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.
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
How to enter/criteria
- A nomination should be a summary of the nominee’s achievements and should be no longer than 500 words.
- Please note that self-nominations are not accepted for the following categories:
- APM Education Volunteer of the Year
- APM Special Achievement
- APM Volunteer of the Year
- We will be accepting nominations for activity undertaken between 1 October 2023 to 31 March 2025 inclusive.
Timeline
- Nominations close – 2 April 2025, 5pm BST
- Shortlist announced – week commencing 22 April 2025
- Winners announced – 26 June 2025, APM Volunteers’ Development Forum
Judging
Winners will be selected by APM’s expert volunteer judges from the entries and nominations which best reflect alignment to APM’s strategy, key APM themes of growth and diversity, as well as APM values: progressive, thoughtful, warm and excellent.
Recognition of the awards winners
Winners will be announced at the APM Volunteers’ Development Forum in June 2025 and will receive a sustainably sourced APM Trophy per category. Winners will be profiled on the APM website and through social media, to promote the value of volunteering with APM.
If you have any queries please contact volunteer@apm.org.uk