ITV has signed ip to join the first cohort of employers taking part in Valuable500’s GenerationValuable, a leadership up mentoring programme for disabled people.
The broadcaster joins Channel 4, Clifford Chance, EY, Enel, ISS/AS and Telefónica, which have also signed up to the scheme.
As a result, each participant will be paired with a mentor at an executive level within their organisation.
The leadership programme is designed to drive disability inclusion with the aim of getting companies to build a community of disabled talent who can share their experiences and inform leaders about how to make businesses more inclusive.
The first cohort of 75 will be announced in December on International Day for Persons with Disabilities.
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“ITV is excited to be a part of the inaugural Valuable500 Generation Valuable programme,” ITV CEO Carolyn McCall said.
“Employers cannot ignore the striking underrepresentation of d/Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse people in their workforce, and we at ITV are committed to taking steps across multiple fronts to ensure our culture is inclusive, attractive and accessible to the best talent out there.
“Senior leaders play an important role in culture, so leadership programmes such as this can have powerful ripple effects.”
Caroline Casey, Founder, the Valuable 500, added: “This initiative proves that there is an array of disabled talent within businesses, and that they are more than capable of occupying positions of power and leadership. Enabling disabled talent to flourish and reach their full potential by shattering glass ceilings is a game changer.”
The move comes part of ITV’s bid to promote an “inclusive” and “diverse” workplace, having recently launched its Diversity Commissioning Fund which ring-fences £80 million of the content budget spend over the next three years.
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