Social Inclusion 2006

Working to break down social barriers and maximise the opportunities open to all members of society, this award is for campaigners who are tackling social disadvantage and inequality.

sponsored by Shelter

Winner

Kierra Box

Kierra is an Oxford University student.

She helped establish Hands-Up for Peace, a youth peace movement. The organisation asked friends and other young people to send card cut-outs of their own hands with the name, age and argument against the war in Iraq. She used internet promotion to secure 3,000 hands which were displayed on the day war broke out.
She is currently working to promote young peoples' understanding of and contribution to political and social life.

 Finalists

Jacqueline Grant 

B: Autistic

Jacqueline lives in Birmingham and is the mother of a child with Austism. She has wide experience of voluntary and campaigning work. She founded B:Autistic for young people with autism aged 11-25. Jacqueline believes that people with autism are often isolated, in part because there is lack of understanding of autism in wider society. The objective of B:Autistic is to give support to autistic young people to be included in all aspects of community life, embracing educational, social, employment, accommodation needs. In five years time she wants B:Autistic to be a haven of information and support.

Lucie Russell 

Smart Justice

Lucie is Director of Smart Justice. She began her career as a social worker and started the Big Issue magazine with John Bird in 1991. SmartJustice is a 5 year campaign based at the Prison Reform Trust that is focused on understanding the root causes of crime and promoting effective community solutions for non-violent offenders. The campaign seeks to reach out to key sections of the media, such as radio phone-ins and the tabloid press in order to promote the case for community punishment for non-violent offenders.