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To create and showcase content by, with and for everyone, connecting and reflecting modern audiences

ITV's approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. The heading reads Content by, with and for everyone, connecting and relfecting modern audiences. Subheadings read Mainstream Content - we champion diversity through our mainstream content; Creating opportunities - we create equitable opportunities for people at ITV and across the industry; and Inclusive Culture - we each play our part to create an inclusive culture at ITV. The final heading at the bottom reads Accessibility and disability equity is built into everything we do at ITV, including our programme, processes and places.

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Highlights

Diversity Leader 2023

According To Financial Times-Statista

£54.2m

invested from our Diversity Commissioning Fund so far from 2022-23

3,000

members of our Colleague networks

Best Broadcaster for New Talent

at The Edinburgh TV Foundation New Voice Awards for the second year

Mainstream Content

We want everyone to enjoy content that reflects their experiences, celebrating what makes us different and also what connects us. That’s why ITV launched its Diversity Commissioning Fund, reserving £80 million of the existing commissioning budget over three years (2022-2024) to drive change towards racial and disability equity when it comes to whose stories are being told and who is given opportunities in TV production.

Three Little Birds, Big Zuu’s 12 Dishes in 12 Hours, Ellie Simmonds Finding my Secret Family and Count Abdulla.

Creating Opportunities

We work to create equitable opportunities for people at ITV and across the industry. And we continue to ask every programme maker we commission to embed DEI in their production by applying our Production Principles.

We want to build a diverse pipeline of talent which is why we invest in developing underrepresented creatives. Highlights include our £500k Diversity Development Fund to help develop people and ideas that can qualify for the Diversity Commissioning Fund, and Fresh Cuts, enabling up-and-coming Black filmmakers to direct their first film for ITV.

Cut out of stills from the Fresh Cuts documentary. Alex Beresford, next to a member of the British military from the documentary For Crown and Country, next to an interviewee from Black in Fashion next to Dr Zoe Williams, on an orange background

Inclusive Culture

ITV is for everyone. We want to ensure all voices are represented through equitable hiring and promotion practices and by fostering a culture where everyone can be themselves and receive the support they need to thrive.

We have a global workforce and we all play our part in delivering ITV’s global Diversity Acceleration Plan. We will train and upskill all colleagues through our new mandatory global DEI training. After a successful pilot, we will offer additional tools to support colleagues, including senior leaders and managers outside of the UK.

Accessibility and Disability Equity

Accessibility forms a critical foundation of our strategy and we have improved the overall accessibility of our brand through the launch of ITVX, including the launch of the world’s first British Sign Language FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channel. ITV is an active member of the TV Access Project (TAP), a joint initiative created by ten of the UK's main broadcasters and streamers. We are collaborating with the alliance to embed accessibility and achieve full inclusion for Disabled people by 2030.

Representation Targets for 2025

Improve representation in ITV’s workforce, on-screen and off-screen by the end of 2025. 

Go to www.ITV.com/Inclusion to find out more.

ITV's Representation Targets for 2025. The first heading reads Disability, 12% Deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent, or with a long-term health condition. The second heading reads Class, 33% from working class backgrounds. The third heading reads Ethnicity, 20% People of Colour at the 'All colleagues' level at ITV. 15% People of Colour at senior levels. The fourth heading readings Gender, 50% Women. The final heading reads LGBTQ+, 7% Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer.

Diversity Acceleration Plan 2023

Read the full report on our progress at ITV over the last three years, both on and off-screen and within our own workforce.

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Still from Three Little Birds. Diversity Acceleration Plan, 2023 Report.

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