contracts with some of Scotland’s best TV production companies. Roles are for entry level researchers and production co-ordinators. Off-screen Diversity Executive Nina Bhagwat ... Read More »

A UK toy manufacturer has launched a range of dolls with disabilities following a campaign on Facebook called for it. Toy company Makies, has supported the campaign by producing dolls with walking canes, hearing aids, obvious scars or birthmarks and are working on a doll who is a wheelchair user, to ensure there is better representation of disability and diversity ... Read More »