Do you want ideas about how to avoid stereotypes in creating characters for your films? Are you unsure how to make your cinema compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act? Would you be interested to know how a distribution company set up a job share scheme for its employees? Then the Diversity Toolkit is for you! 

If you're working in film, it pays to think about diversity. Wherever you fit into the film sector, from writing a script, to working on a film production, to running a cinema, diversity can help your business by opening up creative and commercial opportunities. The Diversity Toolkit, created by the UK Film Council, is an online resource which will give you a wealth of ideas, inspiration and advice that will not only benefit you, but will also help contribute towards the film sector's diversity goals and enable all sections of society to be part of film in the UK.

Providing information on legal issues, case studies of best practice, helpful links and top tips, the Diversity Toolkit will help you to make films that are truly representative of the UK today and get them seen by the widest possible audience. The site focuses on three main areas in which the film industry is addressing diversity issues: Cinema-going, with advice for how to widen cinema audiences and increase access; Working in film, covering issues such as employment law, suggestions for how to break into the industry and continue to develop your skills when you make it; and Content and portrayal, offering tips on subject matter and characterisation, and sources of diverse talent. 

The UK Film Council's Diversity Toolkit is just one example of the work the film industry has committed to as part of the Equalities Charter for Film. Skillset is a signatory of the Charter, along with a host of other key industry bodies. Charter signatories are using their influence to create a socially and culturally diverse industry in which people from all backgrounds can thrive and achieve their potential.