Following feedback, we’re expanding our forthcoming Every Voice Awards to include even more people.
Now named the ‘Every Voice People Awards’, the celebration is open to current or former patients/service users, carers, patients, carers, self advocacy groups, or anyone with lived experience of mental health, learning disabilities, or autism that deserves recognition.
We’ve also simplified the nomination form and approach to categories – so anything goes!
It doesn't matter which service or what they have achieved - big or small - the point is that you feel that they deserve recognition!
We want our awards to be a celebration of people and the positive impact that lived or learnt experience has had to instil hope and inspire recovery.
If you know someone that has made big strides in their own recovery, helped someone else to recover, or just used their experience to improve services for others, we want to hear from you.
We are using World Mental Health Day as a celebration of everything people have achieved, and look forward to inviting all of our finalists to the celebrations on Thursday 10 October.
At the event we’ll hear more about people’s stories, sharing the similarities, and celebrating the differences.
You have until 9 August to submit a nomination, and you can reach out to Lou Bannister, our Every Voice Guardian, for advice and support with nominations at louise.bannister7@nhs.net
Everyone nominated will receive a certificate of recognition and receive a mention in our celebration brochure. Our judging panel, which includes members of the Board of Directors and patient/service user and carer representatives, will then go through every nomination to pick out those achievements that really stand out and deserve extra recognition, and they will be invited to our awards event at Lincolnshire Showground.
We look forward to hearing all the great stories and celebrating everyone’s achievements.
Submit your nomination by using our online form here
Nominations close 9 August 2024
We'll then be in touch later this summer once our judging panel has considered all received nominations.
Thinking about submitting a nomination
Here are our top tips
- Keep it simple… we have lots of amazing nominations and we don’t want anyone missing out!
- Include a good description with examples. We want to hear all about what people have done and the impact it has had.
- If it relates to a project we want to celebrate the results with you, so include photos/videos/extra documents if you can.
- Include feedback/quotes from others where relevant.
