ITV Good Morning Britain star helps Love Island with duty of care protocols ahead of return

One of the stars of Good Morning Britain has helped ITV revamp its duty of care protocols ahead of the reality show's return. The hit ITV2 dating show is set to return to screens in a matter of days with a fresh bunch of singletons looking for love in a Spanish villa.

But this year all contestants, also known as Islanders, will receive inclusion training exploring language and behaviour before entering the villa as part of ITV’s "extended duty of care protocols". All those looking for a new partner will receive video training and guidance on inclusive language around disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, behaviours and microaggressions.

The measures are part of ITV’s duty of care protocols announced ahead of the eighth series starting on June 6. The conversations will be chaired by the Black Collective of Media in Sport (Bcoms) founder Leon Mann MBE, broadcaster and GMB regular Sean Fletcher, disability specialist Shani Dhanda and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consultant Hayley Bennett.

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The discussions will also tackle topics including creating safe spaces and being a good ally. Ade Rawcliffe, group director of diversity and inclusion at ITV, said: "The world we live in is changing every day, and we want all of our islanders to feel they are part of an inclusive environment in the villa.

"As part of our duty of care process, it is also important we play our part in educating our participants to understand and empathise with different perspectives and lived experiences.”

In 2019, The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed from ITV’s schedules amid growing scrutiny of the duty of care that reality TV shows have to participants