In June 2006, Equity appointed its first Equalities Officer (Max Beckmann), a post designed to pull together all the union's efforts on behalf of members who have been disadvantaged because of their gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability. As a result Equity is putting equal opportunities high on its agenda and is putting in place new policies and mechanisms to ensure we are doing everything we can to deliver quality services and the best possible representation on behalf of all our members.
Various initiatives are now underway:
To bring a focus to these efforts Equity is organising its first ever diversity conference in late 2007 to raise key issues on equalities with employers and practitioners from across the industry.
Equity members who want to know more about this work, Equity's four equalities committees or who are interested in helping to make the entertainment industry a fairer place to work, should see the Committees section in the members area of this site.