Guidance

Lord Ferrers Awards 2022

Updated 5 July 2022

Introduction

The Lord Ferrers Awards recognise outstanding contributions to volunteering in policing. Awarded annually, the Lord Ferrers Awards are open to a wide range of policing volunteers across 11 individual and team categories.

A panel of judges will select a winner and runner-up from each category on the basis that they meet the following criteria:

• a high quality piece of work – the nomination demonstrates effectiveness, creativity, well planned work and that the person or team nominated played a leading role in its design, implementation or delivery
• a measurable impact – the nomination demonstrates how the person or team have achieved and sustained a measurable impact for the benefit of policing or communities
• inspiring contribution – the nomination demonstrates a positive and inspiring contribution to others within policing

The full list of award categories is set out below:

Award	Description
Ferrers Special Constabulary - Individual Award	Open to individual Special Constables who have demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to policing and/or their communities.
Ferrers Special Constabulary – Team Award	Open to teams of Special Constables who have demonstrated a sustained and significant contribution to policing and/or their communities.
Police Support Volunteer – Individual Award	Open to individual Police Support Volunteers who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to policing and/or their communities.
Police Support Volunteer – Team Award	Open to teams of Police Support Volunteers who have worked together to make a significant and sustained contribution to policing and/or their communities.
Volunteer Police Cadet – Individual Award	Open to individual Volunteer Police Cadets who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to Youth Led Social Action in support of policing and/or their communities.
Volunteer Police Cadet – Team Award	Open to teams of Volunteer Police Cadets who have worked together to make a significant and sustained contribution to Youth Led Social Action in support of policing and/or their communities.
Employer Supported Policing Award	Open to all organisations that support their local police force through facilitating their employees to volunteer in policing. The award recognises the contribution of employers working in partnership with forces to ensure employees can volunteer to support their local communities. It includes those volunteers accredited under the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme.
Leadership Award	Open to individual Special Constables who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to leadership.
Innovation Award – Individual or Team	Open to Special Constables, Police Support Volunteers, Volunteer Police Cadets or any other volunteer involved in policing. The award recognises volunteers who have demonstrated innovation, including through the use of technology and problem solving in support of policing and/or their communities.
Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) Volunteer – Individual or Team	Open to OPCC volunteers who have demonstrated a significant and sustained contribution to policing and/or their communities.
Volunteering in Partnership Award – Individual or Team	Open to Special Constables, Police Support Volunteers, Volunteer Police Cadets or any other volunteer involved in policing. This award recognises volunteers who have demonstrated a significant and positive contribution to working with others in partnership for the benefit of their communities.

Submitting the nomination form

The nomination form for all award categories can be found online at:

https://www.homeofficesurveys.homeoffice.gov.uk/s/JBGJX3/

Guidance for completion is as follows:

• all sections of the form must be completed, or the nomination will not be shortlisted
• the selection panel will not consider self nominations from individuals or teams
• persons nominating individuals or teams can make a maximum of one nomination per application - you may make more than one nomination using separate forms
• for team nominations, please only nominate up to five team members. Where the team is larger than five, please detail a maximum of five members to represent the team
• we are unable to shortlist nominations where long service, extra hours or bravery are the sole case for nomination, as these are recognised by other awards
• please provide as much information as you can on what the nominee(s) has achieved within the word limit
• please be as specific as possible about the nominee’s impact - in previous years, some strong nominations have been unsuccessful because they do not provide enough specific detail and evidence of the nominee’s achievements for the judging panel to be able to compare them against others. Please also remember to be clear about the role and achievements of the nominee(s) rather than concentrating only on the wider project.

If you have any queries or are unable to submit an online application, please email LordFerrersAward@homeoffice.gov.uk for more information.

Nominations close at midnight on Tuesday 19 July 2022. We cannot accept late nominations.

Awards timetable and ceremony details

Tuesday 7 June 2022	Nominations open
Tuesday 19 July 2022	Nominations close
Mid-late July 2022	Shortlisting
Mid-August 2022	Selection panel (Finalists in each category will then be invited the ceremony)
Thursday 13 October 2022	Awards ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place at a central London location on 13 October 2022. Only winners and runners up will be invited to the ceremony, along with a senior representative from their force. In the Employer Supported Policing category, representatives from both the force and the employer will be invited in order that their contribution can be recognised jointly. Nominees will only find out if they have won at the ceremony itself.

Winners and runners up will receive further information on the ceremony in due course, including the number of guest places that will be available.

Use of information

The Home Office is only allowed to process your data where there is a lawful basis for doing so. By signing this form, you are providing your consent for us to process your data for the purposes we outline below. You can withdraw your consent at any time by writing to us at LordFerrersAward@homeoffice.gov.uk.

In order for us to help you with your enquiry we may need to record details of your case. These details may contain your personal and sensitive data. Any personal information that you provide will be treated in confidence and only used in connection with the Lord Ferrers Awards. These will be stored securely throughout the nomination process and only accessed by those directly connected with the process. This may include sharing details with nominated officers. All personal information collected in connection with this year’s Lord Ferrers Awards will be securely destroyed after a period of two years following the ceremony in October 2022.

The Home Office collects, processes and shares personal information to enable it to carry out its statutory and other functions.

More information about the ways in which the Home Office may use your personal information, including the purposes for which we use it, the legal basis, and who your information may be shared with can be found at Personal information charter.

Requesting access to your personal data

You have the right to request access to the personal information the Home Office holds about you. Details of how to make the request can be found at Personal information charter.

Other rights

In certain circumstances you have the right to:

1. object to and restrict the use of your personal information, or to ask to have your data deleted, or corrected

2. (where you have explicitly consented to the use of your personal data and that is the lawful basis for processing) you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data and the right to data portability (where processing is carried out by automated means)

Questions or concerns about personal data

If you have any questions or concerns about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, including how to ask for your personal information, please contact the Home Office via the contact details at Personal information charter.