UnAwards 2023 - the shortlist
1. Best ethical comms behaviour/diversity
Shortlist
Affinity Trust
Companies House
Brent Council
Islington Council
Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance
2. Best social media account
Shortlist
Colchester Council Facebook
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
North West Ambulance Facebook
Manchester City Council
Derbyshire Constabulary Tik Tok
Met Office TikTok
3. Best crisis comms
Shortlist
Transport for Wales
Dorset Council/Dorset Local Resilience Forum
Essex Fire and Rescue Service
Staffordshire County Council
Brent Council
4. Best small team
Shortlist
North London Waste Authority
We are Staffordshire
Royal Free Charity
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority
South Yorkshire Pensions Authority
5. Best use of video
Shortlist
United Welsh
Liverpool City Council
Rachel Brown, CAN Digital and 62 local authorities
Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
6. Best young communicator
Shortlist
Edward Parker Humphreys, Lewisham Council
Carmen Proctor, Staffordshire County Council
Poppy Matthews, Cheltenham Borough Council & Cheltenham Borough Homes
Lauren Hunt, Staffordshire County Council
Ellie Caddick, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
7. Best use of research and evaluation
Shortlisted
Oxfordshire County Council
NHS England
Achieving for Children - Alive with Ideas
Companies House
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, Marketing and Communications Team
8. Best work by and agency/freelancer
Shortlisted
Alive with Ideas for Affinity Trust brand creation
Hitch and EY3 for Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Grey Fox for NHS NW London Health and Social Care Academy
Magpie for Hertfordshire County Council
Alive with Ideas for Achieving for Children
9. Best use of data
Shortlisted
Wigan Council PR Team - Here for You
Essex Fire and Rescue Service - Using data to increase volunteer applications
Buckinghamshire Council - Helping Hand for the Cost of Living
Greater Manchester Combined Authority - Helping Hands campaign
Hertfordshire County Council - Keep us Together, fostering siblings campaign
10. Best low cost/free comms
Shortlisted
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Wakefield Council
Liverpool City Council
Police Scotland
Rachel Brown, CAN Digital and 62 local authorities
11. Supporting health and wellbeing in communications
Shortlisted
Hertfordshire County Council - Here for you this winter
London Borough of Lewisham - Warm Welcomes: Community Living Rooms
Greater Manchester Combined Authority/Hitch Marketing/EY3 Media - Violence Reduction Campaign - #IsThisOk?
Kensington and Chelsea Council, Westminster City Council, Young K&C - We got U, U Got this - Youth Mental Health Signposting
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Comms Team - The clock is ticking
12. Best internal comms
Shortlisted
Buckinghamshire Council - Financial Wellbeing - internal Comms Campaign
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Cost of Living Support for Staff
Corporate Communications team at Bosch UK - Bosch ‘125 Acts of Kindness’
The Royal College of Physicians: Spark - the intranet that brings people together
Hertfordshire County Council - Steps to a Cleaner, Greener, Healthier Team Walking Challenge
13. Best social media campaign
Shortlisted
Hertfordshire County Council - Here for you this winter
Manchester City Council - Bringing the Buzz to Social Media
London Borough of Tower Hamlets - #TowerHamletsMoments
Rachel Brown, CAN Digital and 62 local authorities
London Borough of Tower Hamlets - Anti-social Behaviour Awareness Week
14. Best comms pro
Shortlisted
Polly Fisher - Hertfordshire County Council
Lauren Hunt – Staffordshire County Council
Dom Bowers – Essex Fire and Rescue Service
Scott Grant - Colchester City Council
Andrew Turton – West Midlands Combined Authority
Carrie-Ann Wade – Cat’s Pajamas
15. Best collaboration
Shortlisted
Rachel Brown, CAN Digital and 62 local authorities
We Are Staffordshire - Staffordshire a place to thrive
Tower Hamlets – Cost of living
16. Best use of email
Shortlisted
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – Secondary School Admissions
North West Ambulance Service - Better Health, Better You
Surrey County Council - Surrey Matters
City of Doncaster Council – Your Life
Basildon Borough council – Garden Waste Subscription Service launch
17. Best creative comms
Shortlisted
Staffordshire County Council – Staffordshire’s carbon bubble
North London Waste Authority – Together we recycle
Rachel Brown, CAN Digital and 62 local authorities
Tower Hamlets Council – Let’s rethink it
Affinity Trust – Together we make it possible
>> PUBLIC VOTE >>
You, the comms community, will decide the winners of three important categories:
18. Best Guest Post of 2023
19. Best Communications Team
20. Lifetime Achievement
You can vote HERE. The Public Vote closes on 21 November, at midnight
>> Well done everyone. shortlisted. See you on the big day at the lovely Everyman Cinema in Birmingham’s iconic Mailbox on 1 December.
You can grab up to two tickets per organisation HERE.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the UnAwards. Darren