Celebrate your rising stars with these top 10 awards

Hard work can sometimes go unrecognised, especially when results can be prioritised over the process. Recognising your teams’ efforts is not just a nice gesture – it’s essential. One powerful way to do this is to celebrate through a rising star award. 

Rising star awards are a great way to promote someone in your team who has contributed significantly to your campaigns, gone above and beyond in their work, and, often behind the scenes, driven success. If you’re thinking about entering for yourself, a rising star award can contribute to your future career and show employers you’re a growing expert in your field.   

Why it’s good to celebrate someone (or yourself): 

• Recognition – What better way to say, “We see you, and we appreciate what you’re doing.” 

• Team morale – A way to boost your team’s confidence and motivate them to continue their hard work. Taking them to the ceremony allows your team to showcase their achievement on social media 

• Recruitment – When employing new workers, candidates can see that you take pride in your employees and celebrate their successes 

• Career development – An award can really kick-start someone’s career, pave the way for further development, and open new doors 

Which Rising Star awards should I enter? 

Here is a list of the top ten awards in the UK to enter to showcase your rising star. Remember that entry dates can change each year, so pop a note in your diary, or if you use an award writing service such as Award Writers, we’ll do that for you. 

We Are The City Aawards focus solely on the pipeline of female talent below the management level. They aim to recognise and celebrate 100 female role models and individual contributors across a variety of different industries who stand for the future leaders of tomorrow. 

Totum Awards celebrate the rising stars of the next generation of talented business services professionals. They have awards for people in marketing, BD professionals, finance and HR.
The Learning Awards claim to be the ultimate accolade given to anyone working in learning and development. All Learning Awards winners receive a commemorative trophy and a digital badge in recognition of their work. 

CIOB awards celebrate every stage of the construction process, from start through to completion and into reuse. The Rising Star Award celebrates new, exceptional talent in the industry, who have proven the highest level of excellence at the very start of their career. 

Prolific North’s annual awards programme recognises the outstanding achievements of companies, teams and individuals working across the North of England and Scotland in the creative, digital, tech, media and marketing sectors. 

Marketing Week Awards proudly showcase the Talent Trailblazer Award. This award celebrates the individuals and companies that have opened the industry to new talent, especially those who might not have previously considered it a viable career path. 

Professional Pensions awards celebrate the emerging talent in pensions – recognising and identifying the sector’s future leaders as well as shining the spotlight on the organisations and individuals that are helping develop and foster new talent in the industry.  

Women in Tech Rising Star Award is given to a woman who’s had a technology career for 3-10 years, who is excelling and making a valuable contribution to her organisation. 

Innovation Awards Rising Star Award recognises an engineer who has shown over the past 12 months, excellence in engineering and innovation as well as leadership. For individuals from the age of 18 to 40 based in the UK and Europe, applications close in June. 

The Food and Drink Federation’s Rising Star category is open to entrants within their first five years in the industry at any academic and training level. Entering is free and open until April. 

Now you’ve got a list of awards to run though, you can begin to think about your award strategy. If you’ve got someone to shout about but need help in writing the entry? Contact the team at Awards Writers today.