RIDI announces 2020 disability awards finalists

The Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) 2020 Awards finalists have been announced today. The awards received well over 100 “record-breaking” entries this year across its eight award categories, according to the organiser.

The RIDI Awards celebrate the latest pioneering employers and recruiters who are breaking down barriers to help people with disabilities into employment. It is a unique initiative to drive change in recruitment and remove the barriers faced by the millions of people with disabilities who are entering or progressing through the job market.

However, RIDI believes more needs to be done to build disability confidence into recruitment and employment strategies and actively campaigns to achieve this. According to the organiser, the RIDI Awards are the recruitment industry’s only disability awards and form a key part of RIDI’s work. The RIDI Awards 2020 ceremony will now take place on 3rd December. Having been originally planned for 4th June, the ceremony has been pushed back until later in the year due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Commenting on this year’s entries, Jane Hatton, Director of Evenbreak, and the RIDI Awards Chair of Judges, stated: “I’m thrilled to say we have been overwhelmed with the quality, variety and total number of entries this year. As ever, the RIDI Awards are the perfect place for inclusive employers and recruiters to share stories of success to inspire others and gain the recognition they deserve. Congratulations to everyone who entered the awards this year, especially to the finalists, who have made it through to the final round of judging in the face of stiff competition.”

AWARDS FINALISTS

This year, the awards received a record-braking number of over 100 entries across eight categories. Here’s a breakdown of all the finalists (in alphabetical order):

Best Candidate Experience Award

1. DWF Law
2. HSBC
3. Government Recruitment Service
4. Pension Protection Fund
5. Rullion

Disability Confident Award

1. Channel 4
2. Enable, Shropshire Council
3. Heathrow
4. HSBC
5. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Disability Specialist Award

1. Ambitious about Autism
2. Diversity and Ability
3. EmployAbility
4. Leep1 – Cafe Leep
5. Mentoring Circles and United Utilities

Most Inclusive Recruitment Campaign Award

1. Guidant Global
2. Financial Conduct Authority
3. Trinnovo Group
4. Wells Tobias Group

Making a Difference (Public Sector) Award

1. Civil Service Talent Schemes Team, Civil Service HR
2. Disability Staff Network – University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay
3. Essex County Council with Capita Resourcing
4. Government Recruitment Service
5. Network Rail

Making a Difference (Private Sector) Award

1. Balfour Beatty
2. Motorpoint
3. Primark
4. Saxton Bampfylde
5. Siemens UK

Recruitment Team of the Year Award

1. Civil Service Fast Stream and Early Talent
2. HS2 Recruitment Team
3. Pension Protection Fund – Recruitment Team

Getting Started Award

1. FCO Services
2. GTI RPO
3. Heck!
4. MAG (Airports Group)
5. Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
6. Trinnovo Group

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