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About Our Awards
- The 2025 Performance Awards Scheme looks to build upon the successful schemes of recent years with nine categories in 2025; three ‘Team’ and six ‘Excellence’. The on-going changes faced by the profession are reflected in the criteria for each category.
- Entries are welcomed from organisations in both the public and private sector and from those involved in teams closely related to the Institutes sphere of interest. This includes organisations that are working together in partnership.
- All submissions will need to be submitted through the Awards portal using the 'Start Application' button at the top right of this page. The closing date for entries is Friday, 13 June 2025. 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 30th June 2025.
- A key element of the IRRV awards has always been the inspection process. 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 then 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 Thursday 2 October 2025. 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.
Criteria
Local Taxation and / or Revenues Team of the Year
This award specifically relates to the team and its members. How it has maintained and continually improved service standards resulting in high levels of performance, customer satisfaction and effective administrative procedures in Local Taxation and / or Revenues. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Benefits and / or Welfare Reform Team of the Year
This award specifically relates to the team and its members. How it has maintained and continually improved service standards resulting in high levels of performance, customer satisfaction and effective administrative procedures in Benefits and / or Welfare Reform. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Most Improved Team of the Year
This award specifically relates to the team, its members and how it has improved over a defined period. It can be a matter of comparing itself to its own previous performance, or to other organisations. It should demonstrate improved service standards resulting in high levels of performance, customer satisfaction and effective administrative procedures. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Excellence in Education and / or Staff Development
This award specifically recognises organisations that can show outstanding achievements in developing and delivering impactful training programmes for staff. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Excellence in Innovation
This award specifically relates to organisations who can demonstrate they have been innovative in implementing projects, products, or procedures. This could be based on information technology, service delivery, or working practices, which have been adopted and implemented within the organisation. The submission should provide a clear explanation of the innovation and how it relates to the activity being delivered.
Excellence in Partnership Working
This award specifically relates to organisations who are able to demonstrate they have entered into a partnership that has enhanced the level of service provided and achieved measurable savings. Partnerships can be either private or public sector or a combination of both. There will need to be evidence of why the partnership was implemented and how it has since developed. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Excellence in Protecting the Public Purse
This award specifically relates to organisations who are able to demonstrate they have entered into a partnership that has enhanced the level of service provided and achieved measurable savings. Partnerships can be either private or public sector or a combination of both. There will need to be evidence of why the partnership was implemented and how it has since developed. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Excellence in Rating, Valuation and Property Advisory Services
This award specifically relates to organisations who are able to demonstrate they have entered into a partnership that has enhanced the level of service provided and achieved measurable savings. Partnerships can be either private or public sector or a combination of both. There will need to be evidence of why the partnership was implemented and how it has since developed. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
Excellence in Social Inclusion
This award specifically relates to organisations that have excelled in social inclusion. There will need to be evidence of leading-edge approaches to the delivery of social inclusion policies, which have improved the life of those experiencing the impact of poverty and deprivation whilst reflecting on the current challenges facing communities. The submission should provide a clear explanation of achievements, by whom and how it compares to other organisations.
To start your submission, please use the 'Start Application' button at the top right of this page.
Conditions
All submissions must be submitted through the Awards Portal by 5.00pm on Friday, 13 June 2025.
(Note: There are no plans for this closing date to be extended)
The title provided in the submission can not be changed after submission is submitted.
(Note: Ensure you include any/all names as part of the submission title)
A submission must not exceed 750 words.
(Note: Submissions in excess of 750 words will be rejected)
On receipt of a submission, an acknowledgement email will be sent within 48 hours.
(Note: If not received, the Performance Awards Co-ordinator should be notified)
Additional documentation should not be provided to support the submission.
(Note: The short-listing exercise will be based on the submission alone)
An organisation is entitled to submit an entry in more than one category.
(Note: A separate submission should be made for each category)
The Awards Panel may decide to split a category into one or more categories.
(Note: This will only happen, if entries within a category are so diverse)
The Awards Panel reserves the right to consider a submission in another category.
(Note: This will only take place with agreement of the organisation)
Key Dates
Friday, 13 June 2025
Closing date for submissions
Week commencing 30 June 2025
Finalists announced
July, August and September 2025
Virtual inspections
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Performance Awards Gala Dinner
Inspections
Inspections will be conducted virtually and facilitated by the organisation.
