Tilley Awards 2009
Entry Guidance (Continued)
4. What are the prizes?
For 2009 there are two award categories, the national award and a stand alone category for projects demonstrating a reduction in violence against women.
Violence Against Women Award
The prize for the best entry in the ‘Violence Against Women’ category consists of:
- A glass project trophy
- Maximum of three framed certificates for the project author, partner representative of the author’s choice and police or CDRP analyst if involved
- Three tickets for the UK Problem Oriented Conference to be allocated as above.
- Invitation to CDRP Chair and lead agency senior manager to attend the Conference Gala Dinner to see the award presentation
- The winner will be asked to present their project at the UK POP Conference
The national award is divided into two stages; the regional sift which identifies the best entry in each of the nine Government Offices in England and the Home Office Crime Team in Wales; and the finalist stage whereby the final judging panel select the top three projects across the whole competition. The finalist stage may also include an entry outside of England and Wales provided that they comply with the eligibility rules in section 6 below, if this occurs they will also be awarded a maximum of three framed certificates.
Regional prizes (per region):
- Maximum of three framed certificates for the project author, partner agency representative of the author’s choice and police or CDRP analyst if involved (all attendees must have been involved in the winning project)
- Three tickets for the UK Problem Oriented Conference to be allocated as above.
- Invitation to CDRP Chair and lead agency senior manager to attend the Conference Gala Dinner to see the award presentation
- All regional winners will be asked to present their projects at the UK POP Conference
Finalist prizes:
- Engraved glass project trophy
- Engraved glass trophy for the project author
- Return economy airline ticket , 3 nights accommodation, transfer to venue and US POP Conference tickets for the project author and partner agency representative of their choice
In addition the first prize winner will be invited to sit on the 2010 Tilley Award judging panel.
5. A note on the Goldstein Awards
The Goldstein Awards are open to governmental policing agencies world wide. The UK Tilley Award Team will notify the corresponding US Goldstein Award Team of the UK regional and national finalist Tilley winners as in some previous years the Goldstein organisers have invited Tilley winners to present at the US POP Conference.
If you wish your project to be considered in the Goldstein Awards you will need to submit details according to their award conditions and application form. The Goldstein Awards close on 1st June 2009. Please see their website for full details concerning eligibility and timescales etc http://www.popcenter.org/goldstein
6. Who can enter?
In England and Wales the Tilley Awards are open to any crime reduction or community safety agency (charities must be registered). In addition UK Police Forces in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Special Police Forces e.g. British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police etc are also eligible to enter.
Please note that projects from these police forces will not be eligible for the regional awards as they are not covered by a Government Office area or the Home Office Crime Team.
Some police forces hold their own internal force or partnership level competitions for problem oriented projects from which the best entries are then submitted to the Tilley Awards. Police officers considering submitting an application to the Tilley Awards should check with their BCU Commander before entering the national awards to prevent duplicate entries about the same project.
There are no restrictions on the number of applications that can be submitted by individual agencies or organisations.
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