Awards celebrate diversity
The 2009 BT Diversity Awards, recognising employees who champion fairness and equality, were presented by Steve Robertson, chairman of the global Equality and Diversity Forum at the BT Tower last week.
Two awards of note went to people focused on improving the accessibility of BT’s products and services.
Individual Achievement in Diversity Awards were won by Kerry Broom and Tim Pennick of BT’s disability user panel. As members of the panel Tim and Kerry, who both use screen readers, provide valuable feedback to help BT make sure its products and services are as accessible to as many people as possible.
The BT Home Hub team, David Barrett, Jacqueline Esquival, Bruno Nigeon and Louise Vanangs won an Achievement in Diversity Award for work to improve accessibility of the new BT Home Hub. This includes easier access to and improved layout of the sockets at the back of the hub, easier docking of the handset on the hub base, coloured LEDs and more legible text on the hub to assist visually impaired customers, the addition of a headset socket to provide connections for an inductive neck loop for customers with a hearing impairment and a speed dial facility.
BT Group director of people and policy Caroline Waters said: “The incredible variety of high-quality entries from across the company this year demonstrates our people’s passion for, and commitment to, diversity in understanding the unique needs of all our colleagues and customers.”
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