APM Volunteer Achievement Awards 2025
APM is delighted to announce our seventh Volunteer Achievement Awards to recognise and reward the invaluable contribution volunteers make to the success of the organisation and wider profession.
Nominations for the 2025 awards have now closed

Categories
We have the following six categories recognising individual and collective successes:
An award for the volunteer group that has delivered the best volunteer-led event.
- Quality of event in terms of format and topic
- Audience size
- Delegate feedback
APM Interest Network of the Year
An award for the Interest Network which has delivered the most successful programme of activities throughout the year.
- Range of activities e.g. blogs, marketing collateral, research, podcasts, guides, collaboration with other Volunteer Networks
- Feedback and impact of activities
- Diversity of audiences engaged
APM Special Achievement
An award for the individual who has made a significant contribution to APM and its goals through volunteering, particularly over an extended period.
- Range of activities undertaken over an extended period
- Impact of the activities they have undertaken over an extended period
- Spirit in which they have been delivered over an extended period
APM Regional Network of the Year
An award for the Regional Network which has delivered the most successful programme of activities throughout the year.
- Range of activities
- Diversity of audiences engaged e.g. membership level, location and sector
- Feedback and impact of activities
APM Education Volunteer of the Year
An award for the volunteer who has made the most significant contribution to APM's education outreach programme throughout the year.
- Volume of activities delivered
- Range of activities delivered
- Diversity of audiences engaged e.g. school, university, influencer, media used
APM Volunteer of the Year
An award for the individual who most consistently demonstrates the spirit, values and impact of volunteering within APM. This will recognise the individual’s activity and output, and the benefit and impact they offered to the profession.
- Range of activities undertaken in the year
- Impact of the activities they have undertaken in the year
- Spirit in which they have been delivered in the year