Award Categories

IN ADDITION TO THE CATEGORY-SPECIFIC CRITERIA, THE JUDGES WILL BE LOOKING FOR THE FOLLOWING FROM ENTRIES:

Innovation, Imagination and Ambition
Evidence of a clear strategy for the project / policy, clearly communicated to staff and other stakeholders
Evidence of good management
Value for money
Supporting evidence that the project / policy has made a difference to services.
Evidence it has achieved or is well on the way to achieving what it set out to do

If you are making different entries under several different categories, please indicate this and complete an entry for each.
Each application needs to specifically address the criteria for each individual category.
The same project can be entered in different categories but a separate submission must be sent for each one, geared towards the category it is entered into.
Public sector organisations can still enter multiple submissions for the same category with different projects, should they so choose.
Entries are scored using the published criteria for each category in addition to the general criteria.

The Categories

Enter Your Nominations

Below are the main Smarter Working Live award categories, comprising of 14 awards which your organisation or team can submit entries to. Before submitting your entry, ensure you have read the criteria listed under each award.

View the category-specific criteria for each award by clicking the 'Read more' button.

View the Nomination Guidance

Improving Spaces - Creating A Great Place to Work

Future Focused and Sustainable Property

Innovation as a Service

Harnessing the Value of Data

Customer Experience

User Experience

Smarter Workflows

Digital Inclusion

Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Building Collaborative Communities

Small-scale, Big Impact

Putting People First

Championing Continuous Improvement

Outstanding Smarter Working Leadership

Judges Choice

Below are the Judges Choice Awards. These are different from the awards mentioned above, with one main distinction: your organisation or team cannot submit an entry to be considered for the Judges Choice awards - they can only be nominated by our expert judges.

For your entry to the main award categories to be considered for the Judges Choice awards, before submitting we recommend that you review the criteria which the judges will use to assess entries. This will increase your chances of making the Judges Choice awards shortlist.