I had the privilege of attending the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards 2023 as one of the judges on Wednesday evening (28 June) with my Executive Assistant Louise Mackenney and Communication Consultant Dan Holden.
We joined over 500 people at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London, and it was lovely to catch up with comms friends in person and see their hard work celebrated.
Well done to all the winners and everyone shortlisted.
If you’re thinking of entering awards, do check out our previous blog posts: Five top tips from an awards judge, Insider tips from an awards judge and How to enter comms awards.
Photo credit: Steve Pope Fotowales
The CIPR Excellence Awards 2023 winners are:
Corporate and Business Communications Campaign
Zeno London for Zoom Towns
(Mark of Excellence: Virgin Media with Hope & Glory, Missive and Broadcast Revolution for Creating a National Databank)
Internal Communications or Employee Engagement Campaign
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust for Staff Engagement Campaign for Cost of Living
(Mark of Excellence: Sony Interactive Entertainment for Introducing Sony Interactive Entertainment’s new Values)
Consumer Relations Campaign
Taylor Herring & Mars Wrigley for The No-Bounty Celebrations Tub
Public Sector Campaign
North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board for #OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign
Social Purpose Campaign
Mischief (MHP Group) for He’s Coming Home
Public Affairs Campaign
Martis Media for Harper’s Law Campaign
Not-for-Profit Campaign
Cowshed for When your world stops. We’re There.
Healthcare &/or Well Being Campaign
North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board for #OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign
Integrated Campaign
Mischief (MHP Group) for He’s Coming Home
(Mark of Excellence: Ready 10 for Ready10 x McDonald’s: One’s Lovin’ It)
Luxury and Lifestyle Campaign
Carousel for The Art of Promoting ‘The Art of Banksy’
Environmental Campaign
Pelican Communications for Fishtek Marine & The Scallop Disco
(Mark of Excellence: License to PR for Peppa Pig make waves for World Ocean Day)
Low Budget Campaign
North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board for #OUCH Bye Bye UTI Campaign
(Mark of Excellence: Evergreen PR for Sound of Science: A Tinnitus Biobank)
STEM Campaign
GCHQ for Using GCHQ’s puzzle power to inspire STEM studies
(Mark of Excellence: Gerard Kelly & Partners for Limit Less – Physics For Everyone)
Sport or Entertainment Campaign
Mischief (MHP Group) for The Hundred Minecraft
Travel, Transport, or Tourism Campaign
Tin Man for The Most Inclusive Airline in the Skies
Education Campaign
Universities UK International (with Cormack Consulting Group and Waterfall) for The #TwinForHope Campaign
(Mark of Excellence: UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering for Tomorrow’s Home: showcasing the future of home technology)
Best Use of SEO
Ready10 for VoucherCodes On Tap: Driving high-quality backlinks
Best Use of Media Relations
Taylor Herring & Mars Wrigley for The No-Bounty Celebrations Tub
Best Channel Delivery
Sunny Side Up for Black is the new blue
(Mark of Excellence: South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust for Our People Podcast)
Best Long-term Campaign
Evergreen PR for Sound of Science: A Tinnitus Biobank
Best Use of Content
Cowshed for When your world stops. We’re There.
(Mark of Excellence: The ABI and PLSA for Pension Attention)
Best Event
Pangolin for Beefeater Gin – Key To The Jewel
Best Long-term Client Care
spottydog communications for Ten years of serving up PR for M&B
Issues, Crisis, or Reputation Management
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead for Operation London Bridge in Windsor
(Mark of Excellence: King’s College London for Ukraine Explained: Shaping informed coverage and conversations)
Best Publication Pitch
Marketing Group for Dennis the Menace gets his first smartphone
Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year
David Amos MCIPR
(Mark of Excellence: Charlotte Wilkins MCIPR)
Independent PR Practitioner of the Year
Ben Veal Chart.PR MCIPR
(Mark of Excellence: George Oliver Chart.PR MCIPR)
In-House PR Team of the Year
Irwin Mitchell
Specialist PR Consultancy of the Year
Battenhall
(Mark of Excellence: Scala)
New PR Consultancy of the Year
Altitude
Small PR Consultancy of the Year
Fanclub PR
(Mark of Excellence: Orchard)
PR Consultancy of the Year
Ready10.
Congratulations to you all.
Post author: Rachel Miller
First published on the All Things IC blog 30 June 2023.
