National shortlist for Anti Racist Cumbria
A Cumbrian anti-racist group has been nominated for a national award and is asking for people to vote for it.
Formed last year, Anti Racist Cumbria has been shortlisted in the Community Organisation (Race, Faith and Religion) category at The National Diversity Awards 2021.
The voluntary organisation wants to make Cumbria the UK’s first anti racist county. It is already working with 50 schools across the county, built a range of partnerships, youth projects, and grown thousands of social followers.
Janett Walker, Anti Racist Cumbria co-founder and chair, said: “We are delighted to have been nominated for this National Diversity Award.
Local nominees in National Diversity Awards 2021 Date published: 24 April 2021
National Diversity Awards
Jade Kilduff, blogger Actually Aspling, and Personal Independence Payment Professionals have all been nominated for a National Diversity Award 2021.
Jade and Aspling have been nominated in the Positive Role Model (Disability) category, whilst Rochdale company Personal Independence Payment Professionals has been nominated in the Community Organisation Award for Disability category.
Sign language and inclusivity champion Jade Kilduff, of Heywood, has been nominated for her charity work, fundraising, contribution to community and commitment to changing the lives of others.
Jade is an ambassador of Peeps HIE, a charity which supports those affected by HIE (hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy), a lack of oxygen to the brain before, during, or shortly after labour.
A CAFE which gives refugees and asylum seekers the chance to learn new language and food preparation skills to lead to jobs has been no0minated for a National Diversity Award. Cafe Laziz is an Arabic and English community cafe that offers food all prepared by volunteers who are getting the opportunity to learn new skills while connecting to the community. The café, named after the Arabic for delicious, came from an idea by Debra Hill, who works as an English language tutor with refugees and asylum seekers in St Helens, to help them learn vital skills for work while also encouraging them to practise their English and meet the communities they live in.
THE family of Daniel Fox are celebrating after the anti-knife crime charity they set up in his name is nominated for a National Diversity Award. Daniel Fox from Thatto Heath, was just 29 when he died from a knife wound to his neck after he was stabbed on a night out in St Helens in September 2017. Determined to prevent others from suffering the same fate, his family established The Daniel Fox Foundation, an anti knife crime charity specialising in educating young people about the dangers of carrying a knife and the consequences to them and their families.
Daniel Their work has seen them win several accolades, including The Family of the Year Award at the 2018 Pride of St Helens Awards but the latest nomination for their community work is their latest.