This award is presented to a disabled person who inspires other people to have high aspirations in employment, who has changed perceptions around what disabled people can achieve or progressed in their chosen career. This award looks to celebrate the achievements that disabled people make in breaking down the barriers for other disabled people entering the labour market. The nominee needs to have a been in a paid role for 8 hours per week for a minimum of six months and an advocate of good careers for others.  

This is an opportunity to celebrate the huge innovation that happens across the Supported Employment sector. From tech programs to co-produced resources, this Is a chance to show, how through innovation, you are driving up engagement within the Supported Employment work.

This award is presented to an individual who is disrupting the status quo when it comes to being Disability Confident Ambassador. They have demonstrated leadership within their organisation or advocacy to push for policy that go beyond the tick-box or the logo on a website. This award looks to celebrate an individual who is not afraid to push back on policies that are not supportive of creating meaningful career pathways or do not support disabled people within the workplace.  

This is an opportunity to recognise a large employer (over 1000 employees) who has shown Disability Confidence leadership in action.  To qualify for this award, the Employer must have embedded disability inclusion into their policies, recruitment processes and training.  

This is an opportunity to celebrate the collective success of a large team of 30 plus people working in supported employment, who have achieved high numbers of good quality employment outcomes for disabled, neurodivergent or disadvantaged people. As part of the nomination, you will need to demonstrate the role that all team members have played in the achievement and the subsequent impact resulting from the team effort.

This is an opportunity to celebrate an individual who works within a Supported Employment team and has gone above and beyond in promoting inclusive recruitment both locally and nationally. The award will celebrate an individual who demonstrates partnership working and innovative practice and has achieved high numbers of well-matched employment outcomes for disabled people.  

This is an opportunity to celebrate those smaller employers, who are making a difference one person at a time, within their local communities. This category recognises employers with less than 1000 employees, who have embraced disability inclusion and embedded it into local recruitment.

This is an opportunity to celebrate a small but highly effective team, who on limited resources have high ambition in promoting inclusive recruitment within their community. You will need to demonstrate how the team is utilising limited resources for the greatest impact and the partnerships developed to drive this ambition.    

This is an opportunity for organisations to demonstrate how they have embedded social value at the heart of a contract. This could be a business that has used the Public Social Value act to drive genuine inclusive recruitment or a provider that embedded social value into a contract to drive employment outcomes. 

This is an opportunity to celebrate the leadership of an individual who has supported a team to embed best practice,and/or clear leadership through a challenging time. This award recognises the ability of an individual to create a supportive workplace culture, rather than the position someone holds within an organisation innovation .