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Foreword

As a society we are committed to ensuring equality of opportunity for all our citizens, and this is reflected increasingly in law. Ofcom, like all public bodies, is tasked through legislation with promoting equality of opportunity both within our organisation and in the industries we regulate. Setting out in policy terms how equality can be improved is the easy part; delivering on those policies challenges all organisations, and particularly smaller companies whose resources are often limited.

All communications companies, however small or large, are obliged to meet a range of equal opportunities legal requirements. Increasingly, communications companies and others beyond the sector are also realising business benefits from improving equal opportunities and increasing the diversity of their workforce. For this reason, we decided to put together this diversity toolkit to help all communications companies learn from the experiences of others. This is not a set of rules, but rather examples of policies, procedures and templates that can be easily adapted to different circumstances and help you meet your legal obligations and work towards best practice in this area. We hope this will prove a useful toolkit for all communications companies and contribute to creating a more inclusive and diverse industry.

David Currie
Chairman

• Promoting equal opportunities and diversity: A toolkit for the communications sector [pdf]
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