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Congratulations to all the winners of the Civil Service Diversity & Equality Awards 2009

“Diversity and equality remain key to helping the Civil Service deliver public services to an increasingly diverse range of people in a constantly changing environment. This has never been more important than now, in an environment where the demand for public services is increasing. We need to ensure we can continue to address the needs of the diverse range of users of public services.

It is essential that those making and delivering policies and services represent the society in which we live, so that we can better understand the needs of different, including hard to reach, groups in society.

I am proud of what we have already achieved across government in diversity and equality. These awards will help us to identify and celebrate some of the many achievements that are being made across the Civil Service.

I would encourage you to nominate those individuals and teams who demonstrate best practice and excellence in this area and those who have inspired, innovated and worked hard to bring about change and deliver new initiatives for a civil service that both keeps pace with the evolving needs of the world around it and is ready for the challenges of tomorrow.”

Sir Gus O’Donnell KCB , Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service