The independent Ofcom Advisory Committee on Older and Disabled People provides advice to the main Ofcom Board to ensure that Ofcom's policies and practices take into consideration views expressed by older and disabled consumers. There are also disabled members on the independent Ofcom Consumer Panel. The Chair of our Community Radio Fund Panel is also disabled.
For our part, Ofcom is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce while recruiting the best talent available. We are also committed to promoting equality of opportunity and good relations between disabled and non-disabled people and do not tolerate unlawful disability discrimination and harassment. Diversity amongst our colleagues is valued.
The main aim of our first Disability Equality Scheme is to ensure that disability equality is not reliant on the commitment of a few individuals but instead is fully integrated as part of our normal daily business. It is founded on best practice principles and has been shaped with the involvement of disabled people from across the UK.