The Government Property Awards are to be presented on the afternoon of Wednesday 17th September and will provide a unique opportunity for property professionals from across the public sector to celebrate successes and to recognise individuals and teams who have made a real difference.
Transform Places and Services Awards:
Collaboration – A team, individual, or organisation who has demonstrated innovation and ambition in collaboration, either between departments, with the wider public sector, or the property industry. The collaboration should lead to real results:
improving the performance of the public estate, leading to improved service delivery.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Delivered real benefits, financial or otherwise, through the creation of new relationships and collaborations
between organisations
- Delivered improvements to the effectiveness of the public estate and public services through collaboration between organisations
- Encouraged innovation and new models of delivery through collaboration
Community Impact (New Award) – A team, individual, or organisation who has instigated real change in their community, whether through their work or volunteering their time and effort.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Enacted real and lasting change to their community
- Gone above and beyond their BAU, volunteering their time and expertise to help others
- Stepped in when others look away, filling a need that’s not being met, and created spaces at the heart of
communities where lives are transformed.
- Supporting others with career progression or academic achievement.
Project of the Year – An outstanding team, undertaking a project that has contributed to excellence and improved outcomes in government property. The winning project may have utilised innovation or digital solutions for the projects requirements.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Made a significant improvement to government property, the building or building services that impact
on the user, the wider public and/or the environment.
- Delivered clearly defined benefits through encouraging effective working across sectors, managed and
reviewed through the life cycle of the project.
- Clearly articulated the business case for the property change, demonstrating the continued justification of
the project strategically
Smaller, Better, Greener Awards:
Transforming Places – For the team that has transformed government spaces in line with the Government Property Strategy. The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Transformed Places to support improved public services
- Helped level up communities, contributing to place-making, regeneration, and new housing supply
- Demonstrated commitment to high‑quality design and beautiful places
- Showcase built-in flexibility to adapt the estate to changing service models along with greater emphasis
on colocation and multiple occupancy of buildings.
Health & Safety – For the H&S team or individual H&S professional who has achieved significant change and improvement of Health and Safety management within their organisations. Recognises commitment to exemplary health, safety and wellbeing management in the Government Estate.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Identified a new and emerging risk to health safety and well-being within their organisation.
- Demonstrates a creative and collaborative approach to finding solutions.
- Implemented changes with real, tangible results
Smaller, Better, Greener – For the team which has demonstrated exceptional commitment to the Government Property Strategy, and implemented programmes to deliver a smaller, better, and greener public estate.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Helped to create a smaller, better, and greener public estate.
- Transformed the Government property portfolio, showcasing a shift to a higher quality, fit for purpose,
shared, more efficient, productive and sustainable estate.
- Worked toward creating an estate which is more efficient, effective and sustainable.
Sustainability – An individual, team or network who demonstrate exceptional commitment to sustainability whether in their workplace or in their area of responsibility.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Measured, monitored and reduced environmental impact within the organisation’s area of work.
- Levered innovation in the sustainability agenda beyond their own project potentially to different teams,
organisations or sectors.
- Minimised or eradicated cost to the environment in terms of energy use or other resources through
measurement, monitoring and intervention.
Professional Excellence and Insight Awards:
Apprentice of the Year (New Award) – For an individual who has made outstanding contributions to
their area of work and/or apprenticeship; while maintaining progress in growing their knowledge, skills and experience.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- A passionate, driven and delivery focused individual who has excelled in their training and have gone above
and beyond to support their team, department and function.
- Someone who is a huge asset to an organisation, whose work has improved the operation of a service or the
wider business.
- Someone who has contributed to creation of community within the profession, encouraging supportive cross government connections and/or sharing of skills.
Capability Champion – For an an individual or team who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to improving skills, capability, and development of talent.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Identified a gap in current or future skills needs in their team, and designed a solution that engages
colleagues in developing those skills.
- Builds professionalisation and/or specialist skills within the profession – helping to create property
professionals who are experts in their field.
- Has been innovative in delivery – perhaps making use of virtual or social learning techniques to develop skills that can be applied quickly to the challenges faced.
Fast Stream Champion of the Year (New Award) – For an individual that has demonstrated an outstanding
commitment to the property fast stream scheme, excelling in their professional development whilst supporting their departmental team/function.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Developed initiatives to continuously improve and promote the fast stream to further enhance the
scheme.
- Led on an outstanding piece of work within their host department incorporating their property technical and leadership skills.
- Played an active role in developing a sense of community within the Fast Stream, as well as across
the wider property profession.
Inclusivity Champion – For a team, network or individual who have made a significant contribution to the diversity and inclusivity agenda within government property, helping the profession, across all sectors, become representative of the public we serve.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Acted as a role model in championing D&I issues from across public sector property/profession.
- Created an inclusive culture by challenging inequalities and barriers.
- Led initiatives to remove barriers and enable talented employees from underrepresented groups to realise
their full potential and attract new talent.
- Played a leading role in collaborating with others to join up key stakeholders as part of workable solutions.
Impact & Innovation – For the individual or team who can best demonstrate how they used imaginative, innovative solutions to solve complex problems.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Demonstrated a commitment to finding new ways of working.
- Use of data, emerging technologies or to tangibly advance the work of the Government Property
Function.
- Used proptech to drive better use or operation of the Government estate to support better public services
or improved sustainability.
Keystone – For a special individual who goes above and beyond to deliver outstanding results, working in a role or area which is often in the background but nonetheless vital to the success of the team or service.
The criteria for this award are not prescriptive.
- Judges will be looking to recognise an individual who has consistently demonstrated a commitment to their
work, delivering important and positive outcomes.
- Someone whose outstanding work does not usually receive a high profile, and who is worthy of special
recognition.
- Someone who is a huge asset to an organisation, whose work is essential to the operation of a service or the
wider business.
Leadership – For an individual who has demonstrated significant leadership, regardless of their job role or grade. This can be from a team leader, a line manager, a member of staff who has been upward managing or a temporary step up the plate.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Acted as a role model for their colleagues, leading by example and inspiring colleagues, peers and or their
team to go above and beyond involving colleagues.
- Acting on feedback to create an effective, inclusive and productive work environment by way of their
leadership style or method.
- Shown remarkable leadership qualities that are beyond their usual work remit or role.
Rising Star – An individual in the first 5 years of their property career who has made outstanding contributions to their area of work; while maintaining progress in growing their knowledge, skills and experience.
The winning nomination could demonstrate how they have:
- Made a substantial achievement and the potential to succeed further in their career.
- A passionate, driven and delivery focused individual who has excelled in their training and have gone
above and beyond to support their team, department and function.
- Maintained and grown a collaborative approach to their work, or attempted something outside their
comfort zone.
