This award celebrates teamwork that has had a positive impact on an organisation's performance. A team can be from a charity, business, sports club, private or public sector.

The team will need to demonstrate excellent co-operation utilising all the skills of all members of the team in working towards a shared goal. 

This award celebrates a woman who through hard work, inspiration and dedication has brought a positive change locally or further afield. Examples are championing diversity, preservation or enhancement of culture, heritage, environment, workplace or of a specific concern.

This award gives a unique opportunity to shine a light on remarkable stories of change. 

This award celebrates a champion of culture encompassing all areas of performing arts, visual arts and heritage. It will be awarded to an individual from the creative community, whose work has made a significant positive contribution to cultural life. Artists play one of the most important roles in our society whether this is as a dancer, musician, singer, painter, photographer, poet, author, screenwriter, actress, play writer or comedienne.

Our special lifetime achievement award recognises the contribution of a phenomenal woman who over the course of her whole career and lifetime, has given her time, energy and gifts to enhance people’s lives, community or the wider world. The winner of this award will boast a life story, which acts as a guiding beacon to inspire others who share it with her. 

This award celebrates a Rising Star who is recognised as an emerging leader of tomorrow. This individual needs to have shown exceptional promise in the early stages of their career and can demonstrate commitment to their profession, ideas and personal values. She can be a young achiever in school, college or University as well.

She needs to be a strong female role model who has enthusiasm, passion and drive.

This award shine a light on a woman who is an inspiration every day. This woman has overcome obstacles, is admired for her courage, outstanding achievements or her noble qualities and will be a symbol of hope and inspiration for others. She has a positive contribution to the community, workplace, family or her own life. She can be a volunteer or a carer. Her everyday selfless acts of compassion make our homes, our neighbourhoods and our world a better place.

This award celebrates a woman who exemplifies exceptional leadership qualities. She will have gone beyond financial metrics and have prioritised people, authenticity and positive change. She will have successfully led a strategy for outstanding performance.

This individual will demonstrate she has navigated challenges and is shaping the future.