The Diversity Group Presents
CELEBRATING UNITY IN SOCIETY
London In association with
2014 Sponsors, Supporters, Associates & Media Sponsors
Our differences make all the difference Fresh perspectives, new ideas and original thinking have long been hallmarks of our business at Microsoft. We believe that these are the result of our long commitment to diversity and inclusion. With this in mind, it is with great pleasure that we sponsor the National Diversity Awards for the second year running. For us, diversity is about so much more than words. We see it as a fundamental factor in our success. Collaboration, respecting different viewpoints and embracing change have made us a stronger business and a better employer. It’s why we’ve spent 30 years supporting and promoting LGBT issues in the workplace. It’s why 30% of Microsoft UK Board Directors are women. And it’s why we were acknowledged as 3rd in the Great Places to Work awards. As we continue to grow, our commitment to diversity and inclusion grows with it. And our fundamental belief “Come as you are, do what you love” has never been more central to our ongoing success and evolution. Michel Van der Bel Managing director, Microsoft UK and vice president, Microsoft International
Credits Managing Director Paul Sesay
CONTENTS Foreword
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From Paul Sesay, founder of the National Diversity Awards
Events Manager Emma Houghton
Marketing Manager Hayley Flinn
Editorial
NDA 2014 Itinerary
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Tonight’s schedule for the 2014 National Diversity Awards
Microsoft: Enabling differences to shine
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Special feature on the National Diversity Awards Headline Sponsor
Adam Yates
Graphics
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The Awards About the 2014 National Diversity Awards and its aims
Terence Ryan
Contact National Diversity Awards 29 - 31 Seymour Terrace Liverpool Merseyside L3 5PE 0151 708 5775
The National Diversity Awards 2014 Hosts
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The National Diversity Awards 2014 Judges
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The 2014 NDA Positive Role Models
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The 2014 NDA Entrepreneurs of Excellence
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MiC LOWRY
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info@thediversitygroup.co.uk 2014 National Diversity Awards Performer I Spoil U Media have made every effort to ensure that the information provided within
The 2014 NDA Community Organisations
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The 2014 NDA Diverse Companies
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The 2014 NDA Lifetime Achievers
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Lemar
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FOREWORD
#NDA2014
would like to welcome you all to The National Diversity Awards 2014 at The Hurlingham Club, London, and what a year it has been! My team and I are truly proud of how the NDA’s have progressed and flourished into one of the major events rewarding positive, inspirational and selfless people all across the UK; aswell as entrepreneurs and some of the best companies to work for that truly enhance diversity and equality. Over 21,000 nominations and votes were received this year, paying tribute to diversity heroes nationwide; which made the judging process extremely difficult. Everyone nominated should feel immensely proud of what they have achieved, and know that they are making a difference to an overwhelming amount of people that would otherwise just give up hope. Our Pre-Awards event highlighted to many, how being shortlisted and winning these awards can have a positive effect in their local or national areas with increased funding, partnerships and doors that would not otherwise be open if they hadn’t been nominated for these awards. I was particularly humbled to see how shortlisted nominees from last year have progressed, and to know that winning these awards meant so much to them and their organisations. Equality and Diversity is integral to the UK, and what a boring place it would be if everyone was the same. This is why we are introducing a new awards ceremony; ‘The Excellence in Diversity Awards’ which will recognise companies that nurture and promote a truly diverse workforce across all the strands of diversity, not just a few. Certain strands are getting left far behind at the detriment of other strands being promoted, and inclusion should be across the board. I know this because of the school workshops that I have participated in, certain strands of diversity feel so disenfranchised from their career goals and so much more work needs to be done, however together we can make a difference and make a change for the better. These awards are for people who inspire other individuals through their work, through their commitment to helping others, through their infectious personalities and through adversity. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank all of our nominees for their phenomenal efforts and achievements towards making a more inclusive society, which has positively impacted the lives of thousands directly and indirectly. A celebration of unity has been formed through your values and hard work. I would also like to thank our patrons, celebrity endorsers and media sponsors. Your involvement has helped to raise the profile of the awards and the pioneers of diversity, equality and inclusion which we aim to celebrate. And finally, a big thank you to all of our sponsors and associates – especially Microsoft. Without your generosity these awards would not be taking place. Long may our working relationship continue so that the National Diversity Awards can continue to recognise the nations unsung diversity heroes.
Paul Sesay
Chief Executive: The Diversity Group | National Diversity Awards | I Spoil U Media It is an honour to be part of the National Diversity Awards programme, and I am excited to represent Microsoft at this prestigious event. These awards celebrate the tremendous positive impact that individuals can make on their communities, and it is thrilling to be able to recognize their tireless efforts throughout the year. I was inspired by last year’s award recipients’ dedication and ingenuity, and the 2014 event will be a wonderful celebration of that same community spirit. We at Microsoft share this commitment to improving people’s daily lives through direct intervention at the local level, and leveraging great technology to transform the way that people live, work and play. Bravo and congratulations to the many people who are being recognized!
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Friday 26th September 2014 The Hurlingham Club, Ranelagh Gardens, London, SW6 3PR
2 0 1 4 ITINERA RY 6.30pm – 7.00pm Drinks Reception 7.15pm – 7.30pm Opening Speeches 7.30pm – 9.00pm 3 Course Dinner 9.00pm – 10.00pm First Half of Awards Presentation 10.00pm - 10.15pm Interval 10.15pm - 10.30pm MiC LOWRY (Entertainment) 10.30pm – 11.30pm Second Half of Awards Presentation 11.30pm – 11.45pm Lemar (Entertainment) 11.45pm - 01.00am Celebrations (Disco, Entertainment) 01.00am Carriages All times are approximate
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ÂŁ2,000,000 The value of software given to over 1000 charities every day Did you know? Your charity could be eligible for free software. Go to http://bit.ly/MicrosoftSoftwareFree to find out more and apply
Enabling differences to shine Diversity and inclusion are issues close to our hearts and we at Microsoft are honoured to sponsor the National Diversity Awards for the third year running.
30% The percentage of women on the Microsoft UK Board of Directors
31 years The amount of time we have been supporting and promoting LGBT issues in the workplace
We believe that our collective differences, no matter how big or small, are what makes us strong. By supporting each other and collaborating we can each bring our knowledge and unique viewpoint to enable change in our communities. Be a part of the change‌ As our company has grown, our commitment to diversity and inclusion issues has extended far beyond our own devices and services, and has been amplified many times over through our network of partners, including governments, non-profits and other organisations. If you would like to find out more about Microsoft corporate citizenship initiatives please go to http://bit.ly/MicrosoftCitizenship
+$100 million The amount given to over 18,000 non-profits worldwide last year, half raised by our employees, which was matched by Microsoft as part of our 30th employee giving campaign. Since our first campaign in 1983 the total contributions has surpassed $1 billion
Gay marriage Endorsed the legislation to legalise gay marriage in the US state of Washington
25,000 The number of hours Microsoft employees spent volunteering with UK charities last year
1,400 The number of school girls who have attended our Digigirlz events over the past 8 years
TOP 50 Received a Times Top 50 Employers for Women award and ranked one of the top 50 in UK Great Place to Work for the second year running
371,000 The number of people we’ve helped get skilled, get inspired and get a job through Britain Works and Get On programme in the last 3 years
100% The percentage received from the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index rating, for the 8th consecutive year
About the Awards
Diversity is the one true thing we have in common... Lets celebrate it together The National Diversity Awards a prestigious black tie event, which will celebrate excellent achievements of grass- root communities that tackle the issues in today’s society, giving them the recognition for their dedication and hard work that positive role models, charities and community organisations do on a daily basis.
The National Diversity Awards are designed to showcase the efforts of those who have demonstrated an outstanding devotion to enhancing equality, diversity and inclusion within today’s society; thus embracing the excellence of all our citizens irrespective of race & religion/faith, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability and culture.
The National Diversity Awards Aims The promotion of Equality and Diversity To create role-models from all sections of society The elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age Celebrate the achievements of people, community/charity organisations and companies that strive for a more inclusive society Highlight how diverse communities have contributed to the economy of the United Kingdom
Every part of the UK is getting involved; focusing on the unsung diversity heroes of our nation with thousands representing the positive aspects of our society. We need to take it into our own hands to recognise those from underrepresented communities who make a massive difference to the lives of others. The National Diversity Awards is our chance to give this vision substance, with a brand new generation of role models to lead the way. 8
The National Diversity Awards celebrations aim is to be the largest diversity award ceremony in the country and attract visitors from all over the UK and Europe, receiving local and national coverage.
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Making anything possible for everyone.
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive firm, this helps us build better relationships with our people and our clients. We start from the simple premise that every person is unique, that our difference, regardless of age, sexual orientation, race, disability, religion or gender is something we should celebrate and embrace. In our experience the most diverse teams are the highest performing teams. So for our business it remains essential to attract, train and develop a diverse group of fantastic PwC people. Find out more about us at www.pwc.co.uk © 2014 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. All rights reserved. In this document, “PwC” refers to the UK member firm, and may sometimes refer to the PwC network. Each member firm is a separate legal entity. Please see www.pwc.com/structure for further details.
