CORPORATE CATEGORIES

Winners in this categories are chosen by our Advisory Panel and will be announced on the night of the awards.

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year

LGBTQ+ Network – Bangor University

LGBT+ Colleague Network – Barnardos

PRIDE Network – Bournemouth University

Pride Network – Laing O’Rourke

Fly With Pride – MAG (Manchester Airports Group)

Mutual Pride – NFU Mutual 

Pride at Ocado – Ocado 

Pride at Pandora – Pandora

BELONG – Robert Half

Proud@Sainbury’s – Sainsbury’s

Pride at Mobility UK&I – Siemens Mobility Ltd

PRISM – Specsavers

LGBTQ+ Network – Thales UK

Wipro Europe Pride ERG – Wipro

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Utilities) 

+ – Centrica 

BP Pride UK – bp

Pride @ E.ON – E.ON Next

LGBTQ+ Supporters Network – EDF (UK)

In-FUSE – ScottishPower

LGBTQ+ Network – Severn Trent

LGBTQ+ at Sky – Sky UK Ltd

Proudly – Virgin Media O2

LGBT+ Friends Network – VodafoneThree

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Finance) 

Spectrum – Barclays 

Embrace – Baringa 

OUT & Allies Network – BlackRock

Proud at Deloitte UK – Deloitte

Pride Europe ERG – Scotiabank

#BendTheBank – Starling Bank

Proud Together – The Co-operative Bank 

LGBTQ+ at TSB – TSB

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network of the Year (Legal) 

A&Out – A&O Shearman

OpenAG – Addleshaw Goddard

Pryde & Co – Clyde & Co

Halo and Champions – Freshfields

OpenHouse – Gowling WLG LLP

LGBTQ+ & Allies Network – Kingsley Napley

OC Pride – Osborne Clarke

RPC RAIN – RPC Legal

Proud – Shoosmiths LLP

equaliTW – Taylor Wessing

#Proud2Be – Weightmans 

 

Head of Belonging, Culture or Diversity of the Year 

Zahira Quattrocchi – Anglo American

Ama Ocansey – BNP Paribas

Rachel Collins – Colt Technology Services

Leo Nicholas – Euroclear

Georgina Court – Freshfields

Ian Tomney-Bell – giffgaff

Claire Semple – Informa

Rachel Eason-Whale – London & Country Mortgages

Alicia McDonnell – MAG (Manchester Airports Group)

Florence Henderson – Moody’s

Raj Jani – Ralph Lauren

Max Horton – Smith+Nephew

 

Corporate LGBTQIA+ Champion of the Year 

Sarah Rench – Avanade

Tolu Osinubi – Deloitte

Lucy McKillop – Dentsu

Chris Tune – Grant Thornton UK

Liam Hurren – Kingsley Napley

Colin Kimber – Pareto Facilities Management Ltd

Chris Pacey – Scotiabank

Chris Burkill – Sky

Adam Walker – State Street

Robin Panrucker – Taylor Wessing

Craig Downing – The Co-operative Bank 

Daniel Westley – Vastint UK

Nick Johnson – Virgin Atlantic

 

Outstanding LGBTQIA+ Network Lead of the Year 

Lewis Bell – Booking.com

Kushal Khandhar – Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Ramyaa Ravichandra – Capgemini

Katherine Montgomery – Diageo

Michael Tushingham – Gowling WLG LLP

Lynne Hamilton – Mott MacDonald

HK (Harry Levey & Kayleigh Glover) – Siemens Mobility Ltd

Kirsten Whitworth – Sky UK Ltd

Pauric Havlin – Tata Consultancy

Dan Porter – Tesco

Trenton Tomlinson – Universal Music Group UK

Shona Wilson – Veeam Software

 

Inspirational Role Model of the Year 

Jay Mann – Barclays

Daniel Sprich – bp

Kevin Hall – Freshfields

Ben Cicchetti – InfoSum

William Dryden – National Energy System Operator (NESO)

