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New Submission Process

To start your submission, please use the 'Start Application' button in the top right of your screen. Each submission requires a 450 to 500 word entry.  This can be started and progressed at a pace that suits you by using our new save facility. 

It is important a submission addresses the criteria of a category. This includes a summary of why the organisation believes they should be recognised.

 

Summary

The 2024 Performance Awards Scheme looks to build upon the successful schemes of recent years.

There are nine categories in 2024; three ‘Team’ and six ‘Excellence’. The on-going changes faced by the profession, brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and cost of living crisis, are reflected in the criteria for each category.

Entries are welcomed from organisations in both the public and private sector. This includes organisations that are working together in partnership.

All submissions will need to be submitted through the Awards portal found on the IRRV Web Site. The closing date for entries is Friday, 7 June 2024. Unlike award schemes run by other organisations, there are no plans for this deadline to be extended.

Once the short-listing process has taken place, the list of finalists will be released in W/C 1 July 2024. A key element of the IRRV awards has always been the inspection process. Before the pandemic, short-listed organisations received a visit from an Inspection Team, drawn from distinguished experts within the profession.

 

This year, the inspection process will again be conducted virtually throughout July, August and early September. Finalists will facilitate the inspection and will invite the Inspection Team. Inspection Teams will produce a report for the Awards Panel who will select a winner in each category. In addition, they may also decide to recognise other finalists as being ‘Highly Commended’.

The virtual awards village will be released in September. This will be held on the IRRV web site and include a summary of the submissions from each finalist. Details of awards schemes from previous years can be found on the IRRV web site.

The Performance Awards Gala Dinner (when the winners in each category will be announced and trophies presented) is to be held during the IRRV Annual Conference on Wednesday, 9 October 2024.

Organisations selected as a finalist will receive one complimentary place to attend the Annual Conference (including the Gala Dinner). An organisation short-listed in more than one category, will receive a further complimentary place, for each additional category.