The short list announced for the British Diversity 2025 British Awards prizes

Some of the most prominent figures in the UK in sports, entertainment and activism have been pre -selected for 2025 British prizes of diversityset to take place in London next week.

The annual event, which is now in the fourth year, who celebrate people and organizations that champion the diversity, equity and inclusion in society and work, will take place on Wednesday, March 19, at JW Marriott Grosvenor House London.

This year’s candidates include a comedian and BBC strictly 2024 Winner Chris McCausland, football icon Ian Wright obeand Activist and presenter Katie Piper Obe, who were pre -selected in the Mass -Media champion in the Public Eye category.

The initiative “Speak Up Sing Out” of the Elton John Aids Foundation has been recognized in the category of the project of the Year.

In the category of the athlete who fuels positive changes, Sporting Greats Sir Mo Farah and Marcus Rashford MBE are joined by Cindy Ngamba, the first refugee Olympic medal for the use of sport to lead positive changes in society.

The prizes, hosted by the broadcaster Charlene White and the winning presenter of Bafta, Dr Ranj Singh, present 21 categories that honor people, networks and organizations that strive to make the jobs and more inclusive communities.

Companies, including National Grid, EDF Energy, Occado Group and Virgin Media O2, are among the corporate candidates, with standout prizes recognizing efforts in ethnicity, sex, lgbtqia representation and social mobility.

The founder of British Diversity Awards, Linda Riley, expressed pride in the increasing impact of the event.

“I am pleased that the British Diversity Awards, only in the fourth year, have now become the largest prizes of diversity in the UK,” she said. “This year I received a record number of records. Our event shows diversity – it is always to spell it with a capital D – and it is here to stay! “

The main sponsor LSEG joins Allianz Commercial, Amazon, BT Group, HSBC Innovation Banking and other major companies that support the awards.

Please see the full list of nominations below:

Network of Remarkable Skills of the Year, sponsored by Allianz Commercial
Neurolclusive network, ARC (advanced research groups)
Diversability, Avanades
Capital Ability Network, Capita
Network of skills, cbre uk
Logged handicap action network, Cisco
Enable, Clifford Chance
The reliable network for handicap (DCN UK), GSK
Empowerment, haleon
Britain’s ability, UK HSBC HSBC
Activated, mace
Enable the network, Nationwide Building Society
Handicap staff network, Wolverhampton University

Head of diversity of the year, sponsored by Amazon
Jo Dooley, A & O Sheerrman
Marie-Helene Tyack, advertising Allianz
Paul Modley, AMS
Sheena Amen -Liebman, Avalere Health
Gemma Webb, Barratt Redrow
James Brandon, Cbre UK
Fiona Pargetter, Chanel
Cerara Thom, John Lewis Partnership
Florence Henderson, Moody’s
Sophie Robson, Sky Uk Ltd
Nisha Marwaha, Virgin Media O2
Dean Lloyd, Watson Farley and Williams

The social mobility initiative of the year, sponsored by AMS
The century of the city
Ada and King Partnership, Ada, National College for Digital Skills and King
Social Mobility Initiatives, Amey
Mentivity, Avanades
Opening doors to cbre, cbre uk
Start, digital impulse
Initiatives future leaders, Kearney
Socio-economic mobility (SEM) Network Initiatives, Legal and General Group
Internal engineering mobility program Operations-Software, Leonardo
Grid for Good: National Grid Social Mobility Program, National Grid
Black girls owned, the land group
The SHINE, WINCANTON program

The network of remarkable employees of the year, sponsored by Atlanta
Network of insurance families
Unity Group, Amey
Carers@Axa, UK axis axis
BBC Enigma, BBC
Network Carers, Centrica
Working Parents’ network John Lewis
Network neurodiversity, Kingfisher Plc
Supplementing, KPMG UK
Lockton Ignite, Lockton
Scotiabank Committee Europa diversity for equity and inclusion, Scotiabank

