Staff Awards categories announced!

After a 3-year hiatus, we’re pleased to announce the categories for this year’s Staff Awards.

The categories have been refreshed to reflect our Employee Values, the Corporate Plan and the Welsh Government’s Five Ways of Working (5WOW), as well as to celebrate the dedication and commitment of staff, after an extremely challenging two years.

Due to the absence of the awards in 2020 and 2021, nominations can be made for work undertaken since the last awards event held in the latter part of 2019. We welcome all applications, whether you’re nominating a colleague within your own directorate, or someone you have worked with across the Council in another part of our organisation.

As in the previous years, the awards event, generously sponsored by Leekes, will be delivered at zero cost to the residents of the Vale of Glamorgan. This is due to the generosity of a range of sponsors, who are listed below against each award category.

Our Heroes Categories

These nominations are specific to each directorate/school and aim to recognise an individual who has made a significant contribution to the organisation, school, community or citizens. The nomination should highlight the contribution made and the impact this has had, indicating how the nominee has worked in line with our values and wellbeing objectives.

We want to see how staff and teams have embraced transformative, innovative and creative ways of working. The contribution could be for a specific project, pandemic response, going the extra mile in their role or exceptional customer service.

Environment and Housing Hero - Sponsor Tarmac
Resources Hero - Sponsor Morgan Sindall
Social Services Hero - Sponsor Watts Truck and Van
Learning and Skills Hero - Sponsor ISG
Schools Hero - Sponsor ABM
Hero of Heroes - Sponsor DairyLink

Wider categories

Categories are open to all staff, with the exception of the ‘Schools – Making an Impact’, which is restricted to those working within our schools.

Rising Star – Sponsor Centregreat

This focuses on the achievements of our rising stars; the next generation of leaders, change makers and transformative thinkers. Nominations could be from, but aren’t restricted to, 16-24 age group, kickstarters, apprentices or graduates.

Team of the Year – Sponsor BYUK

Nominations can be from teams across the Council, this can include schools, discreet teams and cross-functional or ‘virtual’ teams that have been established to deal with or respond to a particular issue or project.

Best External Partnership – Sponsor Parentpay

This award seeks to recognise the wider contribution of external partnership working. Nominations can include initiatives that span public sector partners, collaborations, third sector and community groups.

Schools, Making and Impact – Sponsor Castell Howell

This award is specific to those working in our schools and aims to recognise the contribution of our schools in the wider community.

Celebrating Diversity and Engagement – Sponsor AECOM

This award recognises those who champion equality, diversity, and inclusion across the Council and welcome nominations for individual staff members or teams who promote equality, diversity and inclusion, as well as wider engagement across the organisation.

Community Impact – Sponsor Zipporah

We are looking for teams/individuals who have supported the most vulnerable in our communities, tackling issues such as, but not restricted to food poverty, mental health and wellbeing or the impact of the pandemic.

Project Zero – Sponsor Romaquip

This award recognises the contribution of an individual, team or initiative that helps tackle the climate change emergency. This should demonstrate transformative practices, a reduction or projected reduction in carbon emissions and seeks to support the wider Project Zero aims.

The nominations window will open on the 25th April and all forms and fuller award details will be available by this date.