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9 November

Employers' Forum on Disability appoints new broadcasting network manager

Employers' Forum on Disability (EFD) has appointed a new manager for its Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network (BCIDN), Clare Morrow.

Clare Morrow

Clare is an experienced television programming executive who has spent more than twenty years working with ITV and the BBC in television and radio across Yorkshire and the north of England. Until April 2007 she was the Controller of Programmes North for ITV.

Clare was one of ITV's diversity champions and led the way at the channel in increasing the employment and portrayal of people from ethnic minorities and those with disabilities.

Clare says: “I am delighted to be joining Employers' Forum on Disability's BCIDN at a time when I believe the broadcasters want to find ways to involve more people with disabilities in their programming and their production teams.

“The industry has had some notable successes in this area, and I'm very keen to work with it to build on those and make a real difference.”

Clare's additional responsibilities include:

Non executive director Yorkshire Tourist Board
Member of University of Bradford's Industrial Advisory Board
Chairwoman, Leeds Distraction Burglary Community Initiative 2002 to 2004 – multi agency community fund project keeping older people safe from crime.
Board member West Yorkshire Playhouse
Trustee and former Chairwoman Rett Syndrome Association UK – a national charity which helps families of sufferers of this rare condition
Special School Governor at two schools one for children with moderate and severe learning disabilities and the second at a residential school for children with profound learning disabilities.

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Media enquiries, please contact:

Issy Rule
PR & Communications Coordinator
Employers' Forum on Disability press office
Email: issy.rule@employers-forum.co.uk
Telephone: 020 7403 3020

About Employers' Forum on Disability

Employers' Forum on Disability is the employers' organisation focused on disability as it affects employers and service providers.

With over 400 members, EFD represents organisations that employ around 25 per cent of the UK workforce.

Since its establishment in 1991, EFD has worked closely with government and other stakeholders, sharing best practice to make it easier to employ disabled people and serve disabled customers.

www.employers-forum.co.uk

About BCIDN

Founded by broadcasters in 1989, the Broadcasting and Creative Industries Disability Network (BCIDN) brings together the UK's major broadcasters 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.

For further information on BCIDN contact Employers' Forum on Disability media office.