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Jane founded Evenbreak in 2011, a specialist job board run by disabled people for disabled people, helping inclusive employers to attract disabled candidates across the employment market. Jane’s work has been crucial in helping employers to connect with disabled people who are actively seeking careers opportunities. Jane herself has a spinal condition and speaks from… Continue reading Jane Hatton

Rev. Fred Annin founded Actionplus Foundation (UK) in 1997 to campaign against HIV stigma and prejudice, which operates both in the church and in the community. His quest was to intervene in the growing number of people living with HIV, most of whom are from the African Community. He personally lead the campaign by targeting… Continue reading Reverend Fred Annin

After a magnificent launch in 2013, which started a national conversation about why there are no openly gay footballers, the Rainbow Laces campaign is back and bigger than ever before. The GFSN partnered with Stonewall UK and Paddy Power to create awareness of homophobia, transphobia, and biphobia in football. The campaign saw hundreds of professional… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – GFSN – Rainbow Laces

For over 40 years The Open University has been open to people, places, methods and ideas, providing flexible higher education across the UK and internationally. The OU promote educational opportunity and social justice by providing high-quality education to all. As an organisation with social justice at the heart of their mission, they are committed to… Continue reading The Open University

Funke is a practising solicitor now leading the UK & Ireland legal team of Roche, the world’s largest biotech company. She is currently the most senior black lawyer working in the UK pharmaceutical industry. Funke had to overcome significant obstacles in pursuing and progressing her legal career to this stage and her passion for becoming… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – Funke Abimbola

Rohini deserves to be commended for her long-standing and passionate advocacy for the Scottish Asian Community, championing their rights to equality of treatment, dignity and respect. Rohini has been leading an award-winning Equal Opportunities Programme for Trust Housing Association since 1999, and has also worked with partner organisations on innovative projects which have both successfully… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – Rohini Sharma Joshi

Black British Academics is the first online national network developed for people of African descent in the academic community, which many endorse as an incredible resource. The dynamic organisation is leading institutional change around race equality with a collective of intellectuals, scholars, and practitioners who are determined to make equality for all a reality, through… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – Black British Academics

Dawn is the owner, founder and CEO of Equal Approach. 10 years ago Dawn left a well-respected career within HR, where she worked for a number of international organisations, to pursue her passion for diversity and inclusion; as a result she created an inclusive recruitment agency to remove barriers for candidates with difference. Dawn has… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – Dawn Milman-Hurst

14 years ago, Sarah Churchman, recognising the need for PwC to focus on diversity and inclusion, established the first D&I team from scratch and has developed it into its current format of a team of 6 covering the UK. Sarah has tirelessly driven and shaped the diversity and inclusion agenda at PwC, and has been… Continue reading Sarah Churchman

Mark Mackenzie MBE, a HR specialist at Transport for London, has made a significant contribution to the way LGBT staff are treated as well as the wider LGBT community when they are travelling on London’s transport network. Mark is a founding member of TfL’s staff network group for LGBT+ staff and, as past chair of… Continue reading 2015 EiDA Nominee – Mark MacKenzie MBE