Who can enter?

The Awards are open to all current paid up members of the Trade Association Forum. Members may submit more than one entry in any category.

How to enter?

Step 1
Decide which categories you wish to enter. Remember you can enter as many awards as you like. Please note, that there is a charge of £40 + VAT for each award category entered. This charge does not apply to the Special Awards.

Step 2
There are set criteria for each separate award. Please ensure that the criteria are adhered to in order to ensure you qualify for entry.

Step 3
Complete the online entry form for each submission and attach any relevant supporting material, according to the detailed criteria.

Please remember to specify a word count with every Award. If hard copies are required (stated in the criteria for each award), each piece of material submitted must be clearly labelled, with the name of the organisation and the Award Category in which it is entered and sent by post to:

Jocelyn Rudnick
TA Best Practice Awards
Trade Association Forum
Centre Point
103 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1DU

Step 4 Once your entries are finalised please proceed to payment. There is an option available to save your application and to complete later.

If you are unsure about the requirements for a specific category, please feel free to give us a call on 0207 395 8238 or email jocelyn.rudnick@cbi.org.uk to discuss your entry.

Publicity

The names of trade associations that have submitted entries for the Awards may be published in lists of entrants, Finalists or Winners on the Forum website and elsewhere as deemed appropriate.

Images submitted as part of entries, including photos, document covers, web pages, etc, may be used in connection with the Awards presentation and Judges’ report and must be declared free from copyright or other restrictions in connection with reproduction.

Data Protection

Data collected with entries will be stored in a database and may be used in future to send out information that the Forum feels may be of interest to members. By taking part in the awards you are agreeing to this.

Confidentiality

The Forum recognises that some information submitted in support of entries may be of a sensitive or confidential nature.

The Forum undertakes to try and ensure that, where information is indicated to be confidential, that confidentiality will be respected and maintained in both the judging process and in any resulting publicity.

Please note that Award entries, together with supporting documentation will be made available for viewing by other associations. If you wish to keep information confidential (eg financial information), please type ‘Confidential’ at the top of the document.

Method of Judging

The judging will be in two parts:

1. A sifting stage to select the Awards Finalists.
2. Final judging to select the Winner in each category.

There will be one winning submission per category.

The Judges will take into consideration the merit of the entries and the extent to which the entries meet the awards criteria. The Judges will recognise that smaller associations may not have the resources of larger associations.

Consideration will be given to how generally applicable each entry is to the wider TA world and other associations.

The Judges reserve the right to withhold awards where entries are deemed to be of insufficient merit.

The decision of the Judging panel is final. No correspondence will be entered into. The Judges reserve the right to move an entry from one Category to another.

If you would like to take part in the sifting process please contact the Forum.

Announcement and Presentation

The award Winners will be announced at the Annual Awards and Networking Dinner due to be held at 8 Northumberland Avenue, London on Thursday, 11th July 2013.

No information regarding the winner will be given out prior to the event. The Winners in each category will receive an Award and a Certificate.

Results will be recorded in a Post Event Report and displayed on the Trade Association Forum website.

Organiser

The Awards scheme is organised by:

Trade Association Forum
Centre Point
103 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1DU

E: jocelyn.rudnick@cbi.org.uk
T: 0207 395 8283
W: www.taforum.org