It’s back - the best free learning event in the comms calendar - the UnAwards Winners Masterclass.
by Darren Caveney
The UnAwards 2025 generated a staggering 593 entries and the quality of the work submitted was higher than ever.
Attending the Masterclass each year is a unique opportunity to hear, first hand, the experiences, tips and lessons which lie behind the winners’ work.
The event is a 140 capacity SELLS OUT - Please email me if you would like to join the waiting list, at darrencaveney@gmail.com
Here’s your guide to the big day on 30April…
Pre event meal - 7.30pm at Indian Streatery, Bennetts Hill B2 5QP on Monday 20 April. Places are limited - you can sign up HERE.
The Masterclass will take place on Tuesday 21 April 2026 at The UnAwards’ spiritual home, The Everman Cinema, in Birmingham’s Mailbox, just a 9-10 minute walk from New Street train station.
AGENDA - UNAWARDS WINNERS MASTERCLASS 2026
9.30 Registration, tea, coffee and pastries
10 Welcome to the day – Darren Caveney, owner of comms2point0 and UnAwards organiser
10.10 Best young comms professional – James Bird, Ealing Council
10.30 Best low cost comms – Paul Butler and Joanna McKibben, NHS England
10.50 Staffordshire Special: Best comms professional, Clare Abbott and best social media campaign, Freya Dawson
11.10 Break
11.30 Best use of video – Magda Ibrahim, Wandsworth Council
11.50 Best human x AI collaboration – Alan Oram, Alive with Ideas
12.10 Morning winners panel Q&A
12.25 Partner Panel Q&A: Your chance to learn more about the latest in comms, design, social media, data, online campaigns, behaviour change and effective engagement – Orlo, CAN Digital, Local Government Association, e-shot, Alive with Ideas, Grey Fox Communications and Marketing, Letterbox Distribution, Seashell Communications, Whetstone Communications and Ruby Bhattal Coaching and Consultancy
12.40 Lunch
1.30 Bedfordshire Special: Best crisis comms – Leanne Ehren Ben Raza and Charlotte Parker, Bedfordshire Local Resilience Forum
1.50 Best social media account – Olivia Mante, Lewisham Council
2.10 Best guest post – Jack Grasby, Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
2.30 Coffee break
2.50 Best comms team – Phil Parker, Telford and Wrekin Council
3. 10 Lifetime achievement winner – Eva Duffy
3.40 Afternoon winners panel Q&A
3.55 Reflections and wrap up
4pm Finish, with drinks and chat in the Everyman diner afterwards for those who fancy staying on. Plus, more informal drinks are being organised at a follow-up venue for those who would like to stay longer.
Huge thanks…
to the official UnAwards Winners Masterclass partners and sponsors for making this event possible 🖤
Darren Caveney is creator and owner of comms2point0 and creative communicators ltd and organiser of the UnAwards.
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