2007 Awards
On 18 April 2007 we held our first celebration event for the Equality and Diversity Awards. To our amazement, we had 15 successful submissions in the first year from ten local authorities:
Halton BC: The Country Garden Café
Lancashire CC: Flexible Working for Business Success
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service: Community Fire Safety Advocate Programme
Oldham MBC: Equality and Diversity Training Plan
Sefton MBC: Equalities Partnership
South Ribble BC: Older People’s Strategies
St Helens Council: Feel the Benefit – A campaign to encourage older people to claim what’s theirs
St Helens Council: Passing Places
St Helens Council: Windle Pilkington House Horticultural Project
Vale Royal BC: Everybody In
Vale Royal BC: Hidden Voices
West Lancashire DC: A Journey Towards Excellence in Service and Customer Care
Wyre BC: Disability Partnership
Wyre BC: Promoting Equality for Disabled People
Wyre BC: Transforming Services by Putting the Customer First
Our intention each year is to promote the brilliant work authorities in the region are doing around equality and diversity, and a summary of the winners’ submissions is below together with photos and highlights of the day.
Summary of Winning SubmissionsCelebration Event Photos