The CIPR is committed to promoting diversity and equality as an integral part of all its activity. In addition we aim to ensure that the PR Industry is aware that we all work in a richly diverse society, and that the profession can benefit from diversity. Ultimately our aim is to have diversity embedded in public relations activity and recognised as a core resource for the industry.

To quote a few key facts about diversity within the UK:

	50% of the population age group 16 to 64 is women*
	46% of the labour market is women*
	8% of the population is from an ethnic minority*
	20% of the population is disabled or with a long-term illness*
	16% of the population is over 65 years old*
	Lesbians, gay men and bisexuals comprise around 6% of the population**
	By 2011, only 18% of the workforce will be white, male, not disabled, under 35 and heterosexual**

[source*: Facts about Men and Women in Great Britain, EOC 2004 - source**: The Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations. Guidelines for Employers, Stonewall]