The next BRIT Challenge will start on
24th January 2024 & finish on 24th March 2024.

A LASTING IMPACT
TO
INSPIRE CHANGE
Delivering a lasting impact
British Designers will be invited to partner/work with a BRIT Ambassador, or leading Disability/Inclusion Campaigner, to create a bespoke outfit that is designed with the medical condition, disability, or physical challenges, faced in their day to day life; this will be a campaign and initiative to destigmatise mental health, body image, and promote disability inclusion, with the individual and outfit celebrated on the Designer’s website*.
British Designer Laura Green and Paralympic Gold Medalist Helene Raynsford
We will ask one of our BRIT Ambassadors to explain, on camera, why both stigma and limited choice of clothing, that often does not meet their needs, can impact their mental health.
Helene Raynsford is a Paralympic Gold medallist, Chair of the British Paralympic Association Athletes’ Commission and a Sport England Board Member; the relationship between Laura Green and Helene is an example of how British Designers would collaborate with BRIT Ambassador or Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Campaigners.
Other Ambassadors and Campaigners could include;
Adam Pearson
Award-winning Disability Rights Campaigner; Actor, Presenter; Speaker; Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, Changing Faces and Us in a Bus
Ade Adepitan MBE
Paralympian and Television Presenter
Alexandra Rickman
Paralympian, 5 x World Champion and 6 x World Number 1 yachtswoman
Anoushé Husain
Civil Servant; Paraclimber; Ambassador for both Ehlers-Danlos Support UK and LimbPower
Andrew Miller MBE
Creative Director of Trinity College Oxford; National Council member of Arts Council England; Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company; Chair of Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 Judging Panel; Co-Founder of the UK Disability Arts Alliance #WeShallNotBeRemoved; and BAFTA Trustee
Celia Hensman
Co-founder and Director of The Disability Policy Centre; Disability Rights Campaigner
Cerrie Burnell
Actress; Singer; Playwright; Children's Author; Former Television Presenter; Activist; and Disability Ambassador for the BBC
Cherylee Houston MBE
Actress; Co-Founder of TripleC who run The Disabled Artists Networking Community (DANC)
Chloé Fuller
Creator of the award-winning podcast Assistance Dog Education Project; prominent expert on daytime television shows such as Steph’s Packed Lunch and The One Show
Claire Cashmore MBE
Five time Paralympian, Paralympic Gold medallist and Paratriathlon World Champion
Danielle Brown MBE
Double Paralympic gold medalist
Danny Crates
Paralympic, World, and European Champion
David Clarke OBE
CEO of Paralympics GB; Blind Footballer; Paralympian; and former RNIB Director
Deborah Williams OBE
Executive Director of the Creative Diversity Network; the architect and designer of the BFI Diversity Standards that were adopted by The Oscars, BIFA and BAFTA in 2020; Board Member for the anti-racism task force in EU screen; Advisory Board Member for New Dawn – the new filmmaking fund for Europe
Ellie Goldstein
Model; Disability Advocate; Role Model for other people with Down syndrome and disabilities
Ellie Simmonds OBE
Paralympian
Jessica Kellgren-Fozard
Content Creator who shares her experiences as a disabled and chronically ill lesbian in a fun, uplifting and educational way; Advocate for both the Disability and LGBTQ+ communities, sharing her daily experiences as a deaf person living with genetic disorders, Hereditary Neuropathy with Liability to Pressure Palsies (HNPP) and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Jude Hamer
Two time Paralympian and World & European Championship finalist
Kamran Mallick
CEO of Disability Rights UK (DR UK); former CEO of Action on Disability; Campaigner for Equality
Dr Karen Darke MBE FRGS
Paralympic and World Championship Gold medallist and Explorer
Lauren Rowles MBE
Paralympic, World and European Champion
Liz Carr
Actress; Comedian, Broadcaster; and International Disability Rights Activist
Mike Adams OBE
CEO of Purple and former lead for strategic development and disability leadership at the Disability Rights Commission
Naomi Riches MBE DL
Paralympic Gold Medalist
Pete Reed OBE
Three time Olympic Champion and five time World Champion
Pippa Britton OBE
Double Paralympic and World Champion
Samantha Renke
Actress; Presenter, Speaker; Writer; Disability Rights Campaigner; Ambassador for Scope and Patron of The Head2Head Theatre
Sammi Kinghorn MBE
Paralympian, World and European Champion, and Television Presenter
Shani Danda
Multi-award-winning Disability Inclusion Specialist; Broadcaster; Founder of Diversability, the Asian Woman Festival and the Asian Disability Network
Sophie Morgan
Television Presenter and Disability Advocate
Stephen Miller MBE
Six-time Paralympian & three-time Paralympic Gold medallist
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE DL
Independent Crossbench Peer; Board Member of the London Marathon, the Sportsaid Foundation, the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Join In; Five time Paralympian (11 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze), World Champion (5 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze), 30 x World Record Breaker
Verity Smith
International Blind Dressage Rider
Victoria Ann Jenkins
Award-winning Adaptive Designer, Disability Advocate, Speaker, Writer; Ambassador for Models of Diversity and Purple Tuesday; Founder of Unhidden, a socially responsible adaptive fashion range for people with disabilities
*British Designers will be asked to ensure their bespoke outfit/fashion accessory is ready for June 2024.
This will ensure that the Designer can collaborate with the BRIT Ambassador/Campaigner throughout the Spring of 2024 to create the outfit, photograph the individual with their creation in June 2024, and they can be ready to share the imagery with our Exclusive British Fashion Media Partner in July for inclusion in the October edition (which will need to be ready in July 2024).


