Celebrating the very best champions of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion.
The very best of the UK’s top equality, diversity & inclusion champions celebrated at the National Centre for Diversity FREDIE Awards 2022 last week.
Held at Villa Park, Birmingham, this year’s event highlighted the excellent work organisations and those that work for them do to promote Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement (FREDIE) at the highest level in workplaces across the UK.
“The outstanding companies that won bring a sense of decency, stability, certainty, well-being, hope, optimism and resilience in a world where mainstream political rhetoric has hardened.”
The event showcases, celebrates and honours companies as exemplars in promoting excellent EDI policies, and individuals who have been recognised for their contributions and commitment to improving practices and making working environments more inclusive.
Solat Chaudhry, NCFD Chief Executive, said: “Well done to everyone. It is so important to demonstrate the excellent work that all our winners tonight achieve in building positive communities to improve cultures and attitudes, ensuring fairness for all.
I am particularly proud that we celebrate excellent work across all sectors as these organisations are the future of the workplace in the UK.
We celebrate the exceptional work of people and organisations who have EDI running through their DNA. Let’s rejoice at this and build a better society.
The outstanding companies that won tonight bring a sense of decency, stability, certainty, well-being, hope, optimism and resilience in a world where mainstream political rhetoric has hardened.”
The announcement of the number one position in the much coveted National Centre for Diversity Top 100 Index was awarded to Huddersfield New College.
The prestigious event was hosted by Dr Hanif Malik OBE, and speakers included Ian Reid, Chief Executive and Donna Fraser OBE, Head of Inclusion and Engagement from Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges.
The complete list of Awards and winners is as follows:
- Most Inspiring Individual of the Year, Tolu Oke, Amazon Web Services
- School or Academy of the Year, St Bede’s Educational Trust
- Student Union of the Year, Bath Spa Students’ Union
- Housing Provider of the Year, Mosscare St Vincents Housing
- NCFD Advisor of the Year, Heena Mistry
- Board Member/ Director of the Year, Bob Thompson, Keller Limited
- Board or Senior Leadership Team of the Year, Code Coven
- Diversity Steering Group of the Year, Three UK
- FREDIE Lead of the Year, Tolu Oke, Amazon Web Services
- Employee of the Year, Michelle Green, FJD Consulting
- HR Director/ Manager of the Year, Amrit Ingham, Keller Limited
- Large Business of the Year, VolkerWessels UK
- Managing Director/ Chief Executive of the Year, Tara Mustapha, Code Coven
- Most Improved Organisation of the Year, Vextrix
- Most Innovative FREDIE Initiative of the Year, Kimberley McGinty Go Beyond the Gates
- Principal of the Year, Angela Williams, Huddersfield New College
- Small to Medium Business of the Year, WRAP
- Further Education Provider of the Year, Huddersfield New College
- Charity of the Year, Red Rose Sports Club
- Engineering Company of the Year, VolkerWessels UK
- Transportation Organisation of the Year, West Midlands Combined Authority
- Construction Company of the Year, Keir Highways
- Financial Services Company of the Year, Yorkshire Building Society
- Organisation of the Year, Huddersfield New College
