ITV Balance continues to support, educate and empower ITV colleagues around the issues we ITV experience in balancing our career and personal lives. In June, we sent out a survey to see how members feel about the approach to Smart/ Hybrid working. The results were shared with the Colleague management board and helped to promote and prompt conversations around key themes from our survey – roles and responsibilities, achieving, wellbeing, connectedness and being present. ITV NETWORKS Balance has plans to continue these conversations into 2024 to help ensure we are meeting the needs of the company, the team and the individual. Rachel Jovanovic, ITV Balance Co-chair ITV Able increased its influence and membership Our colleague networks continue in 2023. Genius Within’s popular workshop to play a critical role in shaping focused on understanding neurodivergence and our culture, connecting colleagues its strength within a team. Our collaboration with Purple Tuesday, hosted by Ben Shephard, and pushing for change, helping championed the value of the “Purple Pound”. colleagues feel represented Mammoth’s “Disability Representation in Scripted Drama” panel and “Accessibility on Saturday and heard. They are open to Night Takeaway” showcased the great work being everyone and provide connection, done in front of and behind the camera, as well opportunities and advocacy. the barriers that need to be broken in the future. Our network looks forward to continuing this important work in 2024. Network chairs sit on our Inclusion and Diversity Bethany Young, ITV Able Co-chair Council chaired by ITV’s CEO. They share feedback ITV Embrace continued to celebrate the cultures of on colleagues’ experiences with senior leadership colleagues throughout the year. 2023 saw our first and the DEI team. network social, where members across regions joined us Our Colleague Networks are Able, Balance, for an in-person interview with June Sarpong OBE. Our Embrace, Pride and the Women’s Network. The other events saw a range of inspiring speakers, including networks continue to grow – over 1,900 colleagues Shani Dhanda, Peter Bance, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo and are part of at least one, totalling over 3,000 Lenny Henry. We supported colleagues regionally, members across all five. Some networks have nationwide and across the globe, and we continue to global branches outside the UK. educate employees by presenting at departmental team meetings. We are particularly proud of our “I’m more than” campaign that ran as part of Black History Month, and how the networks have worked together with the DEI team to produce ITV’s inclusive language guide. Mandip Kaur Mehat, ITV Embrace Deputy Co-chair ITV Social Purpose Impact Report 2023 47