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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*.

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British Designer Laura Green and Paralympic Gold Medalist Helene Raynsford

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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.

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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.​

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Other Ambassadors and Campaigners could include;

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Adam Pearson

Award-winning Disability Rights Campaigner; Actor, Presenter; Speaker; Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust, Changing Faces and Us in a Bus

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Ade Adepitan MBE

Paralympian and Television Presenter

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Alexandra Rickman

Paralympian, 5 x World Champion and 6 x World Number 1 yachtswoman

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​Anoushé Husain

Civil Servant; Paraclimber; Ambassador for both Ehlers-Danlos Support UK and LimbPower

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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

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Celia Hensman

Co-founder and Director of The Disability Policy Centre; Disability Rights Campaigner

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Cerrie Burnell

Actress; Singer; Playwright; Children's Author; Former Television Presenter; Activist; and Disability Ambassador for the BBC

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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

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Claire Cashmore MBE

Five time Paralympian, Paralympic Gold medallist and Paratriathlon World Champion

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Danielle Brown MBE

Double Paralympic gold medalist

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Danny Crates

Paralympic, World, and European Champion

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David Clarke OBE

CEO of Paralympics GB; Blind Footballer; Paralympian; and former RNIB Director

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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

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Ellie Goldstein

Model; Disability Advocate; Role Model for other people with Down syndrome and disabilities

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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

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Jude Hamer

Two time Paralympian and World & European Championship finalist

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Kamran Mallick

CEO of Disability Rights UK (DR UK); former CEO of Action on Disability; Campaigner for Equality

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Dr Karen Darke MBE FRGS

Paralympic and World Championship Gold medallist and Explorer

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Lauren Rowles MBE

Paralympic, World and European Champion

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Liz Carr

Actress; Comedian, Broadcaster; and International Disability Rights Activist

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Mike Adams OBE

CEO of Purple and former lead for strategic development and disability leadership at the Disability Rights Commission

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Naomi Riches MBE DL

Paralympic Gold Medalist

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Pete Reed OBE

Three time Olympic Champion and five time World Champion

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Pippa Britton OBE

Double Paralympic and World Champion

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Samantha Renke

Actress; Presenter, Speaker; Writer; Disability Rights Campaigner; Ambassador for Scope and Patron of The Head2Head Theatre

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Sammi Kinghorn MBE

Paralympian, World and European Champion, and Television Presenter

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Shani Danda

Multi-award-winning Disability Inclusion Specialist; Broadcaster; Founder of Diversability, the Asian Woman Festival and the Asian Disability Network

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Sophie Morgan

Television Presenter and Disability Advocate

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Stephen Miller MBE

Six-time Paralympian & three-time Paralympic Gold medallist

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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

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Verity Smith

International Blind Dressage Rider

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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

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*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).