Frequently Asked Questions

With a couple of exceptions, only iNetwork member organisation can be entered for any of the award categories. The exceptions are nominees for the iStandUK and the Partner Excellence award. The iStandUK award is open to ANY local public sector organisation in the UK. Nominees for the Partner Excellence award can only be for non-iNetwork member organisations, but can only be nominated by public sector organisations that are members of iNetwork.

The list of iNetwork member organisations can be found on this webpage.

For all the categories (except the Partner Excellence award) you can enter yourself via the nomination page, or nominate/be nominated by someone else. Nominations for the Partner Excellence awards can only be made by iNetwork member organisations.

Nominations are accepted until Sunday 5th November at midnight.

The entry form is very simple. All you need to do is tell us some basic details about yourself as the nominator, contact details for the nominee (so we can tell them that they have been nominated), a short description of the project/service/initiative, reasons for why you think this nominee should win, and what the key achievements are. Oh, and a nice picture too! The picture can be a team photo, a project logo or a headshot of the named nominee – whatever you think best represents the nominated initiative/project. One more thing…we can only accept nominations in English!

You will be contacted to let you know. Please note that if you’re organisation is successful you will be required to submit a short video about the project.

For all categories entries for nominations are open until 5 November. We encourage entries to be submitted as soon as possible and not to wait until the deadline.
Once you have been nominated, your entry will be securely stored until voting begins. Public votes count towards which nominees will be submitted to the judging panel, and the number of votes will count towards the final score. The judging panel will judge the shortlisted nominees based on the information submitted on the entry form and will not be told how many public votes it received. However, the judging panel WILL see any comments submitted by voters.
Winners will be revealed at the iNetwork Awards Dinner on 30th January, in Manchester.

We adhere to the Data Protection Act, so while we will need names and contact details those who wish to make a nomination, and the people they nominate, we will not pass this information onto any third party groups (such as the press) without their permission.

Two free tickets are available per finalist. However, if a finalist has been nominated in more than one category the finalist may bring an additional person. If nominees are unable to attend, they may designate someone to attend in person on their behalf. All other tickets are by invitation only. Please note that tickets to the awards dinner are free, but finalists will need to pay their own travel and accommodation costs (as everyone else).