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Home Primary News Yorkshire’s Unsung Heroes Receive Cohesive Society Awards

Yorkshire’s Unsung Heroes Receive Cohesive Society Awards

Remembering Srebrenica's inaugural Cohesive Society Awards recognised the contributions of individuals across Yorkshire and the North East in bringing communities together and tackling hatred.

It was an opportunity for Remembering Srebrenica’s staff, the regional board, and Community Champions to reflect on their significant achievements in fighting back against the racism and bigotry that has become more prominent this year.

17-year-old Adisa Pudic from Batley won the award for Best Community-Focused Event for bringing together the diverse community of Dewsbury in a commemoration which highlighted the strength and beauty of Bosnian culture, while emphasising the need to learn from the past. Over 60 people including Christian and Muslim faith leaders joined council leaders and community representatives.

Remembering Srebrenica Chairman, Dr Waqar Azmi OBE, said:

“For young people like Adisa to bring people of all generations together and emphasise the importance of cohesive communities is really powerful. In the wake of the terrorist killing of local MP Jo Cox there is shock and dismay that hatred can lead to such violent acts, so we must remind everyone of the past and stress the importance of focusing on what they have in common.

“A report was published this week showing that 25,000 people have responded to this act of terrorism with hate speech online, celebrating the murder of a local mother, who was dedicated to working for the good of people in Batley and Spen. Those people are a dangerous minority and we know that the people of Yorkshire welcome and cherish the diverse communities that live here.

“Tonight, we are highlighting the work of unsung heroes whose dedication as volunteers to making their communities safer and stronger is truly humbling.”

The theme for this year’s Srebrenica Memorial Week was “21: coming of age – time to act” as event organisers focused on the lost generation in Bosnia who never had the opportunity to celebrate their coming of age. By helping communities to take action now Remembering Srebrenica wants to ensure that young people in this country can feel safe regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, country of birth or ability.

The four other award winners were:

  • Mashuda Shaikh and Simon Cambell-Skelling for their Outstanding Contribution to Srebrenica Memorial Week in putting on 21 events, reaching hundreds of different people in the Kirklees area from primary school pupils to elderly people in residential care

 

  • Alina Khan was named 2016 Community Champion of Yorkshire and the North East for creating 150 new Srebrenica Young Ambassadors through the Stand Up Speak Out Make a Difference project in Bradford

 

  • Javed Bashir won Best Educational Event for organising an 8-3-7-2 Srebrenica Memorial Football Tournament for over 150 kids in Bradford Supplementary Schools, as well as an interfaith gathering that focused on celebrating differences

 

  • Zeynab Ahmed and Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw were jointly awarded the Best Engagement with a Local Authority for their community events held with Leeds City Council and Bradford City Council respectively. Bradford City Council installed the first ever permanent civic memorial stone to the genocide in the UK in the city’s peace garden, as well as passing a motion to commemorate the genocide each year. Zeynab brought MPs, council leaders, primary and secondary school children, faith leaders, genocide survivors and representatives from military together to learn lessons from the genocide in her civic event.

 

The awards were presented by Jani Rashid, former head of Diversity and Cohesion at Bradford Council, Lilian Black, Chair of the Holocaust Survivors’ Association, Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, District Commander for Wakefield and Chief Superintendent Paul Money, Police Commander for Leeds District, Imam Qari Asim of Leeds Makkah Mosque, interfaith advisor and Remembering Srebrenica board member and Salma Yaqoob, well-known activist, Head of Birmingham Stop the War Coalition and former Leader of the Respect Party.

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