Channel S Awards 2011
On 7 April 2011, Channel S held its annual awards at their mega studio in Walthamstow, where guests, celebrities and presenters created an amazing must be at the event. Brick Lane Circle was among 19 categories of winners. The award to Brick Lane Circle was for Achievement in Education Research/Teaching, which was in recognition for publishing the book called Plassey’s Legacy, researched and written by eight young people aged 18-25.
This initiative was part of a project ran by Brick Lane Circle called the Battle of Plassey Young People’s Project, developed to encourage more research and learning about the shared past of Britain and Bengal / Bangladesh – funded by Heritage Lottery Fund. Three of the eight young researchers attended the event to collect the award if successful. They are: Lothifa Chowdhury, Ruhana Ali and Atif Kazi,who were thrilled when they found out that we won.
You can get the full list of winners of the Channel S Awards 2011 by clicking below: