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Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network

Founded by broadcasters in 1989, the Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network Disability Network (BCIDN), previously known as the Broadcasters' Disability Network, brings together the UK's major broadcasters and others in the creative industries to explore and address disability as it relates to the media industry. The Network makes it easier for members to recruit and retain disabled people and to promote and share best practice across the industry. The BCIDN is also concerned with gaining more accurate representation of people with disabilities in the media. The BCIDN was started under the auspices of the Employers' Forum on Disability, and all members of the BCIDN are members of the Forum.

Who are the BCIDN's members?

The BCIDN membership is steadily growing and already embraces almost all the leading UK broadcasters. Members include BBC, BSkyB, Channel 4, COI, Discovery Networks Europe, Five, the UK Film Council, ITV (merged Carlton and Granada), PACT (Producers' Alliance for Cinema and Television), Skillset and Turner Broadcasting System.

Associates

The Network has a small group of Associates - disabled people with considerable media experience, especially in broadcasting. Their role is to help the Network (and the industry) through their knowledge and understanding of both disability and the industry. Associates have a range of experience of different types of jobs in the industry (and different impairments). They are: Geoff Adams-Spink, journalist, presenter and producer; Max Burt, Strategy Director, Good; Mat Fraser, actor and presenter; Diane Freeman, production manager and trainer; Marilyn Gaunt, award winning director/producer; Martin Lucas, director, producer and Exec producer; Liz Main, journalist and broadcaster; Simon Minty, writer, presenter and trainer; Elspeth Morrison, producer and trainer; Kevin Mulhern, TV Producer; Gary O'Donoghue, BBC Political Correspondent; Kim Tserkezie, actress and presenter; Peter White, BBC's Disability Correspondent; Alex Woolfson, Communications Adviser & industry strategist.

Officers and members:

Chair: David Kogan, Chief Executive, Real Enterprises
Vice Chair: Kevin Mulhern
Network Manager: Jenny Stevens
Administrator: Liza Fletcher

Contact Details:

The BCIDN is managed by Jenny Stevens
E-mail jenny.stevens@employers-forum.co.uk
Postal address - Employers' Forum on Disability, Nutmeg House, 60 Gainsford Street, London, SE1 2NY

Press Release 1 May 2002 : (Senior Broadcasting figures take positive action on disability)

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