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we’re proud to present the positive role model for race, faith and religion this year
It’s diversity that makes the difference At Sky, we are creating a culture of opportunity and choice for all our people, and are committed to providing great careers for women and ethnic minorities whose continuing development, both professional and personal, is a key priority. Of course, we already have some remarkable people from many different cultural backgrounds working for us, but we are always looking to build on the wealth of talent we have right across our business.
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The Diversity Group Presents
CELEBRATING UNITY IN SOCIETY
London In association with
Hosts Brian Dowling & Cerrie Burnell
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Hosts Brian Dowling TV Presenter & Big Brother Winner Brian is delighted to be hosting the
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fame as winner of the series.
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diversity, we could not think of a
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back by the humbling and uplifting stories of all the nominees and award winners. ”
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Cerrie Burnell Television Presenter CBeebies presenter Cerrie Burnell, is
Cerrie said: “Championing diversity
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“Championing diversity is a great way to celebrate and embrace our differences”
The Diversity Group Presents
CELEBRATING UNITY IN SOCIETY
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Judges On behalf of
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Anna FullertonBatten UK Diversity & Inclusion Lead, Microsoft UK Anna has worked in talent acquisition and HR leadership for over 10 years enabling pan-European growth programmes for multi-national IT companies. Anna’s role at Microsoft combines market leading talent acquisition strategy with innovative Diversity and Inclusion policy and best practice.
Yasir Mirza
Janine La Rosa
Head of Diversity & Inclusion, The Guardian
Former Diversity Manager, Sky
Yasir is the global head of diversity & inclusion at Guardian News & Media, and has overall responsibility for ensuring that on an editorial level, the Guardian better reflects the values of independence and inclusiveness, by not only ensuring a broader diversity of voices to be heard within the papers and websites, but that the Guardian's editorial coverage accurately reflects the diverse societies we live in today. Yasir currently is running citizen reporting training with marginalised voices in oppressed communities globally to help unearth their stories.
Janine La Rosa, former Diversity Manager at Sky. In the two years since starting as Sky’s first full time diversity manager, Janine drove and implemented a best practice diversity and inclusion strategy. Janine was been at Sky for six years and had a range of responsibility across the business, including reducing the broadband and talk customer attrition rate and project managing the launch of Sky’s first in-house set top box. After graduating with a degree in history and politics Janine started her career in BT as a Major Business Project Manager, delivering ICT projects on time and on budget for companies including Yell, Arcadia Group and Bank of New York.
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Dr Rob Berkeley
Jane Czyzselska
Mark Shrimpton
Researcher, Commentator, Equality Activist and former Deputy Director, Runnymede Trust
Editor, DIVA Magazine
Director of Services & Information, Disability Rights UK
Jane has written for DIVA since 1994, and joined as its editor on April Fool's Day 2004. An auspicious day for her (it's her mum's birthday), she waved her freelance career as a journalist for The Times, the Independent and Horse & Hound.
Experienced strategic manager of exemplar, nationally recognised services to the public. Having operated at Board level for the last 17 years, Mark is skilled at negotiating and performance managing multi million pound public sector contracts from both sides of the funding fence, building external partnerships to achieve mutually beneficial delivery of products, with equality, diverse practice and fit for purpose output a standard feature of his work. Mark has many years experience and detailed knowledge of management of voluntary and public sector organisations and shared the lead for the DRC's much praised Learning Disability Action Group.
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Dr Rob Berkeley was Deputy Director of the Runnymede Trust, the UK's leading race equality think tank, between 2005 and 2009. His doctoral studies focused on exclusion from school. He has been Chair of governors at a South London primary school, Chair of Naz Project London (which provides sexual health and HIV prevention and support services to various minority ethnic communities), a Trustee of Stonewall, the Equality and Diversity Forum and a member of the Commission on 2020 Public Services.
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The National Diversity Awards Group Initiatives Denise Keating
Paul Sesay
Chief Executive, Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei)
Chief Executive, National Diversity Awards Group/I Spoil U Media Ltd
Denise joined the Employers Forum
Paul Sesay is the Chief Executive of The National Diversity Awards Group and I Spoil U Media since 2006, with a vision of everyone having a fair and equal chance in society with regards to jobs, education and training. With over ten years of experience within the Diversity and Equality field, Paul has worked with many organisations and local communities to help people from various backgrounds to achieve and empower disadvantaged groups throughout the UK. Paul’s company The NDA Group produces various initiatives to combat inequality within jobs, education and training, such as The Diversity Group Job Site, Recruitment Fairs, School Workshops as well as Informative National Careers Directories.
on Age in May 09 and brought with her a wealth of experience in diversity plus significant commercial experience across a number of sectors. Initially involved in creating the Employers Forum on Age in 1994 with a launch in 1996, she was a Board Director/Trustee since 2002 and became Chief Executive of the Employers Forum on Age and Employers Forum on Belief in 2009. In October 2011 the Employers Forum on Age and Employers Forum on Belief were incorporated into the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (enei).
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Positive Role Model Award for Age
#NDA2014
Celebrates the achievements of an individual who has campaigned continuously against age discrimination – inspiring and motivating their peers.
Tunde Okewale
Ben Ashcroft
Heidi-Victoria Ireland
Hackney born Tunde, a Barrister, attributes his own success to hard work. He helps young people to secure experience and employment in the legal profession and is proud to have educated thousands of individuals on their legal rights. His passion extends to working internationally whilst maintaining a strong national profile. Tunde suffered a number of setbacks whilst studying for his degree, but continued to involve himself in community work and founded Urban Lawyers in 2009. This multi-media education and information centre was designed to engage and stimulate discussion among young people about their attitudes towards criminal law, policing and personal responsibility. Tunde has been involved in many initiatives across the globe and has helped over five thousand students achieve and attain their career goals. A vast array of nominations showcases the impact Tunde has had internationally, often being described as 'inspirational', 'motivational' and of course a 'positive role model'.
Ben is clearly setting an example to others by sharing his own experience of being in care, moving 51 times over a 9 year period. He works tirelessly to help young people and inspires them to help themselves. Ben also works with organisations to help them improve their services and has become an author of ‘51 Moves’, sharing his harrowing experiences of the social welfare system. Ben lectures across the UK to help improve the care system for the benefit of vulnerable young people, and is on the advisory board for a charity working with young offenders. As well as through writing, ‘51 Moves’ offers a number of face-to-face services to share Ben's experiences and provide advice, including qualification training talks, In-service training talks, consultations and direct work with young people. Ben's passion for young people shines in his endorsements, with one individual stating 'Ben is quite simply the most inspirational person I have ever met'.
Heidi-Victoria Ireland is a ‘Health Activist’ who educates young people and empowers them to make healthy and safe choices. From a difficult personal start, she has turned her life around and sets a good example to those she supports. At the age of 16, Heidi was one of the youngest tutors to be appointed to The Warren Young People's Project, before achieving her current role which has allowed her to facilitate the opportunity for young people to realise their voice and aspirations. Through Heidi's one to one support sessions and group work, she has made a positive impact upon the lives of many young people, going above an beyond her call of duty to ensure she meets the needs of those she facilitates. Heidi's work helps educate young people to understand healthy relationships, sexual health and prevents drug abuse. Countless individuals endorsed Heidi's nomination expressing their gratitude for making them feel more confident in their lives.
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Melrose G Diack MBE
Mohammed Zafran
Melrose is on a mission to turn young people’s lives around. Over the past twenty years, Melrose has volunteered his time to help thousands of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds into jobs, education and training. Despite no support from the local powers to be, he decided to make things happen with the support of the young people and has been chairman of the Clitheroe Youth forum for 15 years. When the local council did eventually pay the rent they deemed many of the activities too dangerous so the group rented smaller premises and expanded the activities further. Melrose has raised near to £400,000 all put towards activities such as Duke of Edinburgh Awards, Residentials, sailing, fishing, camping, art, drama, music, quads, mechanics, football, netball, scuba diving, car driving, archery, conservation, farming, photography, history and many more activities all to promote the well being of young people. Melrose has seen many young people excel and is proud of their successes.
Mohammed overcame adversity by channelling energy into helping others often by self-funding projects. After suffering great tragedy and loss, Mohammed engaged with youths who were involved in gang culture, and told his story. A lot of them were involved in drugs and crime but soon Mohammed got them involved in sporting activities and community set up programmes. From 30-40 youths participating in a Community Football League, Mohammed now has thousands of youths participating in his projects. He is a driven individual who has inspired many young people to gain access to education and employment, helping over 1500 youths get back in education and over 800 in employment. He has a strong profile as a leader in the local community and has introduced many activities. With 7,000 youths registered on his books, Mohammed is described as ‘A Living Legend’. Last year in May 2013, Mohammed set up his own company called All 4 Youth & Community CIC, to continue his work into the wider community. 19
Positive Role Model Award for Disability
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Celebrates the achievements of an individual who has campaigned continuously for disability rights – inspiring and motivating their peers.
