2022 Shortlisted Nominee Inclusive Culture Initiative Award In 2018, Northumbria Police began their uplift campaign to recruit more policer officers from diverse communities. Their ambition by March 2023 is to boost female representation to 35% and BAME to 5% of their workforce. Since then, they have delivered several innovative campaigns using a range of tactics to target underrepresented commun... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee D&I Tech Initiative Award Launched in 2018, the Mayor’s Digital Talent Programme (DTP) is a £7 million investment that aimed to plug a growing digital skills shortage in London’s labour market with diverse, home-grown talent. The programme supported young Londoners (aged 16 – 24 years old) interested in a career in the digital sector to develop the skills they need and... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Social Mobility Project Award Creative Assembly is a games developer dedicated to creating lasting and authentic experiences, and this stands as their approach to corporate social responsibility too. Their shared studio commitment is to make a significant, lasting, and positive change within the world they aim to entertain. This is the goal of their award-winning Legacy Pr... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Diversity Teams Award Due to the hard work and commitment of the D&I Team, West Midland Police (WMP) have seen a culture change within the organisation like never before. Colleagues now actively take part in self-reflection and learning, and D&I is interwoven into all they do, not only on a policy and procedure level but as everyday conversations. Normalising the c... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Diversity Teams Award Reach plc has a dedicated D&I team who have delivered foundational change across the whole of the business. The team has worked together to develop an inclusion framework, its pillars, its action plans, and ensured colleagues are engaged with D&I. They have regular touchpoints with internal and external stakeholders, and over the last 12 month... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Diversity Teams Award Corndel aims to be an organisation that contributes to meaningful societal change through participation and education. Their 20-member strong internal employee network, the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Employee Resource Group (ERG), has helped Corndel to foster an inclusive culture and improve employee engagement. ERG members take a lead in suppo... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Social Mobility Project Award Inspiring Future Leaders is a 3-year project that has helped young boys in London who were at risk of school exclusion. This project supported young boys, aged 12-14, by using a multi-strategy approach that included skill-building & enrichment workshops and one-to-one mentoring support. These activities helped raise their career aspiration... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee D&I Tech Initiative Award The UKBT team is made up of eleven tech professionals from diverse backgrounds leading different parts of the organisation. Their expertise and insight in tech and digital businesses is second to none. Between them they have won numerous awards and have been acknowledged by the UK government for their impact on the UK tech sector. The world we... »
2022 Shortlisted Nominee Inclusive Culture Initiative Award United Utilities is a FTSE 100 listed company, providing water and wastewater services to over 7 million customers across the North West – where black, Asian and ethnic minority representation is just 9.2 per cent. UU combined the results of an external specialist inclusion audit with existing data to develop its comprehensive, organisati... »