Winners 2021

Youth Individual Winner

Abraar Mahfooz

Youth Organisation Winner

Linx Youth Project

Community Individual Winner

Dr Yusuf Soni

Community Organisation Winner

Amal Project Teesside

Business person of the Year Winner

Imran Anwar

BME Business of the Year Winner

Nudl

Apprenticeship Individual Award Winner

Zain Alam

Apprenticeship Organisation Award Winner

North Star Housing Group

Woman of the year Winner

Sara Mirsalehi

Community Safety Award Winner

Yeama Susan Mansaray

Education Award

Radha Singh THE HOUSE OF RADHA

Community Safety Award Winner

Covid Champions Network [PHST] & Central Middlesbrough PCN

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Folasade Sangowawa

Winners 2019

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Sidrah Mohamed

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

MFC Foundation

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Saliah Akhtar

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Halo Project

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Dil Se Weddings

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Mike Racz

APPRENTICESHIP INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Arooj Amjad

APPRENTICESHIP ORGANISATION AWARD

Tees Valley Combined Authority

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

Positive Action Programme

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Amanda Adeola

EDUCATION AWARD

Middlesbrough College Equality and Diversity Programme

COMMUNITY SAFETY AWARD

Stronger Communities Middlesbrough

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Imran Naeem

Winners 2018

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Sheryaar Mazhar

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

TS1 Tees Valley Sport

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Oz Sadiq

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Friends of Ropner Park

COMMUNITY SAFETY AWARD

Cleveland Fire Support Network

INDIVIDUAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING AWARD

Shazia Noor

ORGANISATION OR CAMPAIGN HEALTH & WELL-BEING AWARD

Ageing Better Middlesbrough

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

DRS Medispa

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Apollo Ouedraogo

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Rabina Sadiq

Education Award

Uzma Kazmi

Life Time Achievement

Parveen Mughal

Winners 2017/18

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Zakir Mahmoud

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Rebecca and Andrew Blackwood and Kader Rangers Football Club

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Junior Masandi

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

One Ummah

COMMUNITY SAFETY AWARD

Amjid Khazir

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Boro Cars

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Imran Ayoub

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Asma Shaffi, Assistant Principal, Prior Pursglove College

Education Award

Acklam Grange School and Headteacher Andrea Crawshaw

Public Sector Award

Bill Williams, Arrival Medical Practice

Life Time Achievement

Ghafoor Hussain

Winners 2015

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Shabana Rafiq

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Middlesbrough Council’s Stronger Families Youth Team

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Laylah Ashour

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Investing in People and Culture

EDUCATION AWARD

Teacher Time

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Kashmir Food Stores

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Riaz Hameed

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Shazia Ghani

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

North East Procurement Ltd.

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Nadeem Ahmed

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

Middlesbrough Mela Management Committee

Life Time Achievement

Mark White

Winners 2014

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Curtis Fleming

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Tuned-in!

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Heath Thsuma

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Open Door North East

EDUCATION AWARD

Acklam Whin Primary School

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Direct Line Supplies

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Zulfiqar Rafiq

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Anita Puri

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

Home Group

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Nitin Shukla

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

The Ethnic Minority Achievement Team from Middlesbrough Council

Life Time Achievement

Perveen Ahmad

Winners 2013

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Sherry Iqbal

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Know Your Money Project

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Jean Michel Bomvoy

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

CVFM Radio

EDUCATION AWARD

Teesside University

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Oxbridge Care Ltd.

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Javid Majid

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Kieran Smith

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

North Star Housing Group

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Pam Walton

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

Redcar and Cleveland – Community Safety Partnership

Life Time Achievement

Zafar Uddin

Winners 2012

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Esa Alexander Henderson

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Safe in Tees Valley

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Bini Araia

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Regional Refugee Forum

EDUCATION AWARD

Acklam Grange School

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Chuhan & Singh

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Raj Singh

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Ruby Poppleton

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

Vela Group & Fabrick

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Guru Naidoo

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

NHS Middlesbrough

Life Time Achievement

Kath Sainsbury

Winners 2011

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Junaid Iqbal

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

Ormesby Hall Cricket Club

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Dr Mohammed Shafiq

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

TeesFast FM Radio Ramadan

EDUCATION AWARD

Middlesbrough College

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Akbar’s

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Nas Khan

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Amanah Khalid

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

Erimus Housing

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Ronnie Harris

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

Middlesbrough Council’s Community Regeneration Team

Life Time Achievement

Choon Dee Neoh

Winners 2010

YOUTH INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Imran Naeem

YOUTH ORGANISATION AWARD

North of England Refugee Service

COMMUNITY INDIVIDUAL AWARD

Sean Ridgeway

COMMUNITY ORGANISATION AWARD

Hope Foundation

BME BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Interpreting Plus

BME BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Nassar Din

BME WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Sara Mirasalehi

ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR

Housing Hartlepool

DIVERSITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR

Baby Cox

PUBLIC SECTOR AWARD

Kirklevington Grange Prison – TEG Team

Life Time Achievement

Dr Ashok Kumar