Make the most of your shortlisting both externally and within your organisation. This is your opportunity to shout about this achievement. It is good for your career as an individual and good for the organisation to show your efforts in inclusivity around ethnicity in the workplace.
- Social Media: Look out for your social media post on Instagram and LinkedIN on the release date. Please repost. We will try where possible or where supplied link your post to you social accounts.
- Shout about it internally: Ask your organisation’s comms to make an internal announcement
- Organisation’s announcement: Ask your organisation’s comms to write a post on their site or utilise their social media channels, i.e. LinkedIN.
Please pass on to your company's communication team
This pack is intended to give individuals and organisations guidance on the Ethnicity Awards shortlist announcement.
If you are part of our shortlist announcement, you may pass this link on to a relevant department at work so that they are aware of this announcement, and can utilise the information for their internal and external comms.
Please also note: this shortlist is under strict embargoed as per the email.
Your Shortlist Post
The Ethnicity Awards 2024 shortlist will be announced online at EthnicityAwards.com and in the mainstream press on 13th August. Our announcement of the shortlist will also go out via our social media accounts with an individual post for each nominee under the hashtag #ethnicityawards.
All business nominees will be announced on 13 August 2024 by 5PM. As mentioned, all content is under strict embargo until 5PM on the day of the announcement, upon which you are welcome to make your own personal, or company posts regarding the nomination.
Nominee biographies and images will be viewable on our website also from this date. Please note that we cannot make amendments to biographies and images on the day of the launch due to the server.
The shortlist bios, image and links to social accounts will be created using the information submitted in your nomination acceptance so please ensure that this is accurate.
About the awards
The Ethnicity Awards shines a spotlight on inspirational people from ethnic minority backgrounds, and those working tirelessly to improve the lives of Ethnic Minority groups in Britain.
The Ethnicity Awards 2024 overall winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 31st October at the Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London, where you will be able to celebrate your achievement and pick up your glass shortlist recognition award.
Throughout the evening we will be celebrating the achievements of everyone in the top 10 shortlists including campaigners, celebrities and personalities who work to positively impact diversity, equity and inclusion.
Top 10 opportunities
There will be a Top 10 pre-party on 31st October, where you will be able to take a picture with your Top 10 Glass Awards. (see image).
There will also be the opportunity to share your story in the build up to the awards
Award attendance
Space at the awards event is limited, so we strongly recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. Priority will go to those listed on the shortlist. If you would like to see the 2024 media pack with partnership opportunities and individual table options, please email margaret@spmgroup.net.
The judging process
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 Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic agenda, both in the workplace and the wider community.
Following acceptance of a shortlisting, you will be asked to submit a 600-word evidence to support your nomination. The submission must be received no later than 9am on Wednesday 7 August 2024.
Your answers will not be shared beyond the judging panel. Judges are required to sign an NDA agreement to keep the information confidential.
Key facts
Previous public category winners included Alison Hammond, Alex Scott, Lenny Henry and cricketer Azeem Rafiq.
Our business categories winners are determined via a judging committee based upon submitted evidence. The Outstanding Employer category is determined by the Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix.
Find out more about the Ethnicity Awards night where we celebrate the shortlist and announce the winners here.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Use the hashtag: #ethnicityawards
– Instagram: Ethnicity Awards
– LinkedIn: Investing in Ethnicity
Website: https://ethnicityawards.com
Get involved!
Partnership, membership and individual table packages are extremely limited, we strongly recommend booking early to avoid disappointment. Priority will go to those listed on the Top 10s.For more info contact: margaret@spmgroup.net
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact admin@ethnicityawards.com