FREDIE Awards 2026-2027

Announcing the FREDIE AWARDS 2026/2027!

Tickets now available & nominations are open for NCFD clients

Solat Chaudhry to Judge Construction News Awards 2016

This week it’s all happening in the Construction industry – we’re excited to be a part of the 2016 Construction News Awards! The Construction News Awards are coveted within the UK Construction industry. Now that the finalists have been announced, our CEO Solat Chaudhry, will be travelling to London this week to meet with the […]

You are a Manager now, Solat – life just got a whole lot more complicated

“You are a manager now Solat. Well done and congratulations. Enjoy the moment because this is as good as it’s going to get for quite a while, because today your life just got complicated”. My Dad said this to me in 1997. “Oh thanks very much”, I said perplexed and puzzled. I had just left […]

Welcome to the National Centre for Diversity’s (NCFD) CEO Blog

Welcome to the National Centre for Diversity’s (NCFD) CEO Blog, from Solat Chaudhry, Chief Executive of the National Centre for Diversity. At NCFD our aim is to Think different . Change the world . Make it better, we’re on a mission to advance Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to ensure fairness for all. We will be […]

National Centre for Diversity celebrates Grand Awards 2016

The National Centre for Diversity hosted their first annual Grand Awards evening at The ICC Birmingham, on Wednesday 20th January 2016, to celebrate commitment and shining examples of excellent work around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace. The evening brought together some of the country’s most innovative, inspiring and influential people, to celebrate the […]

NCFD Grand Awards 2016 Shortlist Announced

The National Centre for Diversity (NCFD) is delighted to announce the shortlist for the NCFD Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Grand Awards. The shortlisted nominees have now been announced on the National Centre for Diversity website, with the winners to be announced at the NCFD Grand Awards on January 20th 2016, at The ICC in […]

Investors in Diversity success for Viewpoint

Viewpoint employees in Scotland are proud to have achieved Stage 2 in their Investors in Diversity journey. Viewpoint has 3 care homes and sheltered housing across Edinburgh and Fife in Scotland and has approximately 260 employees. Solat Chaudhry, Chief Executive of The National Centre for Diversity, commented “We are delighted that Viewpoint have achieved the […]

Cardiff and Vale College is a Leader in Diversity

Cardiff and Vale College has been awarded prestigious Leaders in Diversity status for its commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. The College was awarded the status after the National Centre for Diversity worked closely with staff and students. It places CAVC as one of the best institutions in the country for encouraging an all-encompassing culture […]

National Patrons Network launched

Equality, diversity and inclusion sits at the centre of all the serious and at times, frightening; debates about refugees; immigration asylum, extremism and home-grown terrorism. Also disturbing is the level of bias against disabled people, sexism, homophobia, ageism, xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. The National Centre for Diversity has created a passionate and highly influential Patrons’ […]