Ayrshire Achieves 2025 – nominations are now closed
Nominations for Ayrshire Achieves 2025 are now closed. Stay tuned for updates on our 2025 finalists, coming soon.
Ayrshire Achieves is about recognising exceptional staff and volunteers who provide health and care services in Ayrshire and Arran. Awards are open to all members of staff employed by NHS Ayrshire & Arran or one of the three Health and Social Care Partnerships, as well as volunteers.
Ayrshire Achieves is supported by NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Area Partnership Forum and a number of generous sponsors.
Award categories
There are six categories:
Behind the Scenes, sponsored by NHS Credit Union
This award is for staff who make a real difference without most people knowing about it.
Care and Compassion, sponsored by Unite
This award recognises individuals or teams who have demonstrated care and compassion towards colleagues or patients and their families. This can also include GP, care home colleagues and staff providing an NHS contracted service.
Collaboration and Working Together, sponsored by NHS Credit Union
This award is for those who have demonstrated exceptional teamworking and collaboration. The nomination should clearly demonstrate the benefits and impact of the collaboration.
Making a Difference With Digital, sponsored by NHS Credit Union
This award is for an individual or team who are doing things differently using digital approaches.
Shining Stars, sponsored by Unite
This award is for individuals, teams or volunteers who go above and beyond what is expected of them.
Thinking Out Of The Box, sponsored by NHS Credit Union
This award is for an individual or team who has undertaken something new or different; delivered innovation, reform, or found solutions against all the odds. It may have improved services for patients, people who use our services, carers, partner organisations, departments, or colleagues within NHS Ayrshire & Arran or the three health and social care partnerships.
Special thanks to all our sponsors of Ayrshire Achieves 2025: Unite, NHS Credit Union, NHS Staff Benefits & Royal College of Nursing.
How will the award winners be chosen?
Shortlisting and judging will take place in March 2025, with the awards ceremony taking place on Thursday 29 May 2025 in University Hospital Ayr. The judging panel will include members of the NHS Board, clinical and non-clinical staff, representatives from the three Health and Social Care Partnerships, representatives from trade unions and professional organisations and sponsors.
There will be no more than four finalists in each category. The award winners will be at the discretion of the judges.
What do award winners receive?
Award winners in each category will receive a trophy and a certificate. All finalists in each category will receive a certificate. Invitations to the ceremony will be issued to finalists in April 2025.
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