The Adiaha Antigha Community Achievement Awards are held each year to celebrate the work and impact of Hackney’s voluntary and community sector.
The awards are held in memory of Adiaha Antigha, the Founder and former Director of Hackney CVS, who made a huge contribution to the organisation’s success and to the sector as a whole.
The awards in 2021
To nominate an individual or an organisation for an award please complete the online nomination form by 11.59pm on Monday 25 January 2021.
Details of the individual or organisations nominated will then be published and open to a voting by the VCSE in Hackney.
Read more about the Gary Francis awards.
The categories of The Adiaha Antigha awards 2021 are for the individual or organisation:
Held in memory of our Youth Programmes Manager, Gary Francis, these awards recognise outstanding young people who have achieved against the odds. Our 2020 winners were:
Daniel Ocitti, Mona Ait Jakane, Jade Walcott, Kyarna Morris, Montell Pemberton, Shenique Bass, David Smith
Held in memory of our founder, Adiaha Antigha, who made a huge contribution to Hackney CVS and to the sector as a whole. The winners were:
Sadie Alleyne, Shoreditch Trust, for the best outreach work to engage new people
The Parity project, ELBA, for challenging discrimination
Faisal Pirbhai, Apex Learning Hub, for bringing communities together
Laura Prikken, Shoreditch Trust, for empowering disabled people