CECA Inspiring Change Awards

Inspiring Change - Community Award - For Projects

This award will recognise projects that have developed an initiative aimed at boosting job opportunities through engagement with the wider community either by helping small businesses to grow or increasing access to training and employment.

Criteria

The project must be current or have been completed within the last year.
The initiative must have been introduced within the last two years and have affected a significant and positive change.

Judges will be looking for evidence of the following:

originality
how the initiative is aligned to company strategy
how it has enhanced the culture within the workforce
how it can be replicated

Full details of the judging criteria can be found here

How to enter

Entries should be made using the form below. The case study should describe how your company has developed an intervention to boost job opportunities through engagement with the wider community. For example, this could be either by helping small businesses to grow or by assisting people to overcome disadvantage by increasing access to meaningful employment. Wherever possible, you should try to support your achievements with data and statistics. Maximum 500 words. The supplementary questions each have a maximum of 100 words.
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Click here for a downloadable summary of the entry form questions

Inspiring Change Community Award - for Projects

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Name of Company: *

Address: *

Name of Contact *

First

Last

Job Title *

Contact Telephone Number *

Contact E-mail Address *

Name and Address of Project *

Value of Project *

Size of Workforce *

Project Duration *

Name of Main Contractor or Client, if appropriate *

1. Synopsis summarising key points (please do not exceed 75 words - this will appear in the programme for the event) *

2. Describe an initiative that has created job opportunities by raising aspirations and skills. Please define the target audience, explain the benefits and any research or analysis carried out to ensure successful outcomes. Describe any lessons learnt, any challenges that had to be overcome and what the next steps are.

Case Study: *

3. How has this initiative boosted employment opportunities and/or encouraged and enhanced understandin and collaboration? Has the initiative provided real jobs or meaningful work experience for those facing barriers to employment? *

4. Will this initiative help improve the diversity of entrants into the industry? If so, how? *

5. Describe who led the initiative and the resources that were invested in it. *

6. How has the initiative delivered business benefits and/or community benefits? *

Photographs: Please ensure that any photographs you submit have your company name in the saved title (not 12345.jpg), so that they can be identified. Also, please note that we do not share with the judges photographs of website, graphics or documents so as not to exceed the word count.

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Please note: Photographs may take a few minutes to upload. Your submission is not complete until you receive an on-screen notification which will appear above this statement.

If you have any problems in submitting your entry, please contact inspiringchangeentries@ceca.co.uk

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Please note: Photographs may take a few minutes to upload. Your submission is not complete until you receive an on-screen notification.

The closing date for entries is Friday 13th May, 2022
In support of your entry, you may provide up to 4 high-resolution photos but these should not include graphics, only people or events. Please note these may take a few minutes to upload and applications are not complete until you receive an on-screen notification. We regret that links to websites and graphics will be disregarded by the judges, due to time constraints.
You will be further contacted by e-mail once your application has been received. Any queries should be sent to inspiringchangeentries@ceca.co.uk.

​Inspiring Change - Community Award - For Projects

Criteria

How to enter

Inspiring Change Community Award - for Projects

Inspiring Change - Community Award - For Projects