Photographer: Emma Shamaya
Adam Pearson
Olley Edwards
Chelsey Jay
Actor, presenter, campaigner, researcher and producer, Adam grew up with the genetic condition Neurofibromatosis (NF1), which has led to him having a severe facial disfigurement. He has made it his personal mission to ensure that anyone who looks different is able to mix in society and live their lives without fear. Adam wants people to know that it’s perfectly normal and OK not to be perfectly normal and OK. Since graduating from University of Brighton in 2004, with a BA in Business Management, Adam has endeavoured to raise the profile of disability, genetic disorders or difference in society. He works closely with Changing Faces and Jeans for Genes day, has appeared on V multiple times in over 20 countries, and acted alongside Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin. Amongst all of this Adam has managed to fit in 31 operations, worked at BBC and channel 4, being an instrumental part in the development of the series ‘Beauty and the Beast-The Ugly Face of Prejudice’ and ‘The Undateables.’
Olley advocates for females on the autistic spectrum (whether they are diagnosed or undiagnosed) to aid both awareness of how differently AS can appear in females, and to promote self esteem and self-understanding to those who feel misunderstood and unsupported. Olley is a filmmaker and writer who made a short film about a female undiagnosed with Asperger’s and the consequences of being misunderstood. She is also author of the book "Why aren't Normal People Normal?", which is a guidebook to girls growing up with Asperger’s. Up until as recently as July, Olley was undiagnosed AS (having only just been officially diagnosed) and she has two diagnosed daughters with AS. She has one daughter who presents more under the stereotypical male criteria and another who presents under the more female criteria, and therefore feels that many males with AS may also be undiagnosed if they present with the more female expression of AS. As a result of this, Olley's firm beliefs are that eating disorders, anxiety and OCD are often linked to undiagnosed AS and that AS differs from gender to gender.
After Chelsey Jay became disabled suddenly at the age of 20 due to a rare neurological condition, POTs, she has since gone on to become a Disabled Model and Ambassador for Models Of Diversity. She is set on changing the fashion industry for good, and believes that with dedication, good values and the lessons her unusual little life has taught her, she will be able to inspire a world that excludes disabled people, into embracing them. She became Ambassador for Disabled Models for Models Of Diversity a year ago and has worked very hard campaigning to brands and the industry to use disabled models – even though she is plagued daily by her condition. A video advert she has made with Fixers to give a voice to the disabled community has gone viral, to date the hits on YouTube have nearly hit the 70,000 mark after Unworthy shared her as an inspiration just a couple of weeks ago. Chelsey’s achievements and her inspirational website make her a very deserving nominee.
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Sarah Chapman
Susanne Rees
After leaving school with no qualifications and undiagnosed dyslexia, Sarah had low self esteem and no confidence. She turned her life around when she became pregnant with her daughter in 2009, and has miraculously not only made it to university but is a first class student with most of her modules achieving above 90%. She is Student Rep for her program SEND Pathway degree and also has a string of additional qualifications which she has gained alongside her degree, whilst volunteering firstly in a primary school as a literacy volunteer, but more recently with the Dyslexia Association. She has dedicated her time and efforts to improving the lives of people with dyslexia and organised a dyslexia event which drew 400 people from across the UK from all sectors of society. It attracted a lot of media attention and requests for articles inc: SEN Magazine, Rail professional magazines, newspapers & several radio stations. Sarah changed her life and has changed others in quite a remarkable way.
Susanne could feature in a number of our awards. Award winning Disability Consultant, Susanne is CEO of DDAA Solutions and director of iDID Adventure CIC, a leading provider of inclusive sports opportunities for deaf and disabled individuals. She has worked tirelessly to advocate inclusive adventure sports and supports organisations to improve accessibility within their sports. This has led her to provide accessible opportunities in adventure sports and to support disabled students to realise their full potential. Since founding iDID Adventure, Susanne has enabled a range of individuals to access and participate in sports such as rock climbing, wakeboarding and snow sports. Susanne has been involved in the development of ‘Can You Hear Us?,’ a social enterprise aimed at supporting young people with NF2 to improve their well-being through self-development programmes. Susanne has battled against the odds to recover from brain surgery, spinal cord surgery, liver failure, meningitis and depression. 21
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We are supporting the Positive Role Model Award for Disability as the award reaches out to work being done in the community by people who know about the issues firsthand and who are making a key contribution to making a difference to people’s lives. TfL is committed to diversity and working with its disabled staff and customers and this is yet another way to demonstrate this commitment.
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Positive Role Model Award for Gender
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Celebrates the achievements of an individual who has campaigned continuously for gender equality – inspiring and motivating their peers.
Charmaine Hayden
Vanessa Vallely
Karen Ingala Smith
Charmaine Hayden, co-owner of award winning Face4music modelling agency and author of ‘How to be a UK video model’ is an inspiring role model who overcame a difficult childhood to excel academically, completing a degree at London’s University of East London. Since graduating she has gone on to found the largest music video specialist agency in the UK, with offices in London and Birmingham. Charmaine believes that her business is a platform to positively influence young women to achieve their best. Many nominators expressed how Charmaine helped them out of difficult situations and built their confidence up. One nominator said “ ‘Chams’ literally helped to change my life around and many others like me just by seeing something in me I could not even see in myself, and dragging it out of me.” In her spare time she is part of the Ambassador for One young queen project to build confidence in young women aged 14-21. Charmaine also runs the Lil Ladies club for children aged 0-8years.
Vanessa, Pearly Queen City of London left school at 16 and headed for the City on the bus with “15p and a handbag full of can do attitude.” From an economically disadvantaged background, over the last 25 years Vanessa has worked her way up the career ladder overcoming many barriers. She has held a number of key roles in banking including CEO for a retail bank and returned to university at the age of 38. In 2008, Vanessa and her husband founded wearethecity.com, to help women achieve their personal and professional potential. Vanessa is also committed to developing individuals with 20 mentees who have travelled with her to Africa, Middle East and India, and raised over £15,000; leaving legacies such as micro finance operations in place. Vanessa also founded The Network of Networks, a citywide network for diversity professionals, and more recently released a book 'Heels of Steel' sharing her corporate story and advice for upcoming professionals.
Karen Ingala Smith has spent the last 24 years working with women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence. Her public speaking focuses on women from marginalised groups, she has spoken out about violence against women at the Million Women Rise March 2014 and the first world conference of women’s refugees in 2008. Since January 2012, this inspiring role model has been recording and commemorating UK women killed through suspected male violence in a campaign called 'Counting Dead Women'. This powerful piece of work helps to raise awareness of the scale of the issue. 17,000 people have signed Karen's petition to support her campaign to persuade the government to do more to end fatal male violence against women. Through Karen's organisation, nia, over 431 women over the past year have been supported through her Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy service. Karen’s work has made a true difference in thousands of women’s lives.
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Nimco Ali
Simone Bresi-Ando
Nimco is the co-founder of Daughters of Eve, a non-profit organisation set up by women from FGM practicing communities that works to protect girls and young women who are at risk from female genital mutilation (FGM). They work to raise awareness of FGM, help people who are affected and ultimately want to bring an end to this practice. Nimco is an inspiring role model who having gone through FGM herself, was inspired to stop girls being cut and to work with the wider community raising awareness, changing attitudes and addressing gender inequality. Her work with Daughters of Eve aims to empower girls and women to say “I don’t want to be cut, I don’t want to be married to someone I don’t want to be married to, and I want to be educated to fulfil my own financial needs.” Nimco has faced many barriers for speaking out against FGM, and has continuously campaigned for women's freedom from abuse with bravery and determination. One nominator describe Nimco as 'a warrior for women and children'.
Simone Bresi-Ando is a global communications and PR expert, empowerment activist, broadcaster and social commentator. In 2009 she founded I’mPossible, a Social Enterprise which empowers women and girls of colour through a series of events that aims to uncover role models that would otherwise be ignored by the mainstream. Simone organises an annual youth edition ‘Black Women Mean Business’ in partnership with Diane Abbott MP at the House of Commons. Simone has been described as one of the UK’s 25 most successful business women by Stylist magazine, as well as being recognised on the international stage by Black Girls Rock! for her work in empowering and highlighting the achievements of women of colour. Simone's energy, enthusiasm, work ethic and social enterprise; I'mPOSSIBLE has transformed people's lives, particularly women of colour enabling them to discover, articulate and put in action their POSSIBLE selves.
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This award is sponsored by
It’s our people that make Sky the UK and Ireland’s leading entertainment company. That’s why we work hard to be an inclusive employer, so everyone at Sky can be their best. We recognise that inspiring role models, sharing their experiences are crucial in raising the aspirations of all, so we are very excited to be sponsoring this year’s Positive Role Model Award for Gender.
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Positive Role Model Award for LGBT
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(Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender)
Celebrates the achievements of an individual who has campaigned continuously for the rights of the LGBT community – inspiring and motivating their peers.
Aderonke Apata
Jack Monroe
Martha Bishop
Aderonke is a feminist and human rights activist. After fleeing torture and the threat of death for being lesbian in Nigeria, she has proved to be an unstoppable force in fighting for justice. Aderonke has garnered almost 32,000 signatures online for her personal campaign to remain in the UK because she is a lesbian from Nigeria who is open, out and proud. Setting an example through this struggle fighting for her own freedom to stay here in the UK, she fights tirelessly for other people's freedom too, and continues to challenge the government and legal system that penalises the many LGBT refugees seeking asylum in the UK. Despite suffering several set-backs at the hands of the UK immigration system while at the Yarl's Wood detention centre, she rallied the other women to act as a collective force in challenging the authorities on sexual abuse at the centre. Aderonke's strength continues to challenge racism, xenophobia, lesbophobia and sexism.
