“Our people are our greatest asset” – so attracting, motivating, supporting, developing and retaining the most diverse of human talent to our organisations and the sector is critical to ensure we totally understand and meet our customers’ and wider communities’ needs. Strong constructive cultures, effective leadership, health & wellbeing, and psychological safety at every level are vital to ensuring we positively challenge and continuously improve, as is Equality, Diversity & Inclusion and ensuring functional competence through progression pathways and continuing professional development. 

Judges are looking for organisations, projects or initiatives that demonstrate: 

• Clear strategies. 

• Effective implementation of plans. 

• Clear evidence of success. Measures are likely to include staff motivation scores and retention data, time and cost invested in people development plans (in-house activities, external programmes or other) at all levels of the organisation or project. 

• Community engagement activity that attracts the most talented people to our sector’s diverse roles. 

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