Becky Evans – NFU Mutual

Motie Bring – PPRO

Paul Stanley – Anglo American & De Beers Group

Philip Brett – Scotiabank 

Michael Briggs – Shoosmiths LLP

Marion Bentata – State Street

Elaine Fraser – Thales UK

Vanessa Varvas – University of East London

Xavier White – Verizon Business

Matthew Jones – Weightmans

 

Corporate Ally of the Year

Tokeer Ahmed – Capgemeni 

Magdalena Sartin – Johnson Matthey

Andie Blackwell – Kyndryl

Benjamin Grout – Moody’s 

Grace Fairey – pladis Global

Mark Given – Sainsbury’s

Simon Robson – Sky UK Ltd

Lou Furby – Specsavers

Jane Cubbin – TransPennine Express

 

LGBTQIA+ Changemaker of the Year

Alessandro Luca – Ares Management 

Roberta Giammaria – Black Rock

Stephen Situ – Forbes 

Michael Harrats – L&G

Adam Morrow – LGT Wealth Management 

Mihai Mosneanu – Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking

Matt Foster – Ogilvy UK

Carl Edwards – Severn Trent Water

Afqad Arshad – Siemens

Adelle Barker – Sky UK Ltd

Lexi Perry-Weston – Starling Bank

Lauren Thompson – Virgin Media O2



COMMUNITY CATEGORIES

Winners in this categories are selected by public vote and will be announced on the night of the awards.

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Global LGBTQIA+ Initiative of the Year 

LGBTI Stakeholder Group – COC, RFSL and Outright International

Proud to Be 2025 – Converse

TUI Futureshapers Global: LGBTQIA+ Travel Innovators – IGLTA Foundation and TUI Care Foundation

Global LGBTI Data & Maps Initiative – ILGA World

WorldPride Washington DC 2025 – InterPride

Pride for Each Other – Microsoft

Proud Allies for All – NYX Professional Makeup

Outsummit 2025 – Outright International

Proud Employers Programme – Stonewall

Workplace Pride – Workplace Pride Foundation

Community Initiative of the Year

Blossom LGBT

Trans is Human

GIN UK (LGBTQ+ Indian & South Asian Network)

GiveOut

Trans+ Solidarity Alliance

We Create Space

Out & Proud African LGBTI

Proud 2 b Parents

Rainbow Laces

WLPQ (West London Queer Project)

 

Charity or Not for Profit of the Year

akt 

Just Like Us

LGBT Foundation

MindOut

LGBT Health and Wellbeing

Stonewall

Stonewall Housing

Switchboard 

Terrence Higgins Trust

TransActual

 

Celebrity Ally of the Year

Alison King

Balvinder Sopal

David Tennant

Eddie Redmayne

Jeremy Vine 

Kate Nash

Paapa Essiedu

Sade

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Suranne Jones

 

Campaigner or Influencer of the Year

Abbey Kiwanuka

Drew Dalton

CurvyBlackWitch (Janae Owyn)

Hallie Clarke

Oscar Hoyle

Joel Mordi

Claire Harvey MBE

Max Balegde

Megan Jayne Crabbe

Tyreece Nye

 

Media Moment of the Year

BBC – Pride Month coverage 

BBC – What It Feels Like For A Girl

Big Brother – Zelah Glasson 

Celebrity Traitors – Alan Carr & Cat Burns

Coronation Street – Same-sex domestic abuse storyline

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs The World

EastEnders – Suki and Eve’s adoption story

Emmerdale – Matty Burton

Strictly Come Dancing – La Voix

Virgin Radio – Pride coverage

 

Celebrity LGBTQIA Champion of the Year

Adele Roberts

Cynthia Erivo

Andrew Scott

Bradley Riches

Ella Morgan

Heather Peace

Gok Wan MBE

Jordan Sangha

Layton Williams

Michael Gunning 

Rosie Jones

 

Large Brand or Organisation of the Year 

Clyde & Co

giffgaff

Mott MacDonald 

Ocado 

Ogilvy

PPRO

ScottishPower

Sky UK Ltd

 

 

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