An organisation short-listed in more than one category will have a separate inspection for each category.
Virtual Inspections in any one category will not last more than 1½ hours.
A short-listed organisation will be expected to make a presentation of no more than 45 minutes and should allow 45 minutes for any questions from the Inspection Team.
An Inspection Team would welcome the opportunity to meet with those that have contributed to the organisations achievement.
Additional documentation can be provided by the organisation prior to, during or after their inspection, to support their submission.
Following the virtual inspection, an inspection team will produce a comprehensive report, that is then submitted to the Awards Panel, who ultimately take the final decisions in each category.
A short-listed organisation will be entitled to request feedback on their submission(s).
Note: A short webinar will be recorded and sent to all short-listed organisations once the finalists have been announced. This will offer advice and guidance on how to prepare for and run a virtual inspection.
Awards Panel
David Magor OBE IRRV (Hons)
Chair of the IRRV Performance Awards Panel, former Chief Executive of the IRRV and a Past President of the IRRV
Simon Green MIRCS IRRV (Hons)
President of the IRRV
Allan Clark MSc, MCMI, FIRRV
Senior Vice President of the IRRV and Portfolio Holder for Law and Research
Nick Rowe IRRV (Hons)
Immediate Past President of the IRRV
Alistair Townsend FIRRV CMgr MCMI
IRRV Portfolio Holder for Commercial Services and a Past President of the IRRV
Richard Harbord M.Phil CPFA FCCA IRRV (Hons) FCMI FMIS MIMC FRSA
Chair of IRRV Policy & Resources Committee and a Past President of the IRRV
Gary Watson IRRV (Hons)
Chief Executive of the IRRV and a Past President of the IRRV
Awards Night Host
This years host is Mike Bushell
Mike Bushell presents the sport on BBC Breakfast and covers a wide range of different pursuits for the show. He has profiled and sampled nearly four hundred different sports and activities during his Saturday morning slot. This is believed to be a world record. He also holds the unusual world record, for crossing one mile of water in a large inflatable ball known as a zorb, or waterwalker for sport relief.
His Saturday slot on the programme started over fifteen years ago, with the aim being to prove there is a sport out there for everyone. He’s the sports guinea pig, going into bat on behalf of the beginner, trying to inspire others like him off the sofa at the weekend.
As well as profiling mainstream sports events, with the top stars, whether it be a game of tennis against Novak Djokovic, or trying to bowl out Alistair Cook, he has often featured different new initiatives by well-known sports which are trying to tempt in new participants, by becoming more accessible. These have included Rush Hockey, and Cage Cricket. Many of activities and sports he has featured, will be ones most people haven't heard of before. Whether it be nurdling, or tchouckball, or shin kicking, whip cracking, bog snorkelling, or even worm charming, they all have one thing in common: they bring people together, exercising, getting fitter, and gaining confidence. Mike wrote about his experiences discovering new sports in the book Bushell’s Best Bits.
Mike has vast experience of covering big sporting events, having reported, and presented on the Olympics, Paralympics, the Winter games, Football World Cups, Commonwealth Games, and Asian Games. He has reported on these for Breakfast, the BBC News Channel, and BBC World.
Alongside his sporting day job Mike has also competed in Celebrity Mastermind, and memorably in Strictly Come Dancing. He has always been a keen sportsman, having played football, cricket, and hockey at school. He also represented the county of Hertfordshire at Chess, but its cross country running that he really excelled in. As a teenager, he ran one hundred and seventy-five miles in six days, setting off from his new home in Yorkshire to his old one in Hertfordshire, to raise money for charity. Mike's other passion was in acting, after he was spotted by the National Youth Theatre. He spent four years there and a degree in theatre and television followed, but while trying to make ends meet as an actor, he broke into journalism on a local newspaper and the rest is history.
Awards Night Band
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Contact Details
All enquiries on the Performance Awards should be addressed to the Performance Awards Co-ordinator, Vicki Chastney; her contact details are:-
Address:
167-169 Great Portland Street,
5th Floor,
London,
W1W 5PF
Telephone:
0207 691 8979
E-Mail:
awards@irrv.org.uk