Following our continued success of these awards, the Every Voice People Awards are returning for  a third year, thanks to fundraising and external funding.

Organised by our Every Voice Patient Partners, we continue to use the week of World Mental Health Day as a celebration of everything people using our services have achieved.

The awards are your opportunity to celebrate someone's personal achievements in their recovery or where they have used their experiences to support someone else, or improve care.

So if you know someone with lived experience of mental health, learning disability, or someone who is autistic that deserves recognition please think about nominating them.

The awards are once again open to anyone currently using, or who has previously used our services, as well as carers or family members of people who use our services too - the important thing is they have lived or learnt experience.

We wanted our awards to be a celebration of people and the positive impact that lived or learnt experience has to instil hope and inspire recovery.

Nominations are open until Friday 26 June 2026.

Submit your nomination using this online form here

or you can send in the post to:

FAO Louise Bannister
Trust Headquarters
St George’s
Long Leys Road
Lincoln
LN1 1FS

If you would like help submitting a nomination please contact Lou Bannister, Every Voice Patient Guardian on louise.bannister7@nhs.net or call 07754 556 459

Need help with how to write a nomination, take a look at our top tips guide by using this link.

This year's categories

Act of Kindness Award

This award celebrates the small acts of kindness by someone with Lived and Learnt Experience  that has had a positive impact on the lives of others who use our services 

Making a Difference Inpatient Award

Celebrating activities  and projects led by or co-produced with people with lived and learnt experience  that are making a difference on our inpatient wards

Making a Difference Community Award

Celebrating projects and initiatives led  by  or co-produced with people  with Lived and Learnt Experience to make a difference in community services and the wider communities of Lincolnshire.

Spark of Change  Award *NEW FOR 2026*

This category is to recognise an individual or group that through a project or idea has made a small change that has made a big difference for others who use our services .

Individual Recovery Award

This award is to recognise often small steps that patients have achieved as part of their recovery journeys. 

You can also self nominate for this category and this can be written, a piece of artwork or a poem that tells your recovery story.

Leading the Way Award *NEW FOR 2026*

This award is to recognise an individual or group who by speaking out and sharing their story has led the way to inspire hope for others and reduce stigma around mental health leading the way for change.

Service User Judges Choice Award

Finalists for this award are chosen by our external service user judges from all of the finalist nominations submitted in each category. It is for the nomination that stands out most for them and they feel should be recognised. The service userjudges will then have the opportunity to pitch their chosen nomination to our Chief Operating Officer who will decide the overall winner.

All finalists in this category will be presented with a medal by their service user judge.