CECA Inspiring Change Awards

Inspiring Change - Education - For Companies Award

This award celebrates organisations that have implemented an initiative to work with schools/colleges to help address educational inequalities by encouraging young people to enhance their skills and achieve their potential.

Criteria

The initiative must have been introduced within the last two years and have affected a significant and positive company-wide change. Initiatives that are not company-wide should consider entering the "Project Award"

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

Small and Medium-sized businesses will automatically be entered into the SME Award.

How to enter

Entries should be made using the form below. The case study should describe an initiative that the business has introduced to engage with and inspire students from all backgrounds to achieve their full potential and/or expand their horizons. Maximum 500 words. The supplementary questions each have a maximum of 100 words.

Click here for a downloadable summary of the entry form questions

Inspiring Change - Education - Company Award

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Name of Contact *

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Job Title *

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Name of company *

Number of employees: *

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

Case Study. Describe how your company has developed an event, intervention or resource aimed at ending educational inequalities by encouraging young people in schools or colleges to enhance their skills and achieve their potential. Wherever possible, you should try to support your achievements with data and statistics. Describe any lessons learnt and what the next steps are. Maximum 500 words. *

How will this initiative develop skills and prepare young people for successful working lives? Describe the challenges that had to be overcome. *

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

How has it delivered business benefits? *

Describe who led the initiatives and the resources that were invested. *

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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 has been extended until Friday 22nd October, 2021 due to the postponement of the Inspiring Change Conference.

In support of your entry, you may provide up to 4 high-resolution photos. 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.