Collaboration Awards

2023

The Special Project Award

The Special Project Award will recognise a successful project or pilot scheme that was launched to overcome a specific challenge or to meet the needs of a unique situation. This may be a project that was launched to improve support for customers, colleagues, the community, or to go beyond an aspect of regulation.

Information for Submissions

Am I eligible to enter this award?

To enter The Special Project Award, your organisation will need to have a membership with the Collaboration Network. If you and your organisation have a membership then you are eligible to enter and we welcome your submission.

Is there a cost to enter this award?

No, these awards are completely free to enter for Members to recognise their brilliant achievements.

How do we enter The Special Project Award ?

To enter a submission for this award you will need to submit either a video presentation that builds on the criteria outlined below, which will be based on a scoring system (the presentation can be up to 20 minutes in length, with one or more of your team presenting), alternatively, you can enter a written submission in either PDF or Word doc format that can include any evidence to support the entry.

Can you host us to record the presentation submission if we choose that option?

Yes. You can either record your presentation via your own choice of platform (Zoom, Teams, etc.) and send this to us, or alternatively, we can host you to record your session via the Collaboration Network team at a time of convenience. If you would like us to organise this for you, just get in touch info@collaborationnetwork.co.uk.

What happens if we are shortlisted?

Shortlisted submissions will be invited to participate in a Q&A with the Judging Panel (see below) throughout July and August. The judges will then factor the scores for each presentation alongside the information, insight and context shared via the Q&A discussions which will help determine the winner.

What are the timelines for the awards?

Award entries are open now, with the deadline for submissions being 28th June 2024. Shortlisted entries will be invited to a Judges Q&A session online throughout July and August.

The winners will be announced and presented with their award on 2nd October 2024 at the Annual Conference & Awards Ceremony.

Great, how do we get started?

To get started, simply click below to confirm your intention to submit an entry to this award category. We can then help support you with your award submission and provide any additional guidance and support where appropriate.

Get Started - The Special Project Award

Criteria for Award Submission

The Special Project Award

For your 20 minute presentation or written submission, we will be scoring based on the following areas and criteria. We need to know about your organisation, the problem you faced, how you dealt with it, what your actions achieved, what was particularly rewarding, exciting or enlightening resulting from your actions, and what legacy has it left.

What is your business background and context – 5 marks

Introduce your organisation, customers served, key facts you would like to share and your part/role within the organisation, individually and as a team.

What was the challenge that needed to be met – 10 marks

Tell us about the business problem that your Special Project was looking at address, how it arose, who challenged you to fix them, and measurements of the size of the challenge.

What did you do? – 20 marks

Outline the story of what you undertook to meet the challenge above.

What were the outcomes? – 20 marks

What were the metrics as you measured them?
Who was affected? Staff, management, customers, sub-sets of customers, third parties, regulators, the public?
Did you adopt new technology, ways of working, staff support mechanisms, training & development, etc?

What made it a success? – 20 marks