{"id":39622,"date":"2026-01-26T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=39622"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:15:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:15:12","slug":"alumni-equity-and-inclusion-impact-award-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/alumni\/2026\/01\/26\/alumni-equity-and-inclusion-impact-award-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Equity and Inclusion Impact Award 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This award highlights individual alumni or a group of alumni who have taken action to champion equality, diversity and inclusion (in areas including age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race and religion), demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing inclusive practices and embedding equality as a lived value in an organisational or community environment.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Criteria\u202f<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Has demonstrated transformative impact in culture, workplace, organisational\/individual\/community behaviour related to equality, diversity and inclusion practices.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Has shown determination, motivation and genuine passion and commitment to making a difference despite challenges along the way.\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is an inspiring role model\/mentor\/champion for EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion), showcasing the values of inclusion, equality, ethics and compassion and promoting equal opportunity for others.\u202f&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nominate an alumnus for their\u202fEquity and Inclusion Impact<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/asset-library\/alumni\/Alumni-Award-Nomination-Form-2026.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Download a word document form<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2rIgA90iq02MIW5kS6FPE4mIN-6-SmRPt3i1mMigMs1UREJBRE01OElQTlg3SlgwUjJDVTM1M1FGUS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Or via our online form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/750\/2026\/01\/Alumni-Awards-Criteria-2026-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Read a full version of the Alumni Awards 2026 terms and conditions<\/a>.\u202f&nbsp;Completed nomination forms<em>&nbsp;<\/em>must be received by the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:alumni@canterbury.ac.uk?subject=CCCU%20Alumni%20Awards%202025%20Nomination\">Alumni Relations Team<\/a>&nbsp;no later than midnight on&nbsp;<strong>Sunday 8 March 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at our alumni stories and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/alumni\/2025\/06\/10\/alumni-awards-2025-winners-announced\/\" title=\"\">be inspired by last year\u2019s winners and highly commended alumni!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can read more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canterbury.ac.uk\/alumni\/alumni-awards\" title=\"\">Alumni Awards and the other categories on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominate a CCCU alumnus for an Equity and Inclusion Impact Award 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352486,"featured_media":38578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,38,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-updates","category-feature","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"authorName":"Celia 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