Much loved food blogger and activist Jack Monroe knows what it's like to live on the breadline. After she put everything she owned up for sale in a one day ‘open house sale’ to try to clear her debts and start again, living on a food budget of around £10 a week for herself and her young son, she started to write about what she was cooking on her online blog. People loved what she wrote, which has led her to write for a number of publications, with her brilliant book of thrifty recipes being published. Jack has always been open and proud about being a lesbian despite ongoing lesbophobia. Jack has campaigned with Oxfam and the Child Poverty Action Group as well as The Trussell Trust to raise awareness of foodbank use and hunger in Britain. She has won numerous awards for her blog including the YMCA ‘courage and inspiration’ award and won the TUC ‘campaign of the year’ award for the campaign on foodbanks. Jack received over 400 nominations, which could not go unnoticed.
The gay single mother told us that when she joined Wolverhampton’s LGBT network, there was little interest or enthusiasm to make a difference in the Black Country. Many people didn’t know what LGBT stood for, let alone saw the need for equality. With very little money she has managed to develop a range of much needed services for the local LGBT communities. Inspiring many on her quest, Martha runs LGBT Wolverhampton network singlehandedly, working 70 hours a week despite only being paid for 20. In 2013 she helped over 1200 people and actively prevented 4 suicides. Martha has the support of her peers, the police and the local council, and is truly loved and respected by all who meet her. She inspires the networks volunteers and as a result helps and supports over 50 volunteers. She started Wolverhampton & Black Country Pride and got the council to fly the Rainbow Flag on the IDAHO. Martha has enabled and helps with over 20 special interest groups and has forged solid links.
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Sonny Van Eden
Sue Beatson
Sonny is a transgender man who has been pivotal in raising awareness and understanding within Hertfordshire on the health and wellbeing needs of the trans community. He has worked with the local NHS, a mental health service user, Healthwatch Hertfordshire and Public Health Hertfordshire after he raised concerns that trans people are disproportionately affected by the majority of health issues, given the lack of information that exists to understand trans health needs. In response, Sonny lead a countywide health needs assessment project called Transgender Health Needs Assessment in Hertfordshire. As a result, 22 recommendations have been made to improve the health of transgender people in Hertfordshire, some to be implemented locally whilst others need a national focus. In response to the national need, Sonny has been part of an NHS England countrywide stakeholder group where he shared information from the project to lead commissioners and clinicians across the GIC clinics across England.
Currently Deputy Chief Nurse and Head of Nursing Specialist Hospitals at University College Hospital in the London NHS Foundation Trust, Susan took on responsibility for patient equality and diversity within the Trust when she was appointed her current role. Having been bullied at school for many years for being a “tom boy�, and also encountering professional barriers in previous Trusts, including not being recruited into a post at another UK Trust (not UCLH) for being a lesbian, she was determined that staff would not be exposed to this negative behaviour whilst working at this Trust, which now has a policy against workplace bullying and harassment that specifically refers to sexual orientation. Working over the paid hours in her demanding job, this policy now gives explicit examples of what constitutes anti-gay bullying and harassment, and is communicated on a regular basis to all staff. Susan has also worked with several external organisations to gather best practice in LGBT equality.
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Positive Role Model Award for Race, Religion & Faith
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Celebrates the achievements of an individual who has campaigned continuously against race, faith or religious discrimination – inspiring and motivating their peers
Tanweer Ikram
Kay Oldroyd
Jasvir Singh
Tanweer followed an unconventional route to the Bar and has shown throughout his career both tenacity and talent. He is one of the very few judges in England & Wales of British Pakistani origin. In 2013, Tanweer was also appointed by the Lord Chief Justice, the Deputy Lead Diversity & Community Relations Judge. He supports the Lead Judge in relation to engagement with the community and activities encouraging lawyers from diverse backgrounds to become judges. Tanweer motivates and inspires students by speaking at universities, running workshops for BAME lawyers and writing articles; He is a contributing editor for 'Archbold Magistrates Courts Criminal Practice 2014'. Tanweer plays a high profile role at a national level, in promoting the diversity agenda within the judiciary. He impressed our judges because of his initiative and willingness to support others following in his footsteps in the judiciary - helping our institutions to better reflect the communities they serve.
Driven after becoming tired and disillusioned by the constant negative stereotypes that were (are) portrayed in the media about black youth in the country, Kay Oldroyd founded the BYA Awards - the UK's only platform of recognition for young people of African Caribbean heritage, promoting positive role models and images for other young people to emulate and be inspired by. To date, over 200 individuals have been acknowledged for their personal accomplishments with over 150,000 people worldwide sharing their success through various media sources. In 2013, Kay also founded 'Youth in Excellence' to create opportunities for young people nationwide. Youth in Excellence nurtures talent, develops characters and uplifts today's generation to become tomorrow's leaders. Kay's impact on the wider community was well evidenced throughout numerous nominations, with one nominator commenting 'Kay is everything a positive role model should be'.
Jasvir is the chairperson for the City Sikhs Network which is the largest network of Sikh professionals in the UK; Founder of the British Sikh Report which is an annual detailed national census of the Sikh community, and is an advisory board member for the Faith Forum for London. Jasvir has been fundamental in developing the City Sikhs Network into a diverse body of forward looking, progressive and professionally organised individuals. He has helped to influence organisations within the Sikh community including professional groups at EY, PwC and Accenture. Through Jasvir's Leadership, the City Sikh Network has become one of the leading voices for second, third and fourth generation sikhs in Britain with an ever expanding reputation. Jasvir has been involved in a number of NGOs over the years in the promotion of legal and human rights, as well as raising the awareness of Sikh issues on a national scale. He has also appeared on BBC1′s ‘The Big Questions’ and Channel 4′s ’4Thought.TV’.
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Sonia Meggie Sonia Meggie, founder of Inspirational YOU, a London based social enterprise launched in March 2010. Their mission is to connect, inspire and empower young people, women and black and asian professionals. Sonia is a mother, entrepreneur, diversity consultant, mentor and football coach. She is driven by making a difference and seeing those around her reaching their full potential. Her objective is to leave a legacy that will see the progression of women, black and asian professionals and young people. With Inspirational YOU, Sonia has been networking and connecting with senior leaders who all participate in their programs and events, debates, conferences, shows and training. They are focused on enterprise, self-development and well-being workshops. Sonia has been featured in the Powerlist 2013, which profiles the most influential people of African and African Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom, and listed on Blackenterprise.com as one of London’s most powerful black women.
Reverend Rowland Jide Macaulay A Christian minister since 1998, a dynamic and inspirational speaker, author, poet and pastor. Jide Macaulay has been an excellent Christian and gay leader for nearly 20 years, showcasing his tremendous commitment to his community and human rights advocacy. Jide's dedication to helping LGBT people reconcile their faith, and his charitable work across the UK and internationally is incredible. Born in Islington, London to a Christian family of Nigerian origin, Jide's dedication to his faith was evident at his baptism, aged 13 when he became a youth leader and continued to show interest in many ways through several theological formations. Jide is the founding pastor of the 'all inclusive' church House of Rainbow, which is a welcoming religious community to all people including sexual minorities and marginalised people. Jide's commitment to equality brings a new vision of freedom and respect, with one nominator describing him as 'a symbol of diversity'. 27
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Entrepreneur of Excellence Award
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This award recognises the achievements of an enterprising individual who has created a viable business - demonstrating expert skills and showcasing entrepreneurship.
Alis Rowe
Jenny Garrett
Rioch Edwards-Brown
In less than a year, Alis has created an organisation that not only promotes and facilitates communication and understanding between those on the autism spectrum and those around them, but also drives understanding of the female autism phenotype. This is vital because it has only recently been recognised that autism affects males and females differently and therefore there is little support available for females on the spectrum. The Curly Hair Project has filled a gap by being primarily dedicated to women/girls and those with Asperger's Syndrome or high functioning autism. Alis has found, and personally experienced, a significant paucity of support for adults and children with ASD and the people around them. Alis has received numerous testimonials from families all across the world, who tell her the work she does is extremely helpful and desperately needed. Alis' content has grown to 'reaching' over 72,000 people each week and since August 2013, Alis has written and published 18 books.
Jenny Garrett, Founder of Reflexion Associates, a leadership and coaching consultancy, which aims to evoke the best in individuals, teams and organisations with depth, personalisation and meaning. Jenny is also a sought after executive coach and trainer, author of ‘Rocking Your Role,’ a guide to success for female breadwinners, and a speaker. Jenny started off life from humble beginnings, born to a teen Mum, spending the first years in a London council estate; Jenny has recently been able to run confidence and self-esteem workshops for teen mums in Hertfordshire and mentors women entrepreneurs internationally for the Cherie Blair Foundation. In 2013, Jenny was listed in LinkedIn UK’s Top 10 Power Women, and is Vice Chair of the TwentyTen Club. Jenny is also an Advisory Board member for Generation Success and has helped to analyse research for a recent Nivea study called #BringItOn. One nominator described Jenny as 'a grand lady, an inspiration, a source of wisdom and a powerful role model'.
