Central & North Awards 2022: Winners Announced

This Year's Komms Klub Award Winners Showcased the Best of the Central and North Region's Talent, Innovation and Expertise. Did your entry make it to the top of the charts?

We are thrilled to be able to announce the winners of the Central and North Awards in the #KommsKlub.

Over 100 people joined for a Klub Klassic night at The Custard Factory in Birmingham. It was a massive night celebrating the best of internal communications from two mighty regions who really showed outstanding examples of IC across multiple areas, channels and skills. It was also a wonderful chance to reconnect in person after two years. It was worth the wait! You can see pictures of the night here.

Thank you to our dedicated supporters of the awards who help make the event possible. Thanks to W&P for the event production and awards creative, video production agency Topline Film and RED communications for event support. Not forgetting our dedicated committees and regional teams in the North and Midlands.

Thanks to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners.

The Central & North Awards 2022: The Winners

IoIC in the Community

Best Not for Profit Communications

Class Winner: Anchor Internal Communications Team

Best Public Sector Communications
Merit: OPG's People Promise for OPG colleagues by OPG communications team and People Services team

Strategic Communications

Best Campaign

Class Winner: Destination 2023: The ATS Strategic Journey for ATS Euromaster by the In-house Internal Communications Team

Award of Excellence: Creating a buzz: Coventry Building Society Arena for and by Coventry Building Society      
Award of Excellence: The Future of Work at Experian for Experian by the Experian Internal Communications Team

Most Effective Culture Change Programme

Class Winner: Communicating Culture Change at No7 Beauty Company for No7 Beauty Company by Allman Communication Ltd & Repill Consulting

Award of Excellence: 'Being Arden' for and by Arden University
Award of Excellence: Impacting Co-op's Company Culture with Modern Workplace Strategies for Co-op by WM Reply

Best Evaluation/Measurement 

Class Winner: Calderdale Music rebrand: stakeholder engagement & brand strategy development for Calderdale Music by flic agency

Award of Excellence: Best Evaluation/Measurement for and by Voyage Care

Best Employee Experience Campaign

Class Winner: Join and Thrive for Phoenix Group by Words&Pictures

Best COVID Response

Class Winner: Lowell Entry Best COVID Response for IoIC Central & North Awards 2022 Future Ways of Working for Lowell Internal Communications Team by the UK Internal Comms Team: Jane Clayton, Olivia Tomlinson, Rachael Adams, Victoria Burkinshaw

Award of Excellence: IoIC Komms Klub Awards - COVID RESPONSE - HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE for Health and Safety Executive by the Internal Communications Team at the Health and Safety Executive.
Award of Excellence: Lowell - Best COVID Response for Lowell by Lowell's Internal Communications Team: Jane Clayton, Olivia Tomlinson, Victoria Burkinshaw, Rachael Adams
Award of Excellence: Best COVID Response for and by Voyage Care

Good Ideas Cost Nothing

Success on a Shoestring

Class Winner: Interactive Welcome Pack for DWP Digital by Jodie, Dan and Lauren (HDBSS Communications Team)

Award of Excellence: A warm welcome from Coventry Building Society for and by Coventry Building Society
Award of Excellence: People Manager Call for Lowell's internal colleagues by Internal Communications

The 'One that Got Away' Award

Class Winner: The Voice Magazine for DWP Digital by Jodie, Dan and Lauren (The HDBSS Communications Team)

Skills

Writing

Class Winner: Together, Wherever for Direct Line Group by Direct Line Group and Words&Pictures

Award of Excellence: Dupe VFX manifesto for Dupe VFX by Fran Mayou, flic agency
Award of Excellence: Everything you need to know about hybrid working for Volkswagen Financial Services UK by Volkswagen Financial Services UK and 44 Communications

Design

Class Winner: Everything you ever wanted to know about hybrid working... for Volkswagen Financial Services UK by Volkswagen Financial Services UK and 44 Communications

Award of Excellence: One Magazine: Protecting our pollinators for Tarmac by 44 Communications
 

Channels

Magazine 

Class Winner: Arch for Anchor Internal Communications team by RED

Award of Excellence: Between The Lines for AB Agri by the AB Agri Communications team
Award of Excellence: Connected for Drax Group by Lucy Walton and RED

Newspaper/Newsletter

Class Winner: Best Newspaper for FCC Environment by FCC Environment and Words&Pictures

Award of Excellence: Anglian Water News for Anglian Water by Sarah Cleverley and RED
Award of Excellence: The Point for EDF, Hinkley Point C by EDF and 44 Communications

Stand-out Communication

Award of Excellence: Global Professional Award by Huddersfield University and RED
Award of Excellence: People Manager Call for Internal colleagues by Internal Communications

Video and Animation  

Class Winner: Video and Animation for and by Voyage Care

Award of Excellence: FCC Safety Film for FCC Environment by FCC Environment and Words&Pictures
Award of Excellence: Durham University, Cyber Safety awareness campaign for Durham University by Inside Out Communications Consulting and Curious12

Best Digital

Class Winner: Best Intranet Design - The Source for Northumbrian Water, Collaboration between Corporate Communications and Information Security (IS)

Merit: ESG Strategy for Teva UK by Jak Mizcodd and RED

Best Use of Social Media

Class Winner: Yammer – building digital communities at Coventry Building Society for and by Coventry Building Society

Employee Event of the Year

Class Winner: Employee Event of the Year for and by Voyage Care

Award of Excellence: Well Fest 2021 for and by Arden University
Award of Excellence: Digital Live for and by Department for Work and Pensions Digital Engagement Team
Award of Excellence: IoIC Komms Klub Awards - BEST EVENT - HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE for Health and Safety Executive by the Internal Communications Team at The Health and Safety Executive
Award of Excellence: 2021 Eur-Afr-East New Honda Circle (NHC) Regional Convention for Honda Motor Europe (HME) by Words&Pictures and Sterling Event Group
Award of Excellence: Unlocking our potential for Legal & General Capital by Legal & General Capital and Words&Pictures
Award of Excellence: Pride in Policing 2021 for Northumbria Police by Northumbria Police Engagement team with support from Creative and Print team and Media team

People in the Region

Best In-house Team of the Year

Class Winner: Arden University

Award of Excellence: Experian Internal Communications Team
Merit: OPG Communications team

Best Agency of the Year
Class Winner: H&H

Award of Excellence: Inside Out Communications Consulting

The Big Night Out Award - The Tom Dawson Award: 

Arch for Anchor Internal Communications team by RED