The shortlist has been announced for the Institute of Internal Communication Central & North Regional Awards 2015.

You can check the shortlisted entries (in alphabetical order, by entrant, per category) below. Shortlisted entrants will collect either a Class Winner trophy, an Award of Excellence certificate, or a Certificate of Merit at the Awards Dinner which takes place on Friday February 26, at the Leicester Marriott.
The picture (right) shows the team from Words & Pictures receiving the award for Best Strategy from IoIC chief executive Steve Doswell at last year's awards.
Numbers are limited so, to guarantee your place for this year, Book Now !
IoIC member prices are £80 each, with tables of 10 at £750. For non-members it’s £100 each, or £950 for a table of ten (all prices excluding VAT). Please email [email protected] to book your place, advising her of any special dietary requirements as soon as possible.
Take advantage of insight and networking on the same day.
IoIC Central Region’s annual one-day seminar will be held immediately before the awards dinner. This year the seminar begins at midday (to allow for some leisurely travel in the morning!) and the theme is #ICpurpose; internal communications and purpose at work.
The half-day seminar features some of the country’s leading communications and employee engagement experts, including Engage for Success, Kaptcha and VMA.
And there's a special offer if you’re not already a member of IoIC: if you book for both the seminar and the awards dinner and apply to join, we'll waive the joining fee of £60 for IoIC membership and you can also attend the event at the member rate. That's a whopping saving of over £100!
Click here for more details of speakers and prices. The early bird rate applies until January 31 but if you are booking for both events, we will honour the early bird price for the seminar (A saving of £20).
For further information contact Rich Baker, IoIC Central Region Director [email protected]
IoIC Central & North Region Awards 2015 – shortlist
Class: 1 Best Single Campaign
Title of Entry: Sharing PWC CEE Strategy
Produced for: PWC CEE
Produced by: Allman Communication/PWC CEE
Title of Entry: Nature Watch
Produced for: NWG Employees
Produced by: NWG Internal Communications Team
Title of Entry: Celebrating Water Week
Produced for: Severn Trent
Produced by: Internal Communications Team
Title of Entry: People Experience Campaign
Produced for: Vodafone Internal Communications Team
Produced by: Vodafone Internal Communications Team and 44 Communications
Title of Entry: Well, Well, Well, What a communications campaign!
Produced for: Well
Produced by: Well Internal Communications Team
Class: 2 Best Change Communication
Title of Entry: LCS Transformation Programme
Produced for: Team Leidos/Kuehne + Nagel
Produced by: Allman Communication Limited
Title of Entrant: Our Business Plan
Produced for: Anchor
Produced by: Anchor and H&H Communications
Title of Entry:The 2015 acquisition of Lafarge Tarmac by CRH
Produced for: Tarmac Employees
Produced by: Tarmac Internal Communications Team
Title of Entry: Well, Well, Well… What a communications campaign!
Produced for: Well
Produced by: Well Internal Communications Team
Class: 3 Best Multi Channel Communication
Title of Entry: Nature Watch
Produced for: NWG Employees
Produced by: NWG Internal Communication Team
Title of Entry: Idea Lab
Produced for: Direct Line Group
Produced by: Words & Pictures
Class: 4 Best Evaluation / Measurement
No Awards made
Class: 5 Writing
No Awards made
Class: 6 Print Design
Title of Entry: The Globe
Produced for: Barclaycard
Produced by: The Barclaycard Channels and Content Team, Write the Talk and 44 Communications
Class: 7 Electronic & Digital Design
No Awards made
Class 8 Imagery (Photograph / Illustration)
Title: Pride in London for The Globe
Produced for: Barclaycard
Produced by: Debra Hurford-Brown, the Barclaycard Channels and Content Team and 44 Communications
Title of Entry: RAF Lossiemouth
Produced for: Carillion Services
Produced by 44 Communications
Title of Entry: People Experience Campaign: Matthew Thomas
Produced for: Vodafone Internal Communications Team
Produced by: 44 Communications and Roy Kilcullen Photography
Title of Entry: The Big Picture
Produced for: Benenden
Produced by: Limehouse
Title of Entry: It's wi-fi Jim but not as we know it
Produced for: Billypix/Flightglobal
Produced by: Pictures 55
Title of Entry: Leading a normal life
Produced for: Nutricia
Produced by: Pictures 55
Entry: The Face of Carlsberg
Produced for: Carlsberg UK
Produced by: Alan Barton for Words & Pictures and Carlsberg UK
Class 9 Best Editor
Alan Coates, 44 Communications
Class: 10 In-House Team of the Year
The Barclaycard Channels and Content Team
Northumbrian Water Group Internal Communications Team
Class: 11 Agency Team of the Year
44 Communications
H&H
Limehouse
Red Publications
Words & Pictures
Class: 12 Freelancer/Interim of the Year
Abby Fisher for National Grid and 44 Communications
Vicky Burman
Class: 13 Magazine
Title of Entry: The Globe
Produced for: Barclaycard
Produced by: Barclaycard Channels and Content Team, Write the Talk and 44 Communications
Title of Entry: CTSI Publications
Produced for: CTSI
Produced by: Cambridge Publishers
Title of Entry: Inside
Produced for: Kuehne + Nagel
Produced by: Pages Creative
Title of Entry: Tulip Times
Produced for: Tulip
Produced by: Sequel Group
Title of Entry: One
Produced for: Mercedes-Benz UK
Produced by: Words and Pictures
Class: 14 Newspaper/Newsletter
Title of Entry: The International
Produced for: BRUSH Group
Produced by: BRUSH Group and 44 Communications
Title of Entry: Service Matters
Produced for: Carillion Services
Produced by: 44 Communications
Title of Entry : One Magazine
Produced for : The @One Alliance
Produced by: Grant Tuffs, Laura Upson and Red Publications
Title of Entry: Connected
Produced for: Helen Hasted from Drax Group Internal Communications
Produced by : Red Publications
Title of Entry: The Cable
Produced for: UK Power Networks
Produced by: Words & Pictures
Class: 15 Special Publications
Title of Entry: Network Pocket Guide
Produced for: Vodafone Internal Communications Team
Produced by: 44 Communications
Title of Entry: Our AMP5 Journey
Produced for: The @One Alliance
Produced by: Grant Tuffs, Laura Upson and Red Publications
Class: 16 Stakeholder Publications
Title of Entry: UPLIFT
Produced for: Biffa
Produced by: 44 Communications
Title of Entry: University of Derby magazine
Produced for: Stakeholders
Produced by: External Relations
Title of Entry: Streets Ahead
Produced for: Kelly Conn from City of York Council
Produced by: Red Publications
Class: 17 Video / Audio
Title of Entry: Getting to know you - our transgender colleagues
Produced for: Asda
