There were tears of joy and expressions of elation. People were jumping to their feet, hugging and embracing each other. People were punching the air. What a night!
In celebrating this year’s NCFD Grand Award winners, let us not forget the all this year’s nominees, the shortlisted ones – the ones that were close to winning but were just pipped to the post, in the race to be recognised as the best.
The talent pool was just phenomenal again this year, so to have been nominated or shortlisted is an honour in itself!
In my short address on the night I asked people to bank the moment when they were announced as winners. Those moments don’t come around very often, and when they do they live with us for ever. Most people remember the seconds leading up to winning the award; they remember the news of winning, and then thereafter it all goes blurry for a minute as the adrenaline kicks in.
So, my advice again – bank the moment. Don’t let any of it escape and hold on to it as you never know if and when that moment will happen again.
Congratulations to everyone – you are all winners.
from Solat Chaudhry, CEO, National Centre for Diversity.
11. Cestria Community Housing Association
12. Barnsley College
13. Halesowen College
14. Bright Horizons Family Solutions
15. New College Pontefract
16. ONGO
17. Truro and Penwith College
18. North Star Housing Group
19. Boston Mayflower Ltd
20. Communication Specialist College Doncaster
21. Trust Housing Association
22. Luton Community Housing
23. Bury College
24. Newham College of Further Education
25. Red Rose Sports Club
26. Oasis Academy Foundry
27. Longley Park Sixth Form College
28. Bath Spa Students’ Union
29. Heart of Worcestershire College
30. Aylesbury College
31. Milton Keynes College
32. Learning & Skills Gateshead
33. Interserve Construction
34. Brent Housing
35. Axiom Housing Association
36. Cardiff and Vale College
37. Woburn Lower School
38. Viewpoint Housing Association Ltd
39. Franklin College
40. Cruden Group
41. Carillion Fleet Management
42. Barnet and Southgate College
43. Pinchmill Lower School
44. Horton Housing
45. HMP Feltham
46. Equal Approach
47. Prospects Services
48. West Kent College & Ashford College
49. Link Group
50. South Cheshire College
51. The Sixth Form College Solihull
52. Release Potential
53. City Healthcare Partnership
54. Calderdale College
55. Oakwood Primary School
56. Linkage Community Trust
57. Guildford College
58. Carillion Strategic Highways
59. Swallowfield Lower School
60. Shears Hairdressing Academy
61. Orchard Hill College
62. One Vision Housing Ltd
63. Babcock Training Ltd
64. The RNN Group
65. Swanswell
66. Anglia Care Trust
67. Northumberland College
68. HCT Group – Learning Centre
69. Pobl Group
70. Central Training Group
71. NG Bailey
72. Women Centre
73. Bournemouth University Students` Union
74. University of Bristol Students’ Union
75. Brighton, Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
76. Dimensions
77. C&C
78. John Ruskin College
79. Biddenham International School
80. MHS Homes
81. Richmond Fellowship
82. Trident Housing Association
83. VINCI Construction UK
84. BARCA Leeds
85. Wellington School
86. The GEO Group UK Ltd
87. Bradford Cyrenians
88. T2 Group
89. Mid Kent College
90. Seacroft Grange Primary
91. Arriva Rail North
92. Financial Ombudsman Service
93. Reading University Students’ Union
94. Inclusion Housing
95. Community Action Dacorum
96. Catsurveys Group
97. PTS Ltd
98. Hanover Scotland
99. Ansbury
100. Leeds College of Art
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