At the weekend Anna Kennedy OBE attended the prestigious IARA Awards at The Hilton Canary Wharf which is an event that highlight outstanding talents, laudable initiatives and recognise the hard work of those in Theatre, Music, Film/TV and the Fashion industry.
In 2016 Anna Kennedy OBE was presented with the IARA Humanatarian Award for her work in raising awareness and acceptance on autism.
The IARA was founded in 2014 by Helen Imuaphe who aims at celebrating artists across the Art and Entertainment industry; for Excellence, Inclusion, Diversity, Equality, and Innovations. IARA, acknowledges role models who have excelled within their respective industries and have put foundation in place for continued success and expansion.
Hosting the event was Gail Porter and Steve King. Anna Kennedy Autism Advocate was proud to present one of her Autism’s got Talent Performers Marie Gorton who added a touch of class to the event by singing ‘Ideale’ by Tosti.
Marie blew everyone away and received a standing ovation.
Anna also received the ‘Special Recognition Award on behalf of the Grantchester actress Kacey Ainsworth who is one of her Charity Patrons. Kacey has a family member that has an autistic spectrum condition.
Kacey Ainsworh posted on social media: “Thank you all sorry I could not be there my schools fundraiser for which i was one of the organisers was on the same day so gutted not to have been there thank you I am steered and guided by Anna Kennedy. And everyone who works with her we keep pushing forward”