Hero of the Year, sponsored by boots
Aneesah Latkan, Capgemini
Kabir Alam, HSBC UK
Sasha Covington, Jll
Sachin Patel, John Lewis Partnership
Giovanna Cavaliere, Johnson Matthey Plc
Christina Taylor, Kpmg UK
David Hynam, lv =
Amandip Jheeta, NTT Data Inc
Rico Jacob Chace, team B
Phillipa Nicholson, the neurodiversity career coach
Nick Johnson, Virgin Atlantic
Colaiani tea, wihtl and diversity in retail

Diversity in technology (specific disability), sponsored by BT Group
Accession
Click with your finger
Diversability and digital skills, Amey
Optimizing the Accessibility Program, Colt Technology Services
HSBC EMPATY BOX, HSBC UK
Accessible vehicle club, Mobility Vehicle Hire LTD
Genius project (neuro-inclusive selection generation), sammi-select
Spread the Coding program of young wings, Skylarks charity
Passenger assistance, Transport
Wewalk Smart Cane 2, Wewalk Limited UK

HR Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by CBRE
Francisca Beloso, Alvarez and Marsal
Karen Taylor, Amazon
Rachael Brown, Amey
Emily Warren, Avanade
Deborah Lee, Compass Group
Neil Basterfield, DXC Technology
Shemeleah Berry, surrounding
Ruth Badmus, Haberdashers academies trust south
Martyn Worsley, Lockton
Stephen Edmondson, Royal National Institute of Blind People
Myra Cooke, PLC rank group
Angela Walsh, United -Group

Community project of the year, sponsored by the Centric
Move -you in packages, Amey
#ProjectSwish, Basketball England
Make the mentoring program, Browne Jacobson
Speak Up Sing Out, Elton John Aid Foundation
Disability awareness, Hedleys College – Percy Hedley Foundation
Silent voices, Hull College
Refugee Women’s Menturing Program Johnson Matthey Plc
MSA Sisterohood, Muslim Sports Association
Employment communities: Increasing diversity in northern health research -London Vest, National Institute for Health Research and Care Collaboration Applied Research Northwest London (NIHR Arc NWL) Ethnicity and Health Unit
Tomorrow meets today, Pareto Facility Management LTD

The inspirational role model of the year, sponsored by DHL Express
Jim Ford, A & O Shearman
Sharon Sharples, Barclays
Melanie Seymour, BlackRock
Ian Taylor, Booker
Kat Parsons, Centrica
Jill Leflour, Deutsche Bank
Lin Yue, Goldman Sachs
Ben Waring, Leonardo
Charlene Mcintosh, Macquarie
Vishal Desai, Mrs. Amlin
Hannah Constantin, Smiths Group Plc
Xavier White, Verizon

The ambassador of the diversity of the year
Emma Charlton, Amey
Roisin Keenan, Bae Systems
Satvir Bungar, Bdo LLP
Leng Montgomery, Burberry
Tokeer Ahmed, Capgemini
Joanne Austin, HSBC
Kristopher Banks, HSBC UK
Gabriella Falco, Kpmg UK
Matt Masor, Monzo Bank
Silan Celik, National Grid
Victoria Chan, Santander UK
Bernadette Samuel, Virgin Media O2

The diversity team of the year, sponsored by haleon
Amazon Logistics Dei Team, UK+IE, Amazon
Ams Talent Lab, AMS
Inclusion and diversity team, British Airways
The BTS REN team, Capgemini
Edi & Communications Team, England and Wales Cricket Board
HMP Rye Hill diversity team, G4S
EDI employee committee, GI group
Global team of diversity, inclusion and belonging, Johnson Matthey PLC
The team of equality, diversity and inclusion, Metropolitan University of Manchester
CFO diversity champions, National Grid
The team of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), National Grid
The team of diversity, inclusion and well -being, Sky UK LTD
Swiss re Great Britain Council Dei, Swiss Re

