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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Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2018-2025. Inclusive by Instinct

This comprehensive and rigorous report offers a cutting-edge, best-practice approach to organisational diversity and inclusion strategy from another industry. Strategies focus on four objectives: creating 'inclusive by instinct' thinking, shifting workplace culture, strengthening the diverse talent pipeline, and attracting new diverse talent, which are broken down into more granular actions.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: UK

  • Author: Home Office

Film

Screen title for Diversity Assessment Framework Video

Diversity Assessment Framework

Under the British Council's Diversity Assessment Framework, each country office must report and provide examples and evidence against 10 indicators of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). The examples must show that EDI is embedded and internalised, both within the internal practices of the organisation and in its external projects. The evidence is assessed every two years by internal and external reviewers, as well as being scored centrally by the British Council Equity Unit.

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  • 3 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: UK

  • Author: The British Council

Film

Diversity Assessment Framework (MENA)

How British Council offices working in the Middle East, including in challenging environments such as Syria, have prioritised Equity Diversity and Inclusion in their work.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: International

  • Author: British Council

Article

Diversity in governance – from good intentions to action and impact

A blog post by Hilary Carty, who is the Director at Clore Leadership for the Calouste Gublenkian Foundation. Hilary cover ways to promote change, engage, audit, reach out and recruit in a more diverse and inclusive way.

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  • Published: 2019
    Country: UK

  • Author: Hilary Carty

Policies

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Outline of the British Council's strategy for equality, diversity and inclusion, focusing on six key areas: age, disability, ethnicity or race, gender, religion or belief and sexual identity. including information on policy and strategy, the Diversity Assessment Framework, equality monitoring, equality impact assessment, staff learning and development and networks in support of creating an inclusive organisational culture.

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  • 4 minute
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  • Published: 2024
    Country: UK

  • Author: British Council

Policies

Cover of the British Council Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy with blue text

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

The British Council's global EDI Strategy, featuring three main objectives: an inclusive organisational culture; developing capability and leaders; and performance, impact and legal compliance, as well as key tools for achieving this.

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  • 11 minute
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  • Published: 2017
    Country: UK

  • Author: British Council