The annual National Personal Safety Awards mark the work done across the UK to keep people safe from violence and aggression.
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, the personal safety charity, seeks to recognise best practice in the field across sectors. This year the awards, presented with Peoplesafe, a provider of lone worker services, will be announced on the afternoon of Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Church House Conference Centre in central London. Shortlisted nominees will be announced before the day and will be invited. See the May 2017 print issue of Professional Security magazine for a report.
Anyone can nominate; organisations and individuals can either nominate themselves or be nominated by others.
How to nominate
To make a nomination (for yourself or someone else) you will need to send a completed nomination form; download a form on this link, or ask at [email protected]. All nominations must be received by email by 5pm Thursday, February 9, 2017.
Awards
These will be awarded on March 23:
– The Peoplesafe Personal Safety Champion Award – Awarded by the sponsors to the individual who facilitated the improvement of safety for employees in the workplace, especially for those employees who work alone.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Safer Workplace Award – to the employer who has done the most to improve personal safety awareness among staff, customer and/or suppliers.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Safer Community Award – to a local group, individual or local authority who has done the most to improve the personal safety of others and spread awareness of their work within their local area.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Inspiring Individual Award – to the individual who has gone over and above their job roles to promote personal safety in his/her organisation, school or community and inspired others in the process.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Taking Stalking Seriously Award – to the individual, community group or organisation that has done the most to support victims of stalking, or has campaigned and helped to raise awareness of the issues surrounding stalking.
•Suzy Lamplugh Trust National Personal Safety Day Award – awarded to the workplace, school, or community champion who did the most to promote personal safety within their own organisation, school/college or local community on and around National Personal Safety Day 2016.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Young Person’s Safety Award – to young people (under the age of 25) or a youth group who have improved the personal safety of others. This could be a campaigner or campaign group, a project, or youth organisation which has run projects around personal safety issues.
– Suzy Lamplugh Trust Best Safety Campaign Award – to the individual, police force, local authority or charity which has run the best safety campaign, around issues from street crime and safer travelling, to being safer online or anything which has made people more aware of their personal safety.
– Safer Campus Campaign Award – awarded to the university or college who submitted the best campaign during National Personal Safety Day on campus safety.
Rachel Griffin, pictured, Director of Suzy Lamplugh Trust, said: “The awards are a fantastic way to highlight good practice across all sectors and to recognise the hard work of various individuals and agencies that promote and ensure personal safety. We have always been inspired by the breadth and depth of the different projects nominated for awards, all of which are making communities and workplaces safer places.”
And Ian Johannessen, Peoplesafe Managing Director, said: “The Personal Safety Awards are really important and have a vital role to play – we are seeking to recognise those people for whom Personal Safety is a passion beyond mere words and job function. In 2016 it was brilliant to see the breadth of people, places and situations where personal safety activities are making a real difference to the attitudes and lives of so many. I greatly encourage anyone who has a sense of commitment to Personal Safety to get involved.”
