Which are the best HR awards to enter? 

Have you successfully delivered a HR strategy or project over the past year, and want to shout about it? There’s definitely a category out there for you to enter and showcase your hard work, team members, and efforts. But with literally thousands of award categories to choose from, where do you start? 

In this blog, you’ll find a list of the most popular categories and best HR awards to enter, and deadlines.  

Note that deadlines and award ceremony dates change from year to year, so it’s always good to double-check. 

For employers: 

• The UK’s Best Companies to Work For (deadlines end of Dec, March, June, Sept)  
• The Inspiring Workplace Awards (deadline February)  
• The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards (Powered by WorkL) (deadline March) 
• Great Place to Work  
• Best Workplaces for Women event in July (deadline May).  
• Stevie Awards for Great Employers (deadline June)  

HR strategy: 

• The HR Excellence Awards  (deadline August) is one of the best awards for a major strategy. They also provide a very glamorous ceremony in London  
• Likewise, May’s Company Culture Awards (deadline February)  
• UK Employee Experience Awards (deadline February)  
• Business Culture Awards (deadline June)  

HR project or initiative:  

• CIPD People Management Awards (deadline April) are very prestigious and are usually held at a lavish black-tie event at JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London 
• The Personnel Today Awards (deadline June) which are similarly high-profile awards 
• HR Brilliance Awards (deadline October), is another excellent choice to enter to showcase your successes 

Learning and development project/strategy:  

The Brandon Hall Excellence in Human Capital Management Program (April deadline) and  

The Learning Awards (September deadline) are both extremely credible if you have a creative and impactful project.  

The Princess Royal Training Awards (March deadline) and the Investors in People Awards (August deadline) and The Learning Excellence Awards (October deadline) are great for employers who are committed to L&D in general. 

Individual team member who stands out/made a difference: 

This can relate to your whole team, a rising star member or a HR leader who has demonstrated excellent innovation, collaboration, and creativity.  

• CIPD People Management Awards (deadline April)  
• Personnel Today Awards (deadline June)  
• The Stevie Awards for Great Employers (deadline June) 

For excellent employee benefit schemes:  

• The Employee Benefits Awards (deadline February) 
•  The Rewards (deadline August) 
•  The Reward 300, (March deadline) 

Innovative with technology? 

• The Learning Technologies Awards (registration in July),  
• The Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Program (deadline September)  

Now you’ve found an award you want to enter, what do you do next? Here are three practical steps to help with award entries, and it’s always good to have an awards strategy for the year ahead.  

If you need any help shouting about your recent HR projects or strategies, get in touch and a member of our team will be more than happy to chat about your award goals.