The Rochdale Diversity awards finalists have been announced

Health Award: Great Places Housing Group, Rochdale Health Connections Team, and Rochdale MIND,

Housing Award: Abdul Jabbar, Great Places Housing Group, Khubsuret House – St Vincent’s Housing Association.

Workforce Diversity Award: Greater Manchester Police – Rochdale Division, Great Place Great Places Housing Group, and Rochdale Council Youth Service,

Cohesion Award: Dr Abdul Shakoor, Rochdale Council Youth Service, Syke Community Base, and the New Shamwari Project.

The awards are sponsored by Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, Hopwood Hall College, Great Places Housing Group, A+B Carpets and Arif Cash & Carry.

Anyone interested in further information on the Rochdale Diversity Awards should contact Abdul Hamied on 01706 516606 or email abdul@kyp.org.uk

The Rochdale Diversity awards, which are being run by Kashmir Youth Project (KYP), will culminate with an awards ceremony on Friday 18th May 2012. The awards aim to recognise the contributions made by local organisations and residents in promoting and supporting cohesion and diversity through service delivery.

Abdul Hamied, KYP Chief Executive (Secondment from Rochdale MBC), is co-ordinating the awards. He said: “Considering that this is the first year of the Rochdale Diversity Awards, the number of nominations and the quality has been very good. This shows the excellent diversity and cohesion work that is taking place within our great borough of Rochdale. We are confident that the success of this year will lead to further service improvement and that next year the awards will be even better.