Tilley Awards 2009
Entry Guidance (Continued)
15. Where are application forms available from?
Blank copies can be requested by emailing your name, organisation and role to: Tilleyawards09@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. Please state ‘Request for application form’ in the message title.
Application forms will be emailed within 5 working days.
16. Are there any formatting rules?
Formatting of the application form is important and any entries that do not comply with the following rules will be returned to the project author and may therefore miss the deadline for the competition:
- The application form should be submitted as a Word document (Version 97 onwards).
- Font must be Arial, size 10.
- Spacing should be regular not double spaced.
- File size not to exceed 1MB (excluding endorsing letter but including the summary). This may restrict use of graphs/photos as they use a substantial amount of memory.
- Word number restrictions (400 maximum for the summary and a further 4,000 maximum for the description) will be checked and any applications which exceed the maximum limits will be returned to the project author for amendment and rejected from the competition.
17. Are footnotes and annexes permitted?
Footnotes and annexes are not permitted; all evidence which supports the project must be included in the main body of the application.
The only exception is a bibliography (Harvard style of referencing only) which will not be included in the word count limit. If the Bibliography takes the entry over the permissible file size it should be emailed separately so that the application is not blocked by the Home Office email system.
18. Are recordings or other media allowed?
Whilst graphs and photos can be useful in explaining elements of the project other audio visual materials e.g. video clips, radio adverts or posters over A4 in size etc should not be included. The application will be judged on the text descriptions of the project and the learning at each of the four stages within the SARA model. However this kind of material will certainly add value to the workshops which all award winners will be asked to present at the UK POP Conference. The overall application should be no bigger than 1Mb and applicants should carefully consider the amount of graphics take.
Scanned newspaper clippings, posters etc are permitted and will not contribute towards the word count .
19. Where should the completed form be sent?
All submissions should be made by email to the Tilleyawards09@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk inbox with ‘Tilley 09 entry (followed by project name in brackets)’ as the message title. The application form should be attached to the email as a word document (see section 16 for more formatting rules).
Email applications received will be acknowledged by an automatic email. If no response is received, please check with the Tilley Awards Team that the form has been received; it is the entrant’s responsibility to ensure that the application has been received prior to the closing deadline. Any entries over the size limit of 1MB will not be delivered through the Home Office email system.
Once all entries have been received and registered on the system, a reference number will be sent to each application author. Please quote this reference number in any interim correspondence about the awards.
Two paper copies must also be sent to the Tilley Awards Team at Home Office, CRCSG Communications Unit, 4th Floor, Fry Building (SE Quarter), 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF. Please provide colour copies if the application forms uses colour graphs, charts etc otherwise black and white is acceptable.
All emailed entries must be received by 23:59 on 30th April 2009. Any entries not received by this date will not be eligible for the 2009 awards under any circumstances. It is the responsibility of the applicants to ensure that entries have been received by the deadline. Receipt for the additional two paper copies is extended to the 5th May 2009 due to variance in postal delivery.
20. Are details of previous winning enteries available?
All short listed winners dating back to 2002 have been added to the Effective Practice Database which can be found at www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/effectivepracticedatabase/.
Full copies of previous Tilley application forms dating back to 1999 can be viewed on the US Center for Problem Oriented Policing website if you would like to see how other successful projects have been described. The link to the library is http://www.popcenter.org/library/.
21. What is the small print?
Please note that all applications have to meet the following criteria in order to be accepted;
- The application form must be completed in full. Additional information to the application form is not permitted and will be disregarded;
- All applications must be authorised by the local CDRP/CSP Chairperson in England and Wales. Entries submitted by UK police forces outside England and Wales must be endorsed by the BCU Commander or equivalent.;
- All information supplied on the application form will be made available to share with other partners in crime reduction (including other police forces and partner agencies), and with the general public. Information may be shared in a variety of formats and media and by making an entry applicants are confirming their acceptance of such use of the information provided in the public domain.
- The word count is performed by highlighting the form content in Section B and C (including the SARA headings) and using the word tool to count the number of words. It is the entrant’s responsibility to check the word count is not exceeded by including scanned documents or other media.
- The judges’ decision is final.
22. Who can provide more information?
Please contact Darren Kristiansen on 0207 035 3228 or via Tilleyawards09@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk.
Good luck with your entry!
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