The award was presented to the Editor of Asian Networrk, Vijay Sharma, at a ceremony in London on 6th April 2001. The Diversity Champion 2000 award was presented by Lady Diana Brittan at the Park Lane Hotel. Judges recognised the work done by the BBC English Regions Controller, Andy Griffee, and all of the staff in the English Regions, to further disability, equality and racial and cultural awareness.
Diversity is one of the five main planks of our strategy in Connecting England.
We Are proud to announce that Asian Network has won two bronze awards in this years Frank Gillard awards at a ceremony held in Bristol on the 21st September 2000. The winning entries were our coverage of the Cricket World Cup in the Sports section - and the programme about 'the generation gap' in our 'The Century Speaks' series. Both programmes secured bronze awards. The Frank Gillard Awards have been established to recognise the achievements of BBC Local radio. Then click go.