‘I’M NOT USED TO SO MUCH ATTENTION’
Hannah Style,
Florence Taglight, an advocate for awareness of anorexia, was recognised for commitment to the betterment of others.
Other winners included Jo Garland, for sharing expertise and creating opportunities; Gesher’s Sarah Sultman and Ali Durban, for their commitment to early years education; and Hannah Style, for her social enterprise, Feast.
Khulan Dav — honoured alongside Avrahum Sanger for combating antiZionism on the Soas campus — said bringing Israeli and Palestinian students together had been “an amazing journey”.
Receiving the award for commitment to growth through music and the arts, Tom Hancox said: “It is so important we can share the joy and power of live music.”
Mr Hancox is chief executive of Cavatina, which introduces chamber music to schoolchildren.
He paid tribute to “Jewish philanthropy and the community” for supporting the charity.
Liverpool’s Blackburne House, a women’s training centre, was honoured for promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
The award for inspiring women went to Esther Marshall, the founder of Stand Tall, a charity helping girls and women who have suffered abuse.
“It took me nine years to talk about the abuse I suffered in a relationship,” she revealed. “I hope I can teach girls and women that they are who they are and they should be proud of themselves.”
Founded 100 years ago as the Women’s International Zionist Organisation, Wizo supports a plethora of welfare projects in Israel. The charity will take the award winners on a fact-finding trip to Israel later this year. I was brought up with the ethos of not wasting anything, and repurposing all the resources around us. And food was always a very central point in my family.
A lot of the people we serve through Feast don’t have an NHS number and won’t have access to a dietician, or nutrition education.
The system is such that, unfortunately, anyone mentally unwell will fall off the radar.
You will be vulnerable to malnutrition and food poverty.
One in three patients admitted to hospital are malnourished, and often vulnerable and frail.
They would benefit from dietetic input. I am trying to access those people and provide the nutrition they need.
I feel very proudly Jewish doing Feast. Food is very central for a lot of people and a lot of the vulnerable adults who come to Feast are very moved to have a communal meal.
A Jewish anthem is Welcome the Stranger, and that’s what this is about.
It’s wonderful to have the recognition publicly.
I didn’t know what to say when I went up to the platform – I’m not used to having so much attention.
But the real reward is meeting all these incredible winners, who are so creative and compassionate.
It is so important we can share the joy of music’