Creative Equity Toolkit

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Toolkit

Developing a diversity and inclusion strategy

Step-by-step guide to developing a diversity and inclusion strategy including tools, templates and resources for sections such as Mission and Vision Statements, Short and Long-Term Goals, SWOT Analysis, Measurement Frameworks and more.

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2014
    Country: Canada

  • Author: Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion

Case Study

Developing Culturally Responsive Approaches to Serving Diverse Populations

A comprehensive guide addressing definitions of cultural competency, interventions for diverse populations, needs assessment, measurement considerations for diverse populations, collaboration through a diversity lens, workforce diversity, and budgeting for community-based organisations to provide more culturally competent service delivery programs in the US.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: USA

  • Author: Michael López, Kerry Hofer, Erin Bumgarner, and Djaniele Taylor, The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families

Article

Developing Your Film Festival

Free, four-week online course for anyone who shows films, including sections on programming, representation, bias and audience research, segmentation and development.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: UK

  • Author: Independent Cinema Office

Research

Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity

A framework (also known as the 'Bennett scale') to describe how people experience and engage with cultural difference and become more competent intercultural communicators over time. Based on constructivist theory, the model offers six positions as a person's perception of cultural difference becomes more complex, moving from ethnocentrism to ethnorelativism.

The six stages are 'denial', 'defence', 'minimisation', 'acceptance', 'adaptation' and 'integration'.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2013
    Country: USA

  • Author: Dr. Milton Bennett

Survey

Diamond

A precise and standardised system for gathering, tracking and publishing diversity data on the UK screen sector, used by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. Diamond collects data about the gender; gender identity; age; ethnicity; sexual orientation and disability of people working on or off screen on all UK-originated productions using voluntary participant surveys.

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  • 2 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: UK

  • Author: Creative Diversity Network

Report

Diamond: The Third Cut

Report on the third year of Diamond, the world’s first industry-wide collaborative data collection system for monitoring diversity in broadcasting from the UK's Creative Diversity Network.

Diamond accumulated 30,000 responses looking into all forms of diversity. It found that Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation on-screen is 23% compared to the UK national figure of 14%. However, BAME people remain absent from many senior creative roles.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: UK

  • Author: Creative Diversity Network