This year we launch our new Risk Awards, providing universal opportunities to showcase the very best of risk management, resilience planning and business continuity in the public services firmament. Our theme reflects the stellar achievements of all those managing risk in one way or another across public services, and the organisations that support and supply them in the UK.
Once again, the last year of concurrent challenges for organisations has witnessed practitioners draw further on skills, capabilities and creativity in their professional lives. The ALARM Risk Awards present a chance for teams and individuals to promote and share ideas and learnings, and to accept accolades publicly for the excellent work they do.
We look forward to greeting a galaxy of stars at our sparkling Risk Awards dinner in Manchester on Monday 3 July 2023. One of them could be you, so do enter an award. There are ten varied categories to choose from and you can enter more than one category. Your entries can be based on ongoing projects, as well as established programmes of work.
All categories (except for Professional and Team of the Year) are open to non-members of ALARM, so please encourage your partners and suppliers to submit entries too. Full details of the categories can be found below.
Please read the Risk Awards terms & conditions before entering.
Here's what our previous winners have to say
Winning Professional of the Year was the pinnacle of my career. Winning an ALARM Award ratifies the work we all undertake and elevates the status of your organisation among peers as developing and implementing best practice. It raises the profile of individuals within their organisations and within their networking groups, enabling relationship building by sharing activity that has been recognised by the awards. Even being shortlisted for an award is a huge achievement among professionals, but to win is just brilliant.
Winning an ALARM Award has provided a real boost to the members of our team and the wider council involved in risk management.
Award categories
Organisational Award
This Award recognises approaches to managing organisational risk that has been identified outside of normal service delivery. This would include initiatives to mitigate emerging threat, risk, and harm. Entries will be judged on the success of the initiative in mitigating and adapting to organisational risk and improving outcomes for your organisation.
Service Delivery Award
This Award recognises innovative approaches to managing service delivery risk to our communities. This would include initiatives that help deliver better services with improved outcomes. Entries will be judged on the success of the initiative in mitigating risk and improving outcomes for the community.
Resilience Award
This Award recognises innovative approaches to improving resilience. This would include initiatives to respond to and recover from incidents. Entries will be judged on the success of the response and recovery and how this has improved organisational resilience.
Sustainability Award
This Award recognises innovative approaches to managing sustainability risks or risks associated with sustainability strategies and activity. Entries will be judged on the success of programmes that have made a positive difference to the sustainability of your organisation or the services it provides.
Innovative Research Award
This Award recognises innovative research. Entries will be judged on the success of the feasibility studies from research that supports risk management initiatives in your organisation.
Partnership Award
This Award recognises innovative approaches to managing partnership risk. Entries will be judged based on the success of the collaborative partnership approach in mitigating risk, improving outcomes for all stakeholders.
Response Award
This Award will be presented to a blue light professional or team that demonstrates how an innovative approach to a situation enabled a stronger response and better outcomes for both service and the community. Entries will be judged on evidence which demonstrates how this was achieved.
Rising Star Award
This Award will be presented to an apprentice, student, or someone new in a role who demonstrates enthusiasm for, and innovation in promoting risk management. Entries will be judged on evidence which demonstrates how this individual has engaged in, promoted, and developed opportunities to improve risk management.
Team of the Year
This Award will be presented to an outstanding team who demonstrate achievement, commitment, and enthusiasm in the promotion of service delivery.
Professional of the Year
This Award will be presented to an outstanding professional who demonstrates achievement, commitment, and enthusiasm in the promotion of service delivery, and whose individual efforts have contributed to successes in managing risk, building resilience or developing business continuity for an organisation.
The winner of the Professional of the Year Award will be invited to attend the 2024 PRIMA Conference from 16 to 19 June in Nashville, Tennessee. Travel, accommodation and food expenses will be covered.
The winner will be required to produce an account of their experience and professional learnings, to be published in stronger, ALARM's member journal, and shared by Risk Management Partners, as sponsors of the Award.