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Useful Links |
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Age Concern - the UK's
largest organisation working with and for older people.
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www.ace.org.uk
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BBC - the British
Broadcasting Corporation is publicly funded and provides entertainment,
education and information for television viewers and radio listeners at
home
and abroad.
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www.bbc.co.uk
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British Board of Film
Classification - BBFC is an independent body which was
originally established by the film industry in 1912. They are
responsible for
the classification of films released in this country.
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www.bbfc.co.uk
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Channel 4 - Channel 4 was
created by Act of Parliament in 1982 as a commercial channel.
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www.channel4.com
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Cultural Diversity
Network - The CDN
focusses on working with its member broadcasters on models of good
practice, including modernising the protrayal of ethnic minorities in
television programming.
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www.culturaldiversitynetwork.co.uk
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Equality and Human Rights
Commission - This is a publicly funded and non-governmental body.
It was set
up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to confront racial and gender
discrimination
and to promote racial and gender equality.
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www.equalityhumanrights.com
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| European Leisure Software
Publishers Association - founded in 1989 for the British computer
and video games industry. |
www.elspa.com
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Five - The newest of
the commercial terrestrial channels, Channel 5 was launched in 1997 and
rebranded as Five in September 2002.
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www.five.tv
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ITV - ITV is the biggest
commercial television network in the UK.
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www.itv.com
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| NICE -
Improving people's health and reducing health inequalities, NICE
gathers evidence and produces advice for policy makers, professionals
and practitioners. |
www.nice.org.uk |
Ofcom - Ofcom was
established in December 2003 when the Broadcasting Standards Commission
(BSC) and the Independent Television Commission (ITC) merged to form
one centralised regulatory body. The organisation has
responsibilities for the UK communications industries and across
television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications
services.
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www.ofcom.org.uk
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Sky - multi-channel digital satellite
television
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www.sky.com |
| United Kingdom's Disabled
People's Council - This is the UK's national organisation of the
worldwide
Disabled People's Movement. They were set up in 1981 by disabled
people to promote equality and participation in UK society. |
www.bcodp.org.uk
and try the government's
website at www.disability.gov.uk |
Video Standards Council -
The VSC was established in 1989 to develop and administer a Code
of
Practice to promote
high standards and responsibility within the video industry.
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www.videostandards.org.uk
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