The Excellence in Diversity Awards
The Excellence in Diversity Awards is an awards ceremony which honours Inclusive Employers and Diversity Champions across all five different sectors. It is held annually in various venues across the United Kingdom.
Founded by current CEO, Paul Sesay, who is also the founder and CEO of I Spoil U Media, The National Diversity Awards and The Diversity Group, The Excellence in Diversity Awards launched in 2015.
The Excellence in Diversity Awards 2016 will take place at The Queens Hotel, Leeds on the 12th May.
The awards are honoured to individuals & organisations across five different sectors: Charity; Education; Housing; Public; and Private. The Excellence in Diversity Awards consists of The Diversity Champion Award, The Diverse Company Award, The Employee of The Year Award, The Best Diversity Resource Award, Marketing Campaign of the Year Award, Outstanding Diversity Network Award, Head of Diversity & Inclusion Award and the Lifetime Achiever award.
The Diversity Champion and The Diverse Company award categories are split across five sectors: Housing, Education, Charity, Public and Private.
The Employee of The Year Award showcases the excellent commitment an employee has made into actively developing an inclusive workplace for fellow employees – where fairness, respect, equality, dignity, and autonomy are at the forefront of their values and promoted as part of their everyday goals and behaviour.
In addition to this, Best Diversity Resource Award recognises an organisation that has shown outstanding dedication to supplying diversity related resources such as jobsites, diversity training programmes, e-learning and diversity marks.
The Outstanding Diversity Network Award identifies the outstanding contribution of an employee network that has tackled issues internally or externally to influence change in the field of equality and diversity.
The Diversity Marketing Campaign of The Year Award identifies an innovative marketing campaign that has challenged discrimination and reflected the diversity of the UK through radio, television or print campaigns.
The Head of Diversity & Inclusion Award highlights the excellent achievements of the Head of Diversity within a particular organisation that has shown leadership, commitment and motivation – driving the diversity agenda throughout an organisation and the wider community.
The Lifetime Achiever award is another individual honours an individual who has devoted a major portion of their professional life to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity, making significant, innovative, and cumulatively outstanding contributions to the cause.
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