Rioch Edwards-Brown, a mother of 4, set up ‘So You Wanna Be In TV?’ after her son was shot and stabbed while in school. So You Wanna Be In TV? is an award winning social enterprise set up for at risk, financially disadvantaged and diverse youth in London interested in a career in TV. So You Wanna Be In TV? address’ youth unemployment and the lack of diversity in TV through a unique partnership with TV, Brands and corporates. They do this by providing access to high-quality free employability skills, work experience, long-term mentoring and direct access to the industry at their events. Rioch's unique sponsorship model has resulted in 1025 young people receiving free employability skills in 2011, 65% of those mentored entered TV, 17 of London's poorest borough’s have benefitted, and £300,000 worth of sponsorship has been raised. Based on her successful TV model, Rioch will be offering consultancy to corporates and companies on how to engage and recruit diversity.
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Naomi Bennett-Hall
Ketan Makwana
Naomi Bennett-Hall, co-founder of Planet London, a listings and lifestyle website for lesbian, bisexual and queer women in London. Planet London features and reviews events, covers all aspects of cultural life and offers a media hub for online LBQ content. In a strong desire to create an accessible and thriving social scene and in response to customer demand, Naomi has also created the Planet London App, 'My Pocket Planet', which includes the popular events calendar that lists ALL the events for LBQ women in London, as well as negotiated loyalty cards and discounts. The aim is to connect women with the organisers of social activities to help ensure a sustainable social scene. Naomi also created the Ultimate Planet overarching company to allow growth and adapt the services they offer, in particular an expansion of small business support to event organisers and promoters, Planet Promo. As a result of Planet London, the number of events being run in London for LBQ women has steadily increased.
Ketan Makwana, founder of Enterprise Lab, has worked tirelessly to bridge the gap between education and employment. Enterprise Lab has evolved rapidly and offers a wide range of programming to support skills development. Working in over 11 countries, 35,000 people have gone through programming, and in 2014/15 Enterprise Lab aims to set up local offices in 3 continents where the drive and focus is to support local economies with skills development and disruptive programming, which bridges the gap to employment and enterprise opportunities. In 2012 as a response to the riots, Ketan also co-launched Rockstar Youth, offering funding and mentoring to businesses started up by people aged 18-30. Rockstar Youth was appointed as a national delivery partner for the government’s Start Up Loans scheme and has been one of the leading providers of funds and mentoring since its inception. Since coming onto the scheme, Rockstar has delivered approximately 1500 startups and funded nearly £10m.
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Community Organisation Award for Age
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Recognises groups, charities or voluntary organisations who have made an outstanding contribution to their local community focusing on a particular age group.
BIGKID Foundation
North Devon All Starz
Inspire TCI
BIGKID Foundation exists for young people who are struggling with the pressures of gangs and crime. They seek to open their eyes to how their decisions can affect their future and the futures of those around them, breaking negative generational cycles and unlocking the hidden potential inside youth, who many have already been given up on. BIGKID has been working with hard to reach youth across London for over 12 years, impacting the local community by empowering young people to be leaders and key stakeholders in their communities. By engaging young people with positive activities, BIGKID are lowering the amount of time youth spend on the streets involved in negative and criminal activities. By using football training combined with leadership workshops, BIGKID develop skills and provide opportunities for employment. With more young people than ever volunteering to be coaches on their football programmes, BIGKID are creating a sustainable impact on many young people's lives.
Set up by Tolley Angell when he was just 17 years old, with the original idea to launch a one off show to raise funds for charity, demand was quickly there for North Devon All Starz to become a leading organisation bringing local talent to the forefront of the area. All Starz work with young people between 8 to 23, providing them with a safe environment to express themselves in a creative way. They build confidence and give youths a chance to perform to local audiences, as well as donating their spare time free of charge to coach children to perform at carnivals, concerts and productions. All of their productions are open to the community and supported by local companies to provide high quality entertainment. Seven years ago All Starz started with a cast of just six young people and a basic budget. Now the organisation has expanded to such an extent that last year there were 150 young people auditioning for a much larger scale show, which was shown to over 1100 audience members.
Inspire TCI delivers a vast range of activities on evenings and weekends for people in the local community who want to use fitness and exercise as a way to gain confidence. Inspire TCI deliver equality and diversity awareness seminars, workshops, mentoring sessions, home abuse and gang related activities to provide advice and encourage youths to pursue their dreams. Inspire TCI has delivered to, and impacted over 600 people in local educational providers in the last two years, and this number is set to grow to over 1000 with the upcoming events planned for the next academic year. Inspire TCI offers inspire programmes and have successfully mentored, trained and helped 28 fitness instructors and personal trainers to gain employment or set their own business up in the local area. Their impact has been felt throughout schools, youth centres, community groups and local colleges. Evidence shows how much they have inspired and motivated disengaged people in the area.
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Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association
Allsorts Youth Project
Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association engages Muslim youth across the UK with 107 youth leaders, thousands of volunteers and more than ninety branches nationwide. They are the UK's leading Muslim youth organisation, carrying out countless activities from mentoring and training, to helping the elderly and campaigning. AMYA provide practical support such as flood relief and blood drives, and have also collated over £1m for British charities. Between 2013/2014, they established relationships with many organisations to plant 70,000 trees, helped with conservation work, cleaned the streets, created orchards and developed play areas. Volunteers from the AMYA pack containers and distribute food at homeless shelters on a weekly basis, providing items of clothing, perishable foods and blankets. Nick Clegg and David Cameron are amongst many that have endorsed AMYA's tremendous charitable services. Their impact on wider society has made a profound difference.
Founded in 1999, Brighton based organisation Allsorts Youth Project provide youth volunteering opportunities to LGBT young people, which includes peer education in schools and colleges. The project engages in community development work with young LGBT, BME and disabled people to connect using digital and social media. Through media, events, conferences and celebrations, Allsorts create a positive image of LGBT young people, challenging stereotypes and providing inspiring role models. Allsorts also provide a weekly Drop-In service, teen to adult personal advisor sessions, LGBT Youth Awareness workshops and one to one support for LGBTU young people. Allsorts run endless campaigns and initiatives, including 'The Big Push’ for World Mental Health Day, ‘End LGBT Bullying’, and a viral campaign ‘Global Voices’ for International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia with a series of images of the young people saying what their school could have done better.
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Community Organisation Award for Disability
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Recognises groups, charities or voluntary organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to their local community focusing on those with disabilities.
Cafe JJ
Fightback
4UP
Café JJ is a community concern that is achieving extraordinary things with, by and for people with a learning disability. The café operates out of the Clifton Community Centre in Darlington providing a café based facility for local residents which also serves as a community meeting place. The café is run by Team JJ which consists of volunteers who all have learning disabilities. Team JJ spend Mondays preparing delicious menu items to serve to their customers on a Tuesday. A lunch delivery service to homes and organisations is also provided on a Wednesday. These are just two examples of a thriving business, demonstrating that people with a learning disability can achieve when barriers are removed. Café JJ has 80 regular customers who order lunch and takeaways on a weekly basis. Café JJ was nominated by over 200 supporters and was incredibly well evidenced, showcasing the tremendous impact the organisation has had on the local community.
Regardless of where you sit across the political spectrum, the advent of food banks and the struggle that disabled people are facing in times of economic hardship are recognised as very difficult. Both Fightback, in the North of England and 4UP, in the South, are grassroots organisations that have supported disabled people in their applications and appeals for a whole host of welfare rights. Fightback 4 Justice grew rapidly and demand for services was so high, founder Michelle Cardno, put all of her energy and passion into representing clients at tribunals, assisted with form completion and advising on benefits. Fightback has grew from strength to strength reaching over 60,000 people on Facebook weekly, and 12,000 followers on twitter. A committed group of volunteers, most of which are disabled, answer messages from clients and cater to various needs. The vast array of nominations showcase Fightback's dedication to making welfare benefit advice and advocacy available to everyone.
Grassroots organisation 4UP launched in 2012 as a Facebook group that quickly caught the imagination of people. In the last 6 months 4UP have grown by nearly 350%, so whilst they were first set up by a small team of volunteers who had experience of dealing with benefit applications, appeals and the problems that can arise thereof, due to demand 4UP now have a team of almost 20 volunteers who assist people with JSA, sanctions, DLA, ESA, Incapacity Benefit, Universal Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit to name but a few. The outstanding online group support unemployed individuals who are caught up in the harrowing situation of 'welfare reforms', providing a safe haven where disabled people find practical help and a very friendly online community where many have been brought back from the brink of suicide. 4UP is led by Eric Knight and is backed by an extraordinary team who are extremely knowledgeable, caring and supportive.
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I Am Me Scotland
Shabang!
