Community Award
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More about the Community Award
This award will recognise the business who has demonstrated responsible business practices across the four areas of local community, environment, their people, and supply chain.
This award is open to businesses or social enterprises that have made a significant positive impact on the community and region they operate in.
Judging Criteria
To enter, you will be asked to submit your entry which shows how your organisation has met the criteria for this category.
The judges are looking for:
- Evidence of a contribution to the overall well-being of the community, its environment and general quality of life.
- Applicants must demonstrate a working partnership using positive influences to support suppliers and other partners to adopt best environmental, workplace and community practice.
- Show how you have organised or been involved in the following initiatives – through your business – or structured the business to have community at its heart.
- Programmes, events, or projects with not-for-profit social objectives
- An innovative approach to the way the business puts community interests at its core.
- Activities that stimulate interest in the arts, community engagement, encourage enterprise or raise aspirations.
- Ethical practice and profit with purpose
The application form will require you to provide some basic background to your business (if not included above).
- Sector
- Turnover (if applicable)
- Number of employees
- Purpose & Values of the business
- Mix of workforce – age and sex
- All information submitted with be confidential and only shared with the judging panel
You can apply for multiple awards
Circle2Success may contact you if we require any further supporting information or further clarification.
Why Enter?
The C2S Regional Business Awards are open to all non-members and member organisations.
Entering the C2S Regional Business Awards is a great way to recognise your staff and statistics show award-winning businesses achieve approximately 37% more sales growth.
Finalists and Winning companies will benefit from:
- Meeting our Judging Team
- Pre- and post-event marketing across our multi-platform marketing channels, including email campaigns and social media;
- Inclusion in the Event Programme
- Feature in our C2S Business Magazine
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How to Enter
Complete the entry form for this award, and submit before the closing date. A member of the C2S Team will be in contact to ask you to forward any supporting documents and additional relevant information to support your application.
The C2S Regional Business Awards are open to all non-members and member organisations, and operating in the Southern region (excluding London) and South Wales.
Save the Dates
Entries open
1st October 2025
Awards Breakfast
2026
Entry Closing Date
2026
Shortlisters’ celebration
2026
Judging Takes Place
2026
Finalists Drinks
2026
Awards Evening
2nd July 2026
Knowledge Exchange Forum
2026
Award Entry Guidelines
Entries which demonstrate how the organisation or individual has gone above and beyond in this category will stand a better chance of becoming shortlisted. Please ensure your entry is clearly outlined using bullet points and headings to make it easier for judges to read and analyse your entry. For some awards, we may require additional information, which a member of the C2S Team will contact you to request these.
It is free to enter the C2S Regional Business Awards, and you are welcome to apply for multiple awards. You may submit an entry for yourself, your own organisation, or nominate others. As per our terms and conditions, finalists are expected to have at least one representative from your organisation attend the Awards Evening. Sponsors are also eligible to enter the awards.
Please note: All entries are subject to our terms and conditions and judges’ decisions will be final. You can find our full Terms and Conditions here.
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Thank you for your interest in this award we look forward to receiving your entry. Any questions please get in touch info@c2sgrowth.com
A Message from the Category Sponsor
CCP is a registered charity (No.1043143) that exists to prevent the causes and reduce the effects of homelessness, family breakdown and exclusion. With a head office in Cheltenham, we currently employ 280 staff, backed up by a team of 100 + volunteers, currently delivering services and projects in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire and Dorset and Teignbridge.
The charity was originally founded in 1989 by a local businessman in response to the growing number of homeless young people in Cheltenham. Recognising that people as young as 16 were sleeping rough around the town after having been thrown out of their family home, he purchased a building and opened a 10 bed hostel.
Over the years, the charity has grown to become one of Gloucestershire’s foremost voluntary sector social care providers, and some 30 years after it was founded the original hostel is still managed by CCP as part of our Accommodation-based service, offering integrated accommodation and training to young people who are working to achieve sustainable independent living. The charity has also expanded in terms of the range of services offered and the geographical reach, currently working across five counties in the South West.
We embrace Social Value by encouraging volunteers to get involved in all of our services and projects. In the last year, volunteers have contributed 31,448 hours, worth £418,000!
We also have a thriving student program and provide work placements for social work students from University of Gloucestershire, University of the West of England, University of Worcestershire, Bournemouth University and Bristol University, overseen by qualified Practice Educators.
