Categories & Criteria

Listed below are the 15 categories, together with details of what we are looking for in award winners. There are also general criteria which we consider when looking at all nominations.

1. Outstanding achievement in caring for victims

The winner will have shown a strong personal commitment to supporting victims emotionally or practically. This should include ways of working that have brought demonstrable improvements to the criminal justice process

2. Outstanding achievement in caring for witnesses

The winner will have shown a strong personal commitment to supporting witnesses emotionally or practically, helping them to overcome problems to go through the criminal justice process

3. Outstanding contribution to tackling youth crime
(young people under the age of 18)

The winner should have contributed to bringing down youth crime, through committed work with young people who were either involved in crime or were at risk of becoming involved in crime

4. Outstanding contribution to working with offenders

The winner should have shown a strong commitment to reducing re-offending or improving the rehabilitation of adult offenders

5. Outstanding contribution to engaging communities

The winner should have shown exceptional ability to engage and involve communities in justice with demonstrable results

6. Outstanding commitment to diversity

The winner will have shown a commitment to reducing inequalities, bringing about demonstrable improvements to the public's experience of the CJS, or internally within their own organisation. We recognise issues surrounding gender, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or disability in consideration of the award

7. Long service award for continued commitment and dedication

The winner will have shown exceptional long-term commitment and a demonstrable contribution to improving the CJS, working in criminal justice for at least twenty years

8. Volunteer of the year award

The winner will be a volunteer who has demonstrated exceptional commitment and dedication as a volunteer for an organisation that works with victims, witnesses, defendants or offenders

1. Outstanding achievement in caring for victims

The winning team will have shown a strong commitment to supporting victims emotionally or practically. This should include ways of working that have brought demonstrable improvements to the criminal justice process

2. Outstanding achievement in caring for witnesses

The winning team will have shown a strong commitment to supporting witnesses emotionally or practically, helping them to overcome problems to go through the criminal justice process

3. Outstanding contribution to tackling youth crime
(young people under the age of 18)

The winning team should have contributed to bringing down youth crime, through committed work with young people who were either involved in crime or were at risk of becoming involved in crime

4. Outstanding contribution to working with offenders

The winning team should have shown a strong commitment to reducing re-offending or improving the rehabilitation of adult offenders

5. Outstanding contribution to engaging local communities

The winning team should have shown exceptional ability to engage and involve communities in justice with demonstrable results

6. Outstanding commitment to diversity

The winner will have shown a commitment to reducing inequalities, bringing about demonstrable improvements to the public's experience of the CJS, or internally within their own organisation. We recognise issues surrounding gender, race and ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or disability in consideration of the award

7. Partnership of the year: best example of joint working across the CJS

The winning team will have helped produce demonstrable improvements in the CJS by working in partnership with others. Partnerships can be with other agencies within criminal justice, or voluntary orgainsations working with victims, witnesses, defendents or offenders

• What evidence is there to support this nomination - include personal testimony, statistical evidence, reports, quotes, etc.
• How has the person/team made an outstanding contribution in their field?
• What has been achieved through their work for their organisation, and for the public?
• Are they doing something "over and above" their ordinary work?
• Does the person/team's work contribute to helping individuals?
• Does the person/team's work contribute to the wider community where they work?
• Does the person/team's work contribute to improving the wider Criminal Justice System, for example through good practice, or a new way of working?

We need as much evidence as possible on the application, so please include as much as you can. By evidence we mean:

• any data from particular events or projects;
• figures relating to increased confidence of the public, or performance; and
• any personal testimonies from people the candidate has served in their work.