Marvin OnumonuFinalists have been revealed for the 2025 Inclusive Awards, organised by Inclusive Companies and supported by sponsors BAE Systems and TalkTalk.
Winners will be named at the Hurlingham Club, London, on 27th November 2025, with broadcaster and author Louise Minchin presenting the ceremony for the first time.
Paul Sesay (pictured), CEO of Inclusive Companies, said: “These Awards will take place against the backdrop of an ever-changing and increasingly uncertain world for those committed to equity, diversity and inclusion with this year seeing increasing pressure on people to dial down on DEI.
“This simply strengthens our resolve to acknowledge those individuals and organisations determined to drive out discrimination and hold fast to their values of creating an equitable workplace.
“Where they lead, others will follow and that is why celebrating their achievements is absolutely the right thing to do.”
Minchin said: “I’m looking forward to hosting the Inclusive Awards and meeting those incredible individuals and organisations who have stood by their DEI values to improve the working environments and lives for their colleagues.
“This event reminds us of the power of equity in our workplaces and communities.”
Finalists this year come from a range of sectors including therapy, coding, housing, healthcare, universities, utilities, local councils and aviation.
Entries were judged by an independent and diverse panel, which looked at evidence of impact across age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race and religion.
The awards recognise individuals and organisations who have made a positive impact in creating fairer and more inclusive workplaces across all strands of diversity.
D&I Consultancy Award finalists are Bempong Talking Therapy, Be What You See, Eagles Wings Consultancy, Engendering Change, Fairer Consulting, Fearless Futures Limited, Moving Ahead and Someone Else’s Eyes Ltd.
Inclusive Culture Initiative Award finalists are Belgrave Neighbourhood Co-operative Housing Association, Colt Technology Services, IATA, Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Manchester Metropolitan University, Matchtech, Snap Finger Click and the Co-operative Bank.
Outstanding Diversity Network Award finalists are Able2 Network, BT Bmet BAME Network, Bproud UK at Booking.com, Mind at Playground Games, PA Women in Tech Network, Prism LGBTQ+ Network, Women at Sky and Women in RACHP Network.
Head of Diversity and Inclusion Award finalists are Katy Hall from Nes Fircroft, Marie-Helene Tyack from Allianz, Zoe Hingston from University of Newcastle, Amanda Phillips from United Utilities, Joy Hume from London Borough of Waltham Forest, Ian Tomney-Bell from giffgaff, Mabinty Esho from Comic Relief and Jennifer Samuels from Westminster City Council.
Chief Executive of the Year Award finalists are Gary Harrold from SPS Global, Yvonne Field from The Ubele Initiative, Diarmuid Molloy from First Star Scholars, Elham Fardad from Migrant Leaders, Jo Gretton from Telent, Alison Dunn from Citizens Council Gateshead, Shrine Khoury-Haq from Co-op and David Hynam from LV.
D&I Tech Initiative Award finalists are #BeMeDigitalInclusion, Be My Eyes, Code First Girls, CodeVerse, Green Park AI, MagicSauce.Online, Nimbus and Real Direction.
Social Mobility Project Award nominees are British Airways – Your Flying Future Programme, JustUs, Mayamada, National Grid, Rise Construction Framework, Sumo Digital Academy, Tomorrow’s Women and UK Power Networks.
Diversity Team Award finalists are arm DEI team, Cheshire and Mersey Specialist Perinatal Service REACH project, D&I champions at SPS, Munich Re DEI team, Savills D&I team, Westminster City Council EDI team, Windward Energy DE&I working group and YHA people and EDI team.
The Lifetime Achiever Award will be announced at the event.
The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers Index and Diversity Power List are also set to be revealed on the night.