Hate crime against disabled people is recognised as a growing and viscous issue. So much so that the Criminal Justice Act enables the passing of enhanced sentences when a crime is evidenced to be motivated by disability hatred. I Am Me Scotland was set up in Renfrewshire in an effort to combat hate crime in Scotland. The group has produced some powerful training material, on element of which has been viewed by over 3,000 people, including Members of the Scottish Parliament. In addition to raising awareness of disability hate crime through live dramas, I Am Me actively encourage disabled people to report incidents to the Police, and have worked alongside the police on a Keep Safe initiative to help ensure that disabled, elderly and vulnerable people can participate in community life without fear of harassment and abuse. I Am Me Scotland is having an outstanding impact on society by changing people's lives which is very well evidenced through countless nominations.
An amazing theatre group run by Kim Reuter and Russ Elias. A huge set of nominations and some stunning evidence demonstrate why Shabang Theatre is so popular amongst its supporters. Shabang is part of a triad of arts organisations who came together to realise the renovation of The Watershed in Slaithwaite. Providing a fully accessible platform for performing arts, Shabang provide performance space, workshops and training for disabled people across the age range. In the words of one of their nominators, 'Put quite simply, they are brilliant. They have been a huge help both to our two year old daughter, who has Down's syndrome, and to us as parents. Shabang Theatre is utterly devoted to enhancing and supporting the development of those with additional needs through their range of creative and fun learning activities. They have played a critical role in helping our daughter reach key cognitive development milestones and ensuring that we, as parents, have a positive outlook on her future.'
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Community Organisation Award for Gender
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Recognises groups, charities or voluntary organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to their local community focusing on gender related issues.
Working With Men
Let Toys Be Toys
RISE
Working with Men exists so all boys and men can be productive and active members of society, and that organisations work in ways that include and support boys and men, particularly those who are socially or economically disadvantaged or excluded. The specialist charity has expertise in the difficulties boys and men from disadvantaged and marginalised backgrounds may face. They deliver a range of services including father development services, crisis support, conflict and transition services, employment and training initiatives. Working with men produce games, DVDs and training as well as obtaining power to influence policy. Examples of projects include the Uncut Project, addressing knife crime which engaged with over 2,500 people, with 91% saying it had a positive impact on their attitude and behaviour. This was supported by a marked rise in attainment levels. In 2014 they have worked with over 3000 young parents, 72% from a BME background and 12% under 18.
Since its launch in 2012, grassroots organisation Let Toys be Toys has campaigned to ensure boys and girls play experiences should not be restricted by marketing which tells them which toys or activities are for which gender. The group is entirely comprised of unpaid volunteers who juggle the campaign with work and family commitments. Across 2013, seven of the fourteen major retailers asked to remove “girls” and “boys” signage from shop floors or own brand packaging have done so, and five more are making changes. In 2014 the campaign shifted its focus to children’s book; Usborne, Parragon and Paperchase have all made assurances that they will no longer be explicitly labelling books as for girls or boys, and Waterstones has agreed to remove gender signage. There has been huge support from children’s authors including Malorie Blackman, Philip Pullman, Anne Fine and Bel Mooney. In just one year, the group saw a 60% reduction in UK and Irish stores explicitly signposting toys for girls or boys.
RISE: Refuge, Information, Support and Education, an independent registered charity founded in 1994, provides services ranging from direct advice and help to those affected by domestic abuse, refuge space for those in urgent need, through to education work; teaching children about healthy relationships to break the pattern. RISE also run the first specialist LGBTQI service for survivors of domestic abuse, and every year they support over 800 women and their families to recover and reclaim their lives. Affiliated to National Women’s Aid, they provide support to boys and young men. In addition to this, RISE is working on a specialist service with a second tier BME organisation and national BME domestic provider, to support women and families form BME backgrounds. RISE's Living Library has been applauded as an innovative way of raising awareness of domestic violence and now supports HIV, Substance Misuse and Mental Health charities in organising their own Living Library.
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Open Clasp Theatre Company
Rape Crisis England & Wales
Open Clasp Theatre Company make truthful, risk taking and unforgettable theatre from a female gaze to inspire new and young audiences. Their work is informed by the lived experiences of marginalised women and young women they work with, and rooted in the belief that theatre changes lives. Open Clasp have a developing mixed gender audience and a loyal following which includes women who share the life stories of the characters they depict. Since 1998 the unheard voices of marginalised women have been given a platform through collaboration creating professional, thought provoking and award winning theatre reaching over 50,000 people. Each tour reaches 2,500 audience members in the North East and is accompanied by post show workshops to encourage the audience to examine the issues covered. Throughout Open Clasp’s work, on average 95% of audiences feel that the plays change how people think about women facing these issues.
Rape Crisis England and Wales is a feminist organisation that exists to promote the needs of women and girls who have experienced sexual violence, to improve support services and to work towards the elimination of sexual violence. Rape Crisis was set up to support the work of autonomous Rape Crisis organisations in England and Wales. They also raise awareness and understanding of sexual violence in the wider community and with local, regional and national government. The first Rape Crisis Centre opened in 1973, since then they have been providing frontline specialist, independent and confidential support services for women and girls of all ages. Rape Crisis exists for those women and girls who cannot access a local Rape Crisis service; so they are building a robust network of specialist organisations across England and Wales to fill these gaps in provision. Half of Rape Crisis member centres also offer a specific service to boys and men who have experienced rape and sexual violence. 39
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Community Organisation Award for LGBT
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Recognises groups, charities or voluntary organisations that have made an outstanding contribution to their local community focusing on the LGBT Community.
Broken Rainbow
Proud2Be
Intercom Trust
Formed in 2002, Broken Rainbow is the first and only UK organisation dedicated to confronting domestic violence and abuse within LGBT communities. Started by a group of LGBT people that were concerned that there was no support for LGBT people around domestic violence and abuse they secured some core funding and the group formalized, grew and became a charity in 2004. This year see’s Broken Rainbow’s 10th anniversary during which time the charity has supported over 25,000 people. Broken Rainbow have launched a freephone 0800 number in parallel with the existing helpline number, and launched an online chat service to increase accessibility. In May, Broken Rainbow held its first full month of events to raise awareness of LGBT domestic violence and abuse; their work was endorsed by the Home Secretary Theresa May, and they have established closer partnerships with Women’s Aid, Respect, Refuge and the National Stalking Helpline.
Devon-based Social Enterprise Proud2Be Project was set up by gay identical twin brothers Mat & Jon Price to empower all LGBTQI people to be proud of who they are. The project was launched when the brothers recorded a short video in which they explained how they are both proud to be gay. Garnering support from high profile LGBT figures including Stephen Fry and human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, now a Patron of Proud2Be. As well as running the campaign, Proud2Be; holds a number of social events in South Devon, broadcasts their own community radio show, facilitates workshops and provides consultancy to a number of organisations across the UK. This year they hosted Totnes Pride, which follows last year’s hugely successful inaugural event which brought over 800 people into the semi-rural town to celebrate diversity in the local community. Next year, Proud2Be will launch a Devon-wide Youth Service and open the first rural LGBT community hub in South Devon.
Founded in 1997 by LGB people in Devon as a community-led organisation, Intercom was set up to provide services that local LGB communities identified as those they were most in need of. Focussing on support for people with HIV/AIDS, the service morphed to provide social and mental health advocacy to developing partnerships for equality; providing consultancy for the public sector, raising awareness of LGBT issues and gaps in services. Until recently, the NHS in the South West was resistant to considering any LGBT health issues that were not related either to sexual health or gender reassignment. Through sheer determination, Intercom is now welcomed as a partner in the new NHS some which is significantly helping the funding of their Help Support and Advocacy Service. As their collective skill set has grown, Intercom have provided extensive training for council staff and frontline police officers. In short, the impact Intercom has made over the years in the South West is considerable.
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The Rainbow Project
London Friend
Northern Ireland’s largest LGBT organisation, The Rainbow Project aims to promote the health and wellbeing of the LGBT community. Operating from Belfast and Derry, services include support through social networks, free sexual health packs, BACP accredited counselling, women's, gay men's and trans groups and advocacy. In the last year alone, they launched research into the Emotional Health and Wellbeing of LGBT people in NI and found higher experiences of depression, self-harming behaviour and attempted suicide among LGBT people when compared to heterosexual people. The Rainbow Project has also been successful in lobbying for the development of a Northern Ireland Sexual Orientation Strategy and Action Plan, due to be launched later this year. On the front line for the Equal Marriage campaign as well as other key issues impacting on LGBT people including same sex adoption, the MSM blood ban, education and homophobic bullying, the project is punching above its weight and deserves recognition.
Established in 1972, London Friend is the UK’s oldest LGBT charity dedicated to the health and mental well-being of the LGBT community in and around London and the South East. These unsung heroes and heroines offer support around issues such as same-sex relationships, sexual and gender identity and promoting personal growth. All the services are delivered by a handful of paid staff on a tiny budget and a colossal of 101 trained LGBTQ un-paid volunteers. Over 44 years they have tackled one of the most destructive issues that the gay community now faces: drug and alcohol addiction. In the last year alone, 16 support groups ran each month, with 1374 attendees, 124 people completed a course of counselling and 236 people completed a course of keywork around their substance misuse. London Friend provided drug & alcohol information to 2,244 individuals and 91 training sessions to 838 professionals. Their ground-breaking work has been linked to several high profile stories in the mainstream press. 41
“We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value”
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African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust
Muslim Jewish Forum
Roma Community Care
ACLT was co-founded by Beverley De-Gale OBE and Orin Lewis OBE in 1996, after they received the devastating news their 6 year old son Daniel De-Gale, had been diagnosed with leukaemia. Daniel’s donor for a bone Marrow transplant could only be found from the black or mixed race population of which 550 were registered. He touched the hearts of the nation as he overcame the incredible odds of 1 in 250,000 to become the first black individual in the UK to receive a bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor after three years of campaigning. ACLT continue with their life saving work of spreading awareness with the sole purpose to increase the number of ethnic minorities registered on the bone marrow, blood and organ registers. Over 17 years, the ACLT have increased the number of African, Caribbean and mixed race potential donors on the UK bone marrow lists from approx. 550 to approx. 50, 000, and have helped save the lives of over 50 individuals through their bone marrow registrations drives.
