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ABOUT THE AWARDS

RESEARCH AND LEARN

Investing in Ethnicity, the umbrella initiative of the Ethnicity Awards, has engaged with over 200 employers in relation to best practice.

Investing in Ethnicity’s Membership and Action Groups offer regular and structured sessions to discuss how to best implement the ethnicity agenda.

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Investing in Ethnicity, the umbrella initiative of the Ethnicity Awards, has produced two successful conferences, attended by over 200 organisations.

Topics included BAME leadership, inclusive training, best practice and ‘Let’s Talk’ sessions.

ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP

Investing in Ethnicity is the secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Governance and Inclusive Leadership and aims to tackle the barriers prohibiting people from visible minorities from achieving positions of power and influence throughout the UK.

MATURITY MATRIX

Investing in Ethnicity launched the Maturity Matrix with the backing of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Governance and Inclusive Leadership to help businesses progress their ethnicity agenda.

52 organisations completed and submitted the Maturity Matrix in the first year.

ETHNICITY AWARDS

Following the success of the Investing in Ethnicity initiative, the Ethnicity Awards recognises those working to ensure that all people are afforded equal opportunity, regardless of race or ethnicity.

CEO PLEDGE

In July 2017 Investing in Ethnicity launched the senior leadership campaign asking CEOs and Board Members to publicly invest in the ethnicity and race workplace agenda. To date, 11 CEOs of companies such as HSBC, Bank of England and Tesco have pledged.

AWARDS TIMELINE

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AWARD CATEGORIES
BUSINESS

BAME Inspirational Leader

This category recognises senior leaders that are able to show they have helped others with the BAME agenda, both within and beyond their organisation as a positive role model.

BAME Future Leader

The future leader category recognises those that have initiated processes or begun working on the ethnicity agenda within their organisation.
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Workplace Hero

The workplace hero award will go to a diversity champion who is able to exhibit that they have worked passionately to move the dial on the BAME agenda within their workplace.

Champion (Ally)

The BAME ally recognises those that are able to demonstrate that they have effectively helped further the BAME agenda within their workplace.

Network Group (ERG)

Network Group or ERG is awarded to those companies which have gone above and beyond in helping to positively impact the BAME agenda within their workplace.
PUBLIC

Inspirational Public Figure Award

This category recognises an inspirational figure from public life, who has used their fame to raise awareness or create change.

Brand Award

This category recognises a brand that continually promotes inclusiveness and seeks to represent identities of every kind in their marketing and advertising.

Charity or Community Initiative Award

This award recognises a charity or community initiative that has worked to advance the recognition or enhance the lives of BAME people.

Influencer Award

This award recognises an influencer who has used their presence online to raise awareness or create change for BAME people.

Outstanding Contribution to Communities Award

This category recognises an individual that has been a positive role model and has made an outstanding contribution to their local community.

Media Impact Award

We are looking for an act of significance for the BAME community which has taken place in the media, from factual events witnessed on the news or in print, to fictional events which have taken place on stage, film, TV or radio.

Politician Award

This award recognises a politician who has ensured that the BAME community is accurately represented.

Legacy Award

This award is the ceremony’s most prestigious, and recognises an individual who has made a significant difference to the representation of the BAME community, dedicating a significant proportion of their life to advancing inclusion.
TOP 10s ARE ANNOUNCED
16th July

Press will include an eight-page Guardian newspaper supplement, editorial with our media partners The Voice. Last year’s mainstream press included the Mirror, the Daily Mail and the Independent.
JUDGING AND VOTING TAKES PLACE
16th July - 6th September

The business category winners are judged by a panel of diversity experts,
based on submitted evidence.

The public categories are voted for by the general public.

Public voting closes 6th September
WINNERS ANNOUNCED

PAST WINNERS - PUBLIC

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Inspirational Public Figure

FARRAH STORR, Editor-in-chief, Cosmopolitan magazine

Influencer

KANYA KING CBE, Mobo Awards Founder

Legacy Award

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Charity Or Community Initiative

STORMZY

Media Impact

DIANE ABBOTT MP

Political Figure

HARUN KHAN

Outstanding Contribution To Communities

PAST WINNERS - BUSINESS

KAREN BLACKETT OBE, WPP

Inspirational Leader

JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, LGIM

Future Leader

ROB NEIL, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

Workplace Hero

NANCY LENGTHORN, Mediacom

Champion (Ally)

EMBRACE, HSBC - JOINT WINNER

Network Group (ERG)

REACH, LLOYDS BANKING GROUP - JOINT WINNER

Network Group (ERG)

JUDGING PANEL

Our esteemed panel of judges will meet to go through our Top 10 evidence submissions and deliberate on a winner for specific categories. We have collated various business leaders and diversity specialists for this task, and each member of the panel is heavily invested in ethnicity and the BAME agenda, both in the workplace and the wider community. The Judging Panel only decides the winner for specific corporate categories. Celebrity and consumer categories are decided by the public – see our voting page for more information.

Rob Neil, Ministry of Education

Now working in the Ministry of Education, Rob previously worked at the Ministry of Justice, and was a founding member of the MoJ’s BAME Staff network in 2001, namely P.R.O.U.D. He also became the first elected Chair of the Civil Service Race Equality Network [CSREN] – known today as CSRF – the Civil Service Race Forum.

Nina Bhagwat, Warner Music UK

Previously working at Channel 4, Nina Bhagwat lead the BAME agenda, with the responsibility for devising and delivering the broadcaster’s new BAME strategy. In her substantive role as Off Screen Diversity Executive within the Creative Diversity team at Channel 4, her focus was on delivering on the commitments in C4’s 360˚ Diversity Charter. Nina now works at Warner Music UK as Head of Inclusion and Diversity.

Wincie Knight, Viacom

Wincie Knight is Senior Director of Global Inclusion Strategies at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) EMEA, and is responsible for leading VIMN’s diversity and inclusion strategy. In the UK, Knight is instrumental in VIMN’s participation in CDN’s Project Diamond, as well as liaising with Ofcom on Viacom’s diversity developments.

Melissa Godfray, Lloyds Banking Group

Bio Coming Soon

Justin Onuekwusi, LGIM

Justin is a multi-asset fund manager working at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). He is a CFA charterholder sitting within a wider investment team that manages near to £50 billion for pension funds and savers across the world. Justin also co-chairs the Investment Diversity Working Group for LGIM,

Paulette Simpson, The Voice

Bio Coming Soon

Coral Taylor, HSBC

Bio Coming Soon

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