Lord Ferrers Awards 2024 (2024)

Introduction

The Lord Ferrers Awards recognise outstanding contributions to volunteering in policing. Awarded annually, the Lord Ferrers Awards are open to a wide range of policing volunteers across 11 individual and team categories this year.

A panel of judges will select a winner and runner-up from each category on the basis that they meet the following criteria:

A high-quality piece of work:the nomination demonstrates effectiveness, creativity, well planned work and that the person or team nominated played a leading role in its design, implementation or delivery.

A measurable impact:the nomination demonstrates how the person or team have achieved and sustained a measurable impact for the benefit of policing or communities.

Inspiring contribution:the nomination demonstrates a positive and inspiring contribution to others within policing.

The full list of award categories is set out below:

Submitting the nomination form

The nomination form for all award categories

Guidance for completion is as follows:

• all sections of the form must be completed, or the nomination will not be shortlisted.
• the selection panel will not consider self-nominations from individuals or teams.
• persons nominating individuals or teams can make a maximum of one nomination per application. You may make more than one nomination using separate forms.
• for team nominations, please only nominate up to five team members. Where the team is larger than five, please detail a maximum of five members to represent the team.
• we are unable to shortlist nominations where extra hours or bravery are the sole case for nomination as these are recognised by other awards.
• please structure your nomination using the STAR format:
  • situation - the situation(s) your nominee dealt with
  • task - the task(s) your nominee was given to do
  • action - the action(s) your nominee took
  • result - what happened as a result of your nominee’s action and what was learnt
• please provide as much detail as possible on what your nominee has done, their achievements and impact within the word count.

If you have any queries or are unable to submit an online application, please emailLordFerrersAward@homeoffice.gov.ukfor more information.

Only winners and runners up will be invited to the ceremony, along with a senior representative from their force. In the Employer Supported Policing category, representatives from both the force and the employer will be invited in order that their contribution can be recognised jointly. Nominees will only find out if they have won at the ceremony itself.

Winners and runners up will receive further information on the ceremony in due course, including the number of guest places that will be available.

Privacy Information Notice

Your personal information, supplied for the purposes of your nomination(s), will be held and processed by the Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF. The Home Office is the ‘Controller’ of this information. This also includes when it is collected or processed by third parties on our behalf.

How and why the Department uses your information

The Home Office collects, processes, and shares personal information to enable it to carry out its statutory and other functions.

The Home Office is only allowed to process your data where there is a lawful basis for doing so. We have systems and policies in place to limit access to your information and prevent unauthorised disclosure. Staff who access personal information must have appropriate security clearance and a business need for accessing the information, and their activity is subject to audit and review. The lawful basis for processing is UK GDPR Article 6, 1a consent.

Data provided will be stored securely throughout the nomination process and only accessed by those directly connected with the process. This may include sharing details with nominated officers. All personal information collected in connection with this year’s Lord Ferrers Awards will be securely destroyed after a period of 12 months following the ceremony in October 2024.

As a part of the judging process The Home Office may share your information with other organisations (Police Forces and Police organisations e.g. The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPPC) The College of Policing(CoP)) while carrying out our functions, or to enable others to perform theirs.

Sources and categories of information

All data (nominator and nominee) will be sourced from the nominations submitted through the Gov.uk Site or from the nomination form emailed directly to the Home Office. The following data will be stored.

• Title or rank
• First name
• Surname
• Email address
• Contact number
• Work location
• Where applicable Police Force

You can withdraw your consent at any time by writing to us atLordFerrersAward@homeoffice.gov.uk.

In order for us to help you with your enquiry we may need to record details of your case. These details may contain your personal data, specifically your contact details and those of the individual(s) you are nominating as are submitted to us on this form. Any personal information that you provide will be treated in confidence and only used in connection with the Lord Ferrers Awards.

More information about the ways in which the Home Office may use yourpersonal information, including the purposes for which we use it, the legal basis, and who your information may be shared with.

Requesting access to your personal data

You have the right to request access to thepersonal informationthe Home Office holds about you.

Other rights

In certain circ*mstances you have the right to:

1. object to and restrict the use of your personal information, or to ask to have your data deleted, or corrected.
2. (where you have explicitly consented to the use of your personal data and that is the lawful basis for processing) you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data and the right to data portability (where processing is carried out by automated means).

Questions about personal data

If you have any questions or concerns about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, including how to ask for your personal information, please contact theHome Office.

Reporting a concern

When we process your information we will comply with the law, including data protection legislation. Should you feel that your data is being processed in breach of data protection law or other legislation, you can report your concern to our Data Protection Officer using the contact details provided above, or contact the Information Commissioner’s Office at:

Telephone: 08456 30 60 60 or 01625 54 57 45

Fax: 01625 524510

You can also visitInformation Commissioner’s Office.

Further information

If you would like more information you should email us atinfo.access@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Or write to us at:

The Home Office has a data protection officer who can be contacted by email or phone:dpo@homeoffice.gov.uk, telephone: 020 7035 6999

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