Belong Champion Awards
The Champion Awards 2024
It’s time to get nominating!
The 2024 Champion Awards are now open and it’s time to nominate those who have made a difference over the past year.
Looking to recognise colleagues and volunteers who go above and beyond the call of duty, the awards are open to anyone working or volunteering in Belong villages, Belong at Home or Central Services.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS MONDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2024
NOMINATE NOW
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Newcomer of the Year
Mentor of the Year
Leader of the Year
Award Categories
Category | Description | Who can be nominated |
|---|---|---|
Newcomer of the Year | An individual who is new to their role and has made an exceptional impact on joining their team | All new team members with under 12 months’ service including apprentices |
Mentor of the Year | An individual who has helped others through development to enhance their skills, knowledge and work performance e.g. supporting new starters through induction, supporting colleagues towards promotion | Individuals that provide coaching and/or mentoring to others |
Leader of the Year | An individual who has enabled their team/service/department to achieve their goals by providing consistent and effective leadership and management | Individuals that lead and/or manage others |
Team of the Year | The team that has done the most to improve the quality of experience for customers and/or colleagues in the group, embracing teamwork | All teams |
Belinda Jones Dementia Champion of the Year | An individual who has demonstrated consistently high-quality, person-centred care achieving the highest standards of dementia support | All individuals or teams |
End-of-Life Care Award | An individual or team demonstrating compassion, sensitivity and respect at end-of-life, seeking to understand what is important to the customer and their family, and ensuring these are reflected in the service and care provided | All individuals or teams |
Compassion Award | An individual or team that consistently demonstrates compassion to those they support; showing how people using our service have a high-quality experience based on relationship-centred care | All individuals or teams |
Volunteer Award | Volunteers who make a contribution to village life through their commitment and who show an understanding of Belong’s values, seeking to make a real difference to our customers’ lives | Anyone who volunteers regularly for any Belong location or service |
Made-My-Day Award | An individual who brightens the day of people around them, never failing to bring a smile to the faces of customers and colleagues through their attention to the small details that make a big difference to daily life | All individuals working in non care-giving roles in a village, such as housekeeping, maintenance or bistro teams |
Community Engagement Award | Teams or individuals who successfully collaborate with other organisations to create opportunities for customers and local people and ensure their village is a vibrant hub in the community | All individuals or teams |
Innovation Award | The individual or team that achieves quality outcomes which make a difference to the lives of customers through innovation. This could be a small, significant change or a new service model/design that has reformed practice | All individuals or teams |
Central Services Contribution Award | The individual or team which has delivered the best customer service experience to villages and/or Belong at Home, while working effectively as a team | Any central services individual or team |
KEY DATES | |
|---|---|
Monday 4 November 2024 | Closing date for nominations |
Tuesday 19 November 2024 | Finalists announced |
Thursday 12 December 2024 | Judging at Belong Wigan* |
Friday 31 January 2025 | Evening Awards Ceremony & Celebration at The Queen at Chester Hotel |
*Please note there are no interviews this year and instead finalists will be asked to submit a short video by Friday 6 December; details to follow.
How to nominate:
Please read the category descriptions carefully and explain why you are putting forward your nominee and what makes them stand out in up to 300 words.
Testimonials may be provided separately on no more than one page of A4.
Please ensure that the name of the nominee and the award category is on all supporting information. Where possible please use the online form.
Paper nominations can be made available to customers or relatives but all colleagues should submit their nominations digitally using the online form. Where paper nominations are completed by customers or relatives, please could these be scanned to champions@belong.org.uk or sent by post to: Champion Awards, Belong, Pepper House, Market Street, Nantwich CW5 5DQ.
What to write
Your nomination should address the criteria relevant to the nomination category and could include reference to the following:
How they live the Belong values (teamwork, compassion, respect, honesty and putting the customer at the heart of all that we do) - you don’t need to cover all of these but showing how colleagues work in line with the organisation’s values will help your case
How they provide outstanding support to our customers
Ways in which they make Belong a great place to work
Real examples of things they have done that show their work ethic, values or personal qualities that make them stand out (rather than just stating that they have them)