The Network of the Remarkable LGBTQIA year, sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking
Pride Network, BT Group
Proud network, cbre uk
Dbpride Uki, Deutsche Bank
LGBT+ and Friends, E.ON
Spectrum UK, GSK
Proud network, Kearney
L & GBT+Allies network, legal and general group
Proud to be, Mitie
Pride in Pandora, Pandora UK
Open (Pfizer’s employee network), Pfizer
Proud Europe, Scotiabank
SN pride, Springer Nature Group

Diversity Champion of the Year, sponsored by Leathwaite
Barry Petttt, Avanade
Waseem Malik, Aviva Ukgi
Jack Wiseman-White, Blake Morgan LLP
Kalela Mwenya, Clifford Chance
Prasad Hattikudur, Deutsche Bank
Lauren McNeal, Gi group
Ramyani Basu, Kearney
David Ziyambi, Latham and Watkins
Colin Kimber, Pareto Facility Management LTD
Leonora Daniel, UBS
Dr. Serufusa Sekidde, VIV Healthcare/GSK

Charity or non -profit purpose of the year, sponsored by Legal & General
Association of Accessible Employers
Codebar
Models of a diversity role
Future UK leaders
Give you all the best
Rethink mental illnesses
The same
Center Sanskruti for cultural excellence
Skylarks Charity
Women who empower the defense

The athlete who feeds a positive change, sponsored by Lockton & Uk Sport
Greg Rutherford MBE
Sir Mo Farah
Marcus Rashford MBE
Orlan Jackman, Basketball England
Alice Dearing, Black Swimming Association
Ruth Mwandumba, British shootings
Shaunagh Brown, Centrica
Andy Sharpes, England touches rugby
Eartha Pond, ESP Foundation
Darcy Bourne, lifting the game
Cindy Ngamba, the Olympic Refugee Team
Asha Philip, the sports gate

The global diversity of the year initiative, sponsored by LSEG
The set of neurodiversity tools, Avanade
Inclusion circles, Capgemini
The AllyShip program in Action, Colt Technology Services
The diversity program of suppliers, Haleon
Initiative to Inclusion of Health, Haleon
25by2025, here
Global Di & B Platinum series of Events Johnson Matthey PLC
Kearney Launchpad, Kearney
Together. Stronger. Campaign, Kingfisher Plc
GBM Propel program, Scotiabank
Phase 1 and 2 of formation in inclusive leadership, Sky UK LTD
Veterans Smiths ERG Global Initiatives, Smiths Group PLC

The company of the year, sponsored by National Grid
Browne Jacobson
Centric
DWP Digital
The first direct
Group gi
Haleon
Kearney
Monzo Bank
Occado technology
Mayork
Sky UK Ltd
Pharmaceutical vertex

The remarkable female network of the year
Abp gen, associated British ports
Women’s network, CGI
Women+@Colt, Colt Technology Services
Women’s network, EDF Energy
Women@entin, Ente
Eg of gender, HSBC Innovation Banking
Wintech, lseg
Balance, lv =
Women at Mace (Wam), Mace
Women@mercer, mercer ltd
Women in non-traditional roles (WINTR), National Grid
Gender network, Natwest group
Women’s business network, NTT Data Inc
Women in technology, Occado Group
Rise, vml
Women’s network, cbre uk

The remarkable ethnic network of the year, sponsored by Paramount
Ethnic Bank Ethnic Bank network (Beem), England’s Bank
Race and Equal Network (REN), Capgemini
ERG of racial capital, HSBC Innovation Banking
HSBC Muslim ERG, HSBC UK
Hispanic/Latin organization for leadership and advancement (Hola), Johnson Matthey Plc
African Descent employee league (Lead) – UK Capitol, MSD
Reach Network, Santander UK
Savills Ethnicity Group, Savills UK
Black SN (Ben) employee network, Springer Nature Group
EMEA cultural awareness network, UBS
Enrich Network, Virgin Media O2
WBD Reach, Wompe Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

The media champion of the year
Charlene White
Chris Mccausland
Eddie Marsan
Ian Wright obe
Jimmy Akingbola
Kate Garraway MBE
Katie Piper Obe
Roman Kemp
Romesh Rantanathan
Stacey Solomon
Tasha Ghori
Tom Daley Obe