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These are the winners at the Bristol Diversity Awards 2020
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees won a special recognition award at this year’s Bristol Diversity Awards alongside the five people offered corrective cautions for pulling down the statue of Edward Colston and throwing it in the harbour.
Speaking in June following the statue’s toppling, Rees said that “as an elected politician, obviously I cannot condone the damage…
“But I am of Jamaican heritage and I cannot pretend that I have any real sense of loss for the statue, and I cannot pretend it was anything other than a personal affront to me to have it in the middle of Bristol.”
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BCfm chief executive and Diversity Awards co-host Pat Hart called Rees “a fighter, a winner, a statesman who lives next door” as he was revealed as the recipient of the award named in honour of Paul Stephenson who led Bristol’s bus boycott.
Rees and the Colton Five were among almost 30 recipients of the awards given out by Hart and Sherrie Eugene-Hart in a virtual ceremony.
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Here is the full list of award-winners:
Positive role model for age
Neha Masqood
Positive role model for disability
Ashley Jenkins
Positive role model for gender
Dadcat WTMD
Positive role model for LGBT+
Cameron Reid
Positive role model for race/ethnicity
Aisha Thomas
The organisation award for age
Babassa
The organisation award for disability
Bristol Autism Support
The organisation award for LGBT+
Transpride SW
The organisation award for race/ethnicity
Bridges for Communities
Business award for LGBT+
Prowler
Business award for race/ethnicity
Adrian Stone / Own History
Business award for gender
Listen in Colour
Diverse TV broadcaster award
David Olusoga
Diverse radio broadcaster award
Miranda Rae
Diverse podcaster / online broadcaster award
Marcus Smith
Diverse production award
Drummer TV
Diverse publication award
Bristol Cable
Young people’s inspiration award
Jamaar Semper-House
Diversity in education award
Boomsatsuma
The sporting diversity award
Bristol Rovers Community Trust
Volunteer award (sponsored by Hargreaves Lansdown)
Ashley Hawken
Diverse politician award
Thangam Debbonaire
E-Com Media broadcast inspiration award
Emma Britton
Paul Stephenson special recognition award
Marvin Rees
E-Com Media outstanding services to the community
Berkeley Wilde and Carl Saunders
E-Com Media outstanding contribution award
The Colston Five
Main photo: Martin Booth
Read more: Winners of Bristol Diversity Awards 2019 announced
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