Building bridges between Jewish and Muslim communities, a vital objective worldwide, is the focus of the Muslim Jewish Forum. Founded in 2004, it has brought these two large Manchester communities together in harmony by means of numerous social, cultural and faith based activities. Amongst these have been mutual visits to synagogues and mosques and sharing information about the respective faiths, their practices, customs, values and ideologies, thereby engendering mutual understanding, empathy and respect. The emphasis is on what the two faiths and their members share in common, and whilst acknowledging differences, accepting that there is more than one acceptable and appropriate way to participate in faith observance and way of life. All this has helped to bring down the barriers between the two communities. The Muslim Jewish Forum is a shining example to all faiths, and many of its members work for and belong to other interfaith networks.
Roma Community Care is a team of skilled volunteers and employees who are experienced and trained in helping the local Roma and Eastern European community find a voice in Derby. The group provide an active and functional Advocacy group engaging with local Roma and Eastern Europeans, giving a unique presence and an authenticity to the work being done by and with the local community. RCC hosts drop in sessions allowing members of the community to speak and raise concerns regarding issues or difficulties they may be facing in the area. RCC have successfully helped people who have experienced difficulties within the NHS, employment, housing, benefits and translation to name a few. RCC work with, challenge and improve connections, policies and procedures with other agencies who engage with Roma and Eastern Europeans in and around Derby. This incredible organisation also conducts youth work with over 550 young people who have accessed the service.
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Naz Legacy Foundation
Unity 101 Community Radio
Naz Legacy Foundation was established to continue the legacy of the work of late Naz Bokhari OBE, in promoting excellence in education and positive integration to British society. Naz Bokhari was the first Headteacher of Muslim faith/Asian heritage in the UK and was awarded an OBE by HRH The Prince of Wales for services for education. The Foundation has fundraised for various educational projects and have reached over ÂŁ1m which has helped some of the most deprived communities in the UK. They have elevated the aspirations of young people from underrepresented backgrounds, supporting over 2,000 young people in over 100 schools and institutes nationwide. Recently, the foundation has introduced The Diversity Programme at the National Portrait Gallery, and The Naz Bokhari Award, which encourages local businesses to raise funds to support deserving students who have achieved a university place despite adversity, also supporting them by providing work experience, placements and mentoring.
Unity 101's work over many years has highlighted the importance of communication as a means of building relationships and understanding between people of different ethnic backgrounds. Judges were particularly impressed with their work to engage young and older people from a diverse range of backgrounds in telling their own stories so that broadcast media starts to reflect the diversity of the population in and around Southampton. Their philosophy 'By the community, for the community and to the community', was well evident in endorsements from local listeners. Over the years, Unity 101 has become part of the fabric of Southampton, celebrating and sharing the city’s rich Asian and ethnic cultural diversity more than any other local organisation. Unity 101 broadcast music in 10 languages, sharing inspirational, motivational and educational information, as well as bringing people from private, public and voluntary sectors together with diverse communities. 43
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Father’s Against Violence
Writing on the Wall
Diverse City
FAV was founded by James Gregory in 2011 after his son; Giuseppe was killed in a gang related incident in 2009. James was determined to ensure that lives weren't lost unnecessarily again. FAV CIC is a voluntary organisation which provides support to disadvantaged people, so that even the most vulnerable can develop self confidence and self esteem. FAV empower fathers to become positive male role models in the lives of their children, and campaigns to end gang violence and raise awareness of gang culture. Operating in the Hulme/Moss Side area, FAV has engaged with fathers and young people through various projects including a mentoring scheme, sport, music and media. FAV continues to empower their community to make positive life choices - one nominator summed up their influence by stating 'No words can describe the impact FAV has on our community here in Moss Side, and since the death of James's son, there has not been another gun related murder within our area'.
Writing on the Wall is a dynamic, Liverpool-based community arts organisation that coordinates projects and events that celebrate writing in all its forms. They work with a broad and inclusive definition of writing that embraces literature, creative writing, journalism and non-fiction, poetry, song writing, and storytelling. WoW works with local, national and international writers whose work provokes controversy and debate. Since its inception, WoW has delivered 15 festivals and countless initiatives targeting marginalised groups. For example, WoW has delivered story telling projects for Arabic speaking women to overcome any cultural barriers to attending mixed groups, they have provided childcare for parents attending creative writing courses and also delivered projects in a care home for Black elders to overcome mobility issues. Writing on the Wall has a reputation for being exceptional within the Arts sector for diverse audience development and community engagement.
Diverse City are leaders in ambitious performance and performance-training bringing together disabled and non-disabled people, older and younger people and people from all backgrounds.They create exceptional projects and performances that aim to transform people's thinking about, and place in the world. Diverse City's practice takes people on a journey of transformation, and they work to ensure that all people, irrespective of background and identity, have equal rights, opportunity and access to the performing arts. Diverse City has a strong spirit of adventure investing in, and rewarding curiosity, creativity, and innovation. One nominator summed up their value, stating 'Community engagement with the arts is one of the most powerful ways of bringing about social change. It is crucial that exemplary organisations such as Diverse City are supported and championed in their fight for social justice through the medium of the Performing Arts.'
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Diversity House
Give ‘em Hope Campaign
Diversity House has worked tirelessly to tackle social inequalities, promote community integration, re-integration, social inclusion and cohesion within the Swale and Kent communities. Diversity House believes and is dedicated to showing that individuals, regardless of their race, ethnicity, age, gender etc, should be and can be treated with dignity, respect and adequate opportunities to access services within the community. The charity offers a holistic and person-centred package of care and support for their service-users on issues such as debt management, housing, employment, education, health, business opportunities and many more. Recently, Diversity House has pioneered a project called Swale Women Empowering Women (SWEW) after successfully securing over £250,000 worth of Big Lottery Funding. SWEW aims to help disadvantaged women to tackle isolation and improve their life chances by providing various opportunities.
The Give 'em Hope Campaign is an inclusive and inspirational celebration of diversity; an online initiative to encourage and uplift those who feel marginalised, isolated or limited by labels. They exist to bring hope to those who need it most and do so by sharing their stories. The campaign has grown significantly, with the support of numerous international cheerleaders and proactive participants. The Give ‘em Hope Campaign aims to eradicate limiting labels in society by acknowledging our similarities, whilst celebrating our differences. It is not an overstatement to say that the impact of this quiet campaign has been significant. Young men and women have spoken of overcoming their isolation and feelings of worthlessness; their improved self-image and new-found ability to recognise self-destructive behaviours and prevent these from continuing. One nominator said 'Everybody needs hope for whatever reason. The Give ‘em hope campaign does just that'. 45
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Britain's biggest-selling black newspaper bringing you the latest news, sport and entertainment from our diverse community The Voice is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday and news website with breaking news, analysis and features that caters to Britain's diverse communities from an African and African Caribbean background. Over its near three decade reign as 'Britain’s Best Black Newspaper', The Voice has served the black community by giving them a voice where other mainstream newspapers have failed. It has over the years been a thorn in the side of the establishment, campaigning on numerous issues and championing the causes of black people nationwide.
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The Diversity Group Presents
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Diverse Company of the Year Award
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Identifies a company that employs a diverse workforce and is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves and whose goals are to reassure and encourage people from the most deprived areas to further their careers.
Centro
Gateway Housing Association
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
As the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, Centro takes a leading role in transforming public transport services in the region. Centro puts diversity and inclusion at the heart of public transport services and employment practice. They have invested and continue to invest in a range of initiatives and strategies to ensure they are a diverse and inclusive employer. In service delivery, Centro has heavily invested in the development of fully accessible facilities such as state of the art bus stations, and accessibility aids, such as their award winning bus hailers, which meet the diverse needs of customers. Their commitment to equality is evident through formal accreditations. Centro has attained one-star status in the 2014 Best Companies Survey, is positioned 53rd in the 2014 Sunday Times best not-for-profit companies to work for, and has Investors In People Champion status. Centro has also attained Gold Committed to Equalities Accreditation (C2E Gold).
