Creative Equity Toolkit

The Creative Equity Toolkit has links to hundreds of practical resources, inspiring case studies and important research on increasing diversity in the arts.

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Library

Diversity & Cultural Literacy Toolkit

Recommended resources on diversity and cultural literacy for US librarians, with a focus on evaluating material to recommend to children and teenagers. Resources offer tools for identifying unconscious bias or noticing the ways different groups are portrayed in books and resources.

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  • 7 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: USA

  • Author: School Library Journal

Artist Directory

Diversity Genius

Action-oriented resource with suggestions on ways to diversify screen productions, and examples of organisations who have successfully implemented diversity strategies. Includes lists of talent and training schemes to source diverse talent, a fun diversity Quiz and a sample evaluation form

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  • 17 minute
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  • Published: 2013
    Country: UK

  • Author: Creative Diversity Network

Case Study

Diversity in Action

Producers' trade union PACT highlights industry case studies showing Diversity in Action in the UK TV industry, including Idris Elba's production company Green Door's takeover of BBC 3, the importance of leadership to achieve diversity and inclusion, working with disability and examples of diverse casting.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: UK

  • Author: PACT

Toolkit

Diversity in Practice

This comprehensive toolkit from the Creative Diversity Network offers practical tips for building inclusive and diverse productions, teams and companies, including. Essential for anyone sourcing on and off-screen talent, locations and audiences. Split into high level, essential facts; useful in-depth information; and links to other resources, and by different stages in the production cycle; crewing up, in production and ongoing business.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: N/A
    Country: UK

  • Author: Creative Diversity Network

Research

Diversity & Inclusion Infrastructure Councils DBP Research Request

A report on the allocation of staff and financial resources to diversity and inclusion (D&I) functions from a benchmarking study of finance, healthcare and insurance companies. D&I spend per employee for member organisations varied widely from $12.50 to $250. Includes line categories for the D&I budget, and examples of diversity goals, as well as information on developing a D&I council.

'More than half of the companies benchmarked allocate approximately 2-3% of their overall budget to D&I.'

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2016
    Country: USA

  • Author: Diversity Best Practice

Report

Diversity & Inclusion Progress Report 2019/20

An analysis of progress made since the adoption of the Creative Industries Diversity Charter. The report provides analysis and case studies of progress for each sector - such as Advertising, Publishing, Arts and TV and Film - focusing on three headline commitments of the charter: Diversity Monitoring, Strategies to Widen Talent Pipelines and Leadership Engagement. It makes recommendations for improvement in each of these areas.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: UK

  • Author: EA Inclusion