Awards Timeline
Nominations Are Now Closed
You can now submit a nomination for the iNetwork Innovation Awards 2025/26. The deadline for all submissions is Monday 21st December 2026.
Get People To Vote For Your Project
All nominations have been entered into the public vote. The voting will commence on Monday 25th January 2027 and close at midnight on Sunday 31st January 2027.
Get Ready To Be Judged
All submissions will be independently reviewed by the judging panel. The judges will grade each application based upon replicability, the level of innovation and how much impact the project has had/will have and will determine all the shortlisted finalists.
Did You Make It To The Finals?
The shortlisted finalists will be announced by Friday 19th February 2027. They will then be invited to the Awards Dinner and Ceremony. We require all shortlisted finalists to create a short two minute video about their award nomination. Even though we stipulate that the video should be created at little to no extra cost by using existing equipment and your creativity, we recognise that it’s a big ask. For this reason, the most creative video award recognises the originality and ingenuity to create inspired, fun and/or impactful video content.
See You At The Dinner and Ceremony
All shortlisted finalists will be invited to the Awards Dinner and Ceremony. This will take place on Thursday 18th March 2027, where all the category winners will be announced after the three course dinner.
Categories
This award is open to any iNetwork member to celebrate excellence in the transformation of public services. We welcome nominations that recognise teams and organisations that have successfully implemented change for people and places. Submissions demonstrate evidence of improved outcomes through innovative citizen focused solutions in the areas of data, technology and/or culture change.
This award is open to any iNetwork member to celebrate successes in public procurement and commissioning. In particular, we encourage nominations that have used innovative and collaborative procurement or commissioning practices to tackle social outcomes that are important to the public sector, delivered savings and efficiencies, and generally supported the improvement of public service organisations and the communities which they serve.
This award is open to any iNetwork member to celebrate successes in public procurement and commissioning. In particular, we encourage nominations that have used innovative and collaborative procurement or commissioning practices to tackle social outcomes that are important to the public sector, delivered savings and efficiencies, and generally supported the improvement of public service organisations and the communities which they serve.
This award is open to any public sector organisation that can demonstrate innovation and achievement in the effective use of data and information standards to improve services, to enable information transparency and/or to enable common understanding of a key issue.
This award is open to nominations from iNetwork member organisations who wish to recognise an exceptional partner organisation. Nominees may be from the public, private, or voluntary sector and do not need to be members of iNetwork. The award celebrates excellence in partnership working, recognising organisations that have demonstrated innovation, collaboration, efficiency, and a commitment to delivering positive outcomes together.
We require our finalists to create a short two minute video about their award nomination. Even though we stipulate that the video should be created at little to no extra cost by using existing equipment and your creativity, we recognise that it’s a big ask. For this reason, the most creative video award recognises the originality and ingenuity to create inspired, fun and/or impactful video content.
This is our top award, recognising the outstanding collective contribution of the iNetwork member organisation that has done the most to promote learning and sharing of innovation and best practice.
This new award category celebrates those individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the iNetwork partnership. It recognises those who actively promote iNetwork’s programmes of work to support shared insights, learning and best practice. All iNetwork Champions, Network Leadership Group Members, and Executive Board Members are eligible for automatic nomination in this category.