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Locality Awards

The Locality Awards recognise and celebrate the people and organisations who believe in the power of community to create a fairer society.

Applications for 2025 will open at the end of May

The Locality Awards '25 will held on Wednesday 12 November during Locality Convention ’25 evening reception, in Liverpool.

One Community receiving an award from Tony Armstrong at Locality Awards

About the Awards

The Locality Awards celebrate the most dedicated and inspiring people and organisations in the Locality network.

They step in when others look away, they fill a need that’s not being met, and create spaces at the heart of our communities where lives are transformed.

What winners receive

Each Locality Award winner will receive a:

  • Trophy for recognition of their work
  • £1,000 cash prize to invest into their community or organisation

All finalists and their achievements will also be celebrated and promoted throughout the Locality network and may even get a mention in the press!

Winning the Transforming Lives Award has opened new doors as grantmakers are sending organisations ... to come and learn from us. This is a great privilege and a recognition of our work and credibility. Our prize money will be used to invest in an additional two people from our community being able to come the Locality Convention next year!

Yewande Kannike
Chief Executive, One Community Development Trust

Eligibility and applying

To be eligible for all Locality Awards (except for the Keep it Local Award), organisations must be Locality Members with an Essentials or Membership Plus package. To be eligible for the Keep it Local Award, organisations must be a local authority.

Eligible members receive the link to apply by email. Please contact us at communications@locality.org.uk if you are an eligible member and haven’t received your link or if you are a local authority and would like to apply.

Locality Awards winners 2024

Find the winning and shortlisted organisations for each award listed below. You can read more about our shortlisted organisations on our news page.

Power of Community

This award celebrates a community organisation working with local people to shape their own future and to build a fairer society where everyone in the community thrives.

 

Transforming Lives

This award celebrates a community organisation whose support has had a significant impact on changing local people’s lives.

 

Building Inclusive Communities

Supported by Howden. This award celebrates a community organisation that supports diverse groups of people and creates inclusive spaces.

 

Enterprising Organisation

This award celebrates a community organisation that has developed a creative business model that makes them successful and financially resilient.

 

Keep it Local

Supported by Lloyds Bank Foundation, Keep it Local is Locality’s campaign calling for public bodies to move away from bureaucratic commissioning and big outsourcing contracts.

This award celebrates an outstanding local authority, Integrated Care Board or other local health body that has instead created strong local partnerships with local community organisations and worked in an innovative way to unlock the power of its community.