Guidelines

How Nomination Works

1. Gather Information

• Visit the Categories Overview Page and read the full description of each award.
• Decide which Award category is best for the work you are considering making a nomination for. If you think the work fits, the same nominations can be made under different categories. This might be one or more people nominated under several awards, a group that suits two awards or all of these.
• Organisations or an individual can be nominated for the Youth Award.
• The Connected Community Award focuses on a group or organisation.
• Other Awards focus on an individual, but there may be a case for a joint nomination for two people who have worked very closely in achieving their goals.
• Check with the person/organisation that they are content to be nominated and have their details submitted.
• Gather together your information. Consider what kind of evidence you might have in photos, testimonials, etc. which could be added as additional material. This will need to be stored in one PDF as below.

2. Complete the Form

• Visit the Nominate Page and fill out the nomination form. Select the appropriate Award Category from the dropdown.
• Provide contact details for yourself and your nominee. The nomination form will not submit without these sections being completed.
• Provide as much information on your nominee as possible and then provide a short executive summary of your points at the very end of the form. Make sure you emphasise how the work of the nominee addresses peace building and/or Good Relations.
• All organisations engaged in good relations work across the region can enter the awards. This includes the community & voluntary sector, councils, charities, social enterprises, and the public and private sector. Entries should demonstrate the tangible impact, the nominee(s) or project has had on Good Relations and on the T:BUC Strategy key priorities of:
  • Our children and young people;
  • Our shared community;
  • Our safe community; and
  • Our cultural expression.
• You can provide backup information and photographs as one PDF of maximum file size 3 Mb.
• You can save the nomination form as you go along as long as you have not clicked Submit.

Each section must be completed. An incomplete nomination cannot be submitted.

3. Submit your Nomination

• Make sure your nomination form has been submitted by clicking on the Submit button, at which point the system will provide an acknowledgment. If you do not receive an acknowledgement go back up the form and check for comments in red, telling you areas are incomplete.