Pennine Care People Awards 2025

Please note: These categories are for submissions from Pennine Care colleague.  If you're a patient, carer, family member, partner or member of the public, please see our community choice category below. 

Please read the award criteria before clicking on the link, to ensure you’ve chosen the most appropriate category.  

Ray of sunshine 

This award is for a colleague or team that’s a joy to deal with. They’re always positive, boosting morale, and spreading their warmth far and wide. You can read the ray of sunshine award criteria here, to help you plan your supporting statement.

Nominate a ray of sunshine.

Great improvement

We’re looking for an ingenious example of innovation that’s worth its weight in gold. It might be a new way of working, a new service that's having a terrific impact, a piece of research, or a great solution to a small problem. It could also simply be a person or a team that consistently come up with creative ideas that help us do things differently. You can read the great improvement award criteria here, to help you plan your supporting statement.

Nominate a great improvement. 

Inclusion champion 

This person or team is truly committed to creating a place that’s inclusive; where everyone feels they have a voice, are understood, valued and can join in. So passionate they eat, sleep, and breathe equality and diversity. They’ll have made a noticeable impact through raising awareness and making changes, today and for the future. You can read the inclusion champion award criteria here, to help you plan your supporting statement.

Nominate an inclusion champion. 

Rising star 

Our rising star is one to watch! They can be any age but in the earlier stages of their NHS or Pennine Care career, throwing themselves into gaining new skills and learning every day. Already making their mark, they’re destined for great things and we want to celebrate this. You can read the rising star award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement.

Nominate a rising star. 

Inspirational leader 

This award is for an inspirational leader at any level, who has a magnificent impact on everyone they meet. We want to recognise the difference they make across Pennine Care. They’ll motivate everyone with their amazing attitude and style and invest their time to help others blossom. Patient, kind and fair, they’ll lead by example and be a role model for all. You can read the inspirational leader award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement

Nominate an inspirational leader.

Brilliant partnership 

This award is for a special team that works brilliantly in partnership with at least one of our own teams, or partners outside Pennine Care. Working together, they’re making improvements or changes that benefit our communities, the NHS and others. Their journey may not always be smooth, but they communicate well and make a real impact and valued contribution. You can read the brilliant partnership award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement

Nominate a brilliant partnership.

Colleague of the year 

This award is for someone marvellous who really stands out. They’re dedicated and passionate about making a difference. They’re also kind, compassionate and fair towards everyone. 

Please note! If you're nominating a manager (at any level), you may want to consider submitting them for an inspirational leader award instead.  You can read the colleague of the year award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement

Nominate a colleague of the year.

Team of the year 

Our team of the year is a special bunch of people who work brilliantly within and beyond their team. Through their great work they’ve improved patient care and experiences and have an exciting vision that lifts us all. You can read the team of the year award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement

Nominate a team of the year.

Please note: For this category, we can only accept nominations from patients, carers, family members, partner colleagues, or members of the public. The colleague or team you're nominating must be part of Pennine Care.

Community choice

Chosen by patients, carers, families, or partners, our community choice award recognises a fantastic team or individual who really makes a difference. They’ll go above and beyond to make sure our services are the best they can be, always treating everyone with kindness and respect. They’re special and make others feel special.   You can read the community choice award criteria here to help you plan your supporting statement

Nominate your community choice.

Click here to download a Word version of the submission form.

Click here to download a PDF version of the submission form.

We're committed to making sure our Pennine Care People Awards are fair and inclusive of our diverse colleagues and communities.

All nomination forms have a built in immersive reader. This allows you to customise the text for easier reading, or have it read aloud.

If you need any further support, advice, or reasonable adjustments please email pcn-tr.odteam.penninecare@nhs.net.

This year we've introduced a new support group. Someone from the group will get in touch to discuss how we can best meet your needs.

Download and print a poster for staff noticeboards.

Download and print a poster for patient noticeboards.

If you have any questions about our awards, please get in touch:

• Organisation development team: email ​​​​​​pcn-tr.odteam.penninecare@nhs.net
• Communications and design team: email pcn-tr.communications.penninecare@nhs.net,  phone 0161 716 1335, or call Helen Lord on MS Teams.