We wish every nominee the very best of luck!
Winners will be announced on November 12th 2026 @ The Hilton Hotel, Liverpool
Head of Diversity & Inclusion Award
Sponsored by
Alicia McDonnell
Veronika Pickford
Kate Aldridge
Emilie Fellingham
Tracy McKim
Chantelle Brown
Joanne Vazquez-Kirby
Naheed Nazir
Diversity Teams Award
Sponsored by
ElectraLink Diversity & Engagement Team
giffgaff Affinity DEI Team
Liverpool Women’s Anti-Racism Hub
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust EDI Team
MAG Diversity & Inclusion Team
Mott MacDonald EDI Team
The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
D&I Champions at SPS
Chief Executive of the Year Award
Paul Philpott
Dawn Carter-McDonald
Joanna Prior OBE
Rebecca Pearson
Dan Hopkinson
Dame Carolyn McCall
Mark Cubbon
Dame Amanda Blanc
Inclusive Culture Initiative Award
Skyscanner
Thames Valley Police
Playground Games
REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) Project
United Utilities
Built Environment Access Panel (BEAP)
Balfour Beatty – “Right to Respect” programme
The Pharmacy Department at Kingston University
D&I Consultancy Award
The Life Rooms
Men for Inclusion
MyPlus
Berkshire Consultancy
Diverse Matters
Access Cornwall CIC
Diversity Scotland
Aspire Consultancy
Outstanding Diversity Network Award
The Army Multicultural Network (AMCN)
Aviva’s Social Mobility Working Group
Bupa Race & Ethnicity Network
Spectrum – the Race & Ethnicity Network at the Financial Conduct Authority
Woman @ Manchester
Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Midwifery Officer Black and Minority Ethnic Strategic Advisory Group (CNO/CMidO BME SAG)
LNER – EMPOWER & ManKind
HAND (Home of Accessibility & NeuroDiversity) – giffgaff
D&I Tech Initiative Award
Stemettes
Coding Black Females
Everway
Amazon Future Engineer UK
Xplore DisAbility
Fraught
techUK
Dolphin Computer Access
Social Mobility Project Award
Possibilities Beyond Limits
Bupa & Salford City Council
INTOUniversity
Magna Vitae Trust for Leisure & Culture in partnership with Mablethorpe Neighbourhood policing team from Lincolnshire Police
The Brokerage
AMS Skills Creation in partnership with the Office for National Statistics
Aspirations Doncaster Ltd
Leadership Through Sport & Business – Essex Community Foundation
