You’re invited to the Age-Friendly Awards!
We’re delighted to be running the Age-Friendly Awards for a third year in partnership with Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of the UK’s largest housing association Clarion Housing Group, and the #iwill Fund.
Join us during Global Intergenerational Week as we celebrate the individuals and organisations across England that are making their communities more age-friendly through intergenerational social action.
Event details
When? Wednesday 30th April from 3pm
Changing Perceptions Talks: 3pm-5pm
Food: 5pm-6pm
Age-Friendly Awards: 6pm-8pm
Where? Appleby Blue Almshouse, London, SE16 3RD
At the event we’ll be celebrating intergenerational social action in our communities and shining a light on the groups and individuals that are making this happen.
There will be plenty of opportunity to meet with other organisations and individuals interested in intergenerational social action. You can expect an uplifting afternoon and evening that will leave you energised and hopeful for the future!
Know an amazing individual or group? Why not nominate them for an Award? You’ve got until Wednesday 2nd April to submit your nomination - we can’t wait to read it.
The Awards
In recognition and celebration of the people in the intergenerational space, and as part of Global intergenerational Week, we’ll be presenting 12 awards to the most impactful nominees, with nominations judged by our Intergenerational Social Action Board.
The Awards:
Outstanding Scheme Manager Award - An outstanding Scheme Manager (at an over 55s retirement scheme) who has worked hard to make connections with young people in their community.
Youth Worker Award - An outstanding youth worker who has worked hard to make connections with older people in their community.
Community Hero Award An outstanding individual who brings people together in their communities.
Most Inclusive Award - An intergenerational group that’s gone out of its way to make their project inclusive and accessible so that more people can get involved in intergenerational work.
Best Campaign Award - A fantastic intergenerational campaign that is impactful in the community and works to change people’s perceptions.
Creativity Award - An intergenerational group whose creativity levels are truly inspiring!
Best Media Award - An intergenerational group that’s used media to showcase their project to a wider audience (media could include video, podcast, social media).
Dream Intergenerational Team Award - A group that has demonstrated outstanding teamwork in their communities and has helped bring generations together. This could be a team from one organisation working well together or an example of effective collaboration between multiple organisations.
Changing Perceptions Award - An inspirational group or individual whose efforts have positively reshaped perceptions of different generations while strengthening intergenerational connections.
Best Intergenerational Projects for Babies and Toddlers Award - A group or project that brings together babies and toddlers with older people. This can be a babies and toddlers group or a group for older people or a group dedicated to both age groups.
Best Intergenerational Project with Under 11s Award - A group or project that brings together under 11s with older people. This can be an under 11s group, a group for older people or a group dedicated to both age groups.
Best Intergenerational Project with Under 20s Award - A group or project that brings together under 20s with older people. This can be an under 20s group, a group for older people or a group dedicated to both age groups.
Make a nomination
Anyone can make a nomination through the form below. While you can’t nominate yourself as an individual, you can nominate your project, organisation or team member. You could also ask someone else to nominate you (for example someone you’ve worked with, a team member or a supporter).
You can select as many award categories as are relevant to the individual/group you are nominating. If you would like to nominate more than one individual/group, please complete a new form for each nominee. We ask that you complete no more than four nominations in total.
All individuals and groups must be based in England, UK, and have delivered this work within the past 12 months.
The deadline to nominate an individual or group for an award is Wednesday 2nd April at 5pm.
If you need any help completing this form or would like to discuss this further, please email us at hello@incommon.org.uk.
Key dates
Nominations open: Wednesday 26 February, 12 noon
Nominations close: Wednesday 2 April, 5pm
Judging Panel meets: Wednesday 9 April
Award nominees and finalists notified: Monday 14 April
The Awards: Wednesday 30th April, 6pm-8pm
Last year’s Awards
Want to find out more about last year’s event and the award winners? Read our blog.