Gateway Housing operates in the three most diverse and deprived boroughs in London; Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. They have a diverse and representative workforce that positively impacts the community they serve. At Gateway, diversity is not an initiative that they visit from time to time - it is part of their DNA. One of the key features highlighted by staff is that Gateway is the most diverse housing association they have worked for, and this starts from the top. The Board comprises nine people - Of these, four are female, four are from a BME backgrounds, and one person is disabled. The most significant contribution that Gateway makes to alleviate deprivation is providing good quality housing for the diverse communities they serve. Nearly 30% of their residents are aged 65 and over, with 58% from a BME background. Gateway is committed to knowing their customers and employers, and support local communities to thrive.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was established in 2008 and is represented by 5,000 passionate and dedicated clinicians and support staff, working hand in hand with partners in the community to care for and support vulnerable people. Together, they provide mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and prison healthcare throughout Sussex, along with a range of specialist services across the South East of England and beyond. They serve a population of over 4 million people in Hampshire, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, Kent and Medway, which makes them the most significant provider of these services nationally. Over the last few years, the Equality and Diversity Team have championed diversity, creating innovative business strategies and continuing to honour diversity staff networks across the board. The in depth evidence accumulated showcased the great commitment the trust has to ensure both equality and fairness are adopted in employment and service delivery.
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Great Places Housing Group
Goldsmiths University
St Giles Trust
Great Places put residents at the heart of everything they do. They serve as one of the largest housing associations in the North, with a portfolio of over 17,000 homes. They’re accessible, professional, ambitious, community-focused and innovative. Great Places is an award-winning developer, building the highest number of quality homes outside the South East for a diverse community. Along with their general needs tenants, they give over 1,700 vulnerable people a home and support, and have made a real commitment to protecting jobs in the face of supported housing cutbacks. Equality & diversity is extremely important to Great Places. This is shown by the sheer diversity of their workforce. Great Places’ unique working culture and talented staff are undoubtedly one of the driving forces behind their success. They've been working hard as an employer and provider of housing services to promote opportunity for all. This was demonstrated when they were named 12th best large workplace in the UK by the Great Place to Work Survey 2014.
As an academic and creative institution, Goldsmiths stands out. Championing research-rich degrees that provoke thought, stretch the imagination and tap into tomorrow's world, at Goldsmiths they're asking the questions that matter now in subjects as diverse as the arts and humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, computing, and entrepreneurial business and management. They are a community defined by its people: innovative in spirit, analytical in approach, and open to all. The Equality & Diversity team at Goldsmiths provides a broad range of services to all staff, students and any stakeholders involved with the College. The Community Development and Youth Work course at Goldsmiths is one of the most transformational degrees in the UK. Their work raises so much awareness around identity discrimination and prejudice, and they have provided the perfect platform for students to challenge themselves, develop into strong leaders and change makers to continue to work towards equality and diversity.
St Giles Trust is a London based charity with national remit which has been running for over 50 years, serving society's most vulnerable; the homeless, those with criminal convictions, those who come from complex backgrounds, and those with chaotic lives. Rather than just affording a service to this group, St Giles Trust has taken it one step further through its Peer Advice Model- both in prison and in the community. Through it, those with convictions or from other disadvantaged backgrounds have the opportunity to advance their skills and employability by completing the Level 3 in Advice and Guidance qualification, while also gaining valuable skills and experience by completing a placement with us or a partner organisation. St Giles Trust are now regarded as one of the leading employers of people with convictions, and pride themselves on being an inclusive service, championing diversity in the workplace.
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Oxfam
PwC
With 70 years experience, Oxfam is a globally renowned aid and development charity working and campaigning with partners in over 90 countries worldwide. Oxfam GB is champion of equal opportunities in all of their work, internally and externally. Their international development work and crisis response always seeks to equally distribute resources and ensure all genders, ethnicities, age groups, sexualities etc have their voices heard. Oxfam's community projects excel in creating lasting change through initiatives such as health promotion, agriculture support and WASH initiatives. Impact is astonishing, internationally, 4.3 million people have been reached by health promotion activities, 700,000 have benefitted from agricultural support and 2.6 million from improved sanitation facilities. The outcome of such work aids many minorities worldwide with a variety of different issues – therefore, ensuring a strong diversity pedigree, which has been earned through Oxfam’s desire to include those who need help most.
PwC LLP is a professional services firm with over 17,400 people in 57 offices across the UK, Channel Islands and Middle East. They’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 184,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC goes to great lengths to push the equality agenda continuing to enhance the diversity of their business though a range of programmes, campaigns and networks. PwC have succeeded in increasing the percentage of their senior management who are women from 18% to 22%, and the proportion of females hired has increased too. Since January 2013, they've had three female members on their Executive Board. Programmes such as 'Opening Minds' tackle unconscious bias, and their twelve diversity networks have supported diverse talent and raised awareness of diversity within PwC. One nominator said 'PwC lives and breathes diversity. They are setting an example for companies in their sector, and their desire to constantly improve should be commended'.
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Lifetime Achiever Award
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Honours an individual who has made significant, innovative and cumulatively outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity, devoting a major portion of their professional career to the cause.
Tanya Raabe-Webber
Stephen Sutton MBE
Sue Sanders
Since 1987, Tanya has achieved tremendous things with her art and her career as a disabled artist. She has created social change especially within a disability art context that has come from many years of breaking down barriers within the mainstream arts sector. Tanya's work has highlighted the commitment of a cultural identity that is still hidden within our public arts collections. Her workshop's have given many people the confidence to realise their own dreams as living artists, and is seen to in still exuberance, confidence and tenacity in people when she works with them on all levels. Tanya has been shortlisted for her drive and achievements as an acclaimed artist who has pioneered the way we see disabled people in an ever changing society. Tanye is currently an associate director with DASH, and is developing a partnership as an Associate Artist with Project Ability, where she will soon to be Artist in residence during their International Summit celebrating the globalization of current Learning Disability Art.
Stephen Sutton MBE was a British blogger and charity activist known for his blog 'Stephen's Story', and his fundraising efforts for the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. Stephen was diagnosed with stage 3B colorectal cancer at the age of 15. In December 2012, two years after the initial diagnosis, the cancer was deemed incurable after spreading to the lungs and liver. After his diagnosis, Sutton began participating in charity events with the Teenage Cancer Trust, and later started his own website and blog. At the same time, he began fundraising with the Teenage Cancer Trust, with an initial goal of £10,000. Following unexpected support, the goal was raised to £100,000 and £500,000 the same year, before being raised to £1m. As of August 12th 2014, Stephen had raised over £4.3 million. Stephen is an inspiration in the truest sense of the word, dedicating the final stages of his life to spreading happiness. Stephen's Story has become an inspiring, uplifting tale for millions of people.
For the past 20 years, Sue has been Co-Chair of Schools OUT, an effective organisation which exists to promote the visibility, and recognition of the contribution, of Lesbian, Gay and Trans people in schools and the education sector. Sue has campaigned consistently against sexism, heterosexism, racism, disableism and classism both in this country and in Australia, and was an active member of Schools OUT in its various guises since its inception in 1974. In 2004, Sue instigated the first LGBT History Month, which took place in February 2005. Sue was actively involved in the campaign against Section 28, and has featured on the Independent Pink List for some years. One nominator sums up Sue's value stating 'Sue has been an inspiring leader for LGBT issues for the last 40 years, and will leave a legacy of groundbreaking achievements throughout the core of societal and governmental policies and practices that is the foundation for fully realising true equality in the future'.
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Pauline Long
Dilys Price OBE
Pauline is a Kenyan born UK based entrepreneur, philanthropist, fashion designer, mentor, motivational speaker, writer, Music video director/producer, TV presenter and founder of BEFFTA Awards. She has been appointed Universal Peace Federation Ambassador for peace globally and her incredible achievements have earned her the highest African Recognition Honour and Heroic Award, alongside Her Excellency The President of Malawi, Joyce Banda. Pauline is the founder of "Pauline Long Empowerment and Mentorship Club" and has personally mentored many young people in the UK. Through her dedicated service, she has been recognised as one of eleven inspirational women in Europe listed on Black Women in Europe Power list and African Woman of the year in UK. The unquenchable passion for giving back to humanity has again led Pauline, to establish a "FEED THE STREET" children programme through The Shout Campaign solely funded by her. She has mobilised a dedicated team to embark on monthly exercises to feed street children in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
Dilys Price OBE; B.Ed (Hons); M.Ed, Hon Fellow Cardiff Metropolitan University (CMU). It is difficult to fit so many achievements into one paragraph but during Dilys' 82 years, her commitment, passion and true dedication has improved the lives of many. Dilys has been a very influential force in integrating inclusion into society and the respect for children and adults with special needs since the 1970s. Director of Touch Trust, Dilys set up the charity for children and adults with the most profound disabilities. Dilys pioneered the first British Adapted Physical Education Course and trained teachers in the UK/USA, is a founding member of the Wales Sports Association for Special Needs and a consultant for Movement Activities for a variety of special needs groups. Dilys developed the British Gymnastic Awards Levels and secured the Trampolining Award for special needs. A well known sky diver, Dilys regularly raises money to expand The Touch Trust's work. In 2002, Dilys was awarded an OBE for Services to the Disabled. 53
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LEMAR Lemar, is one of Britain's finest singer/songwriters over the past decade. To date, Lemar has notched up an incredible seven Top 10 singles and sold over two million albums. Not to mention the two Brit Awards and three MOBO Award triumphs. Lemar released his fifth studio album ‘Invincible’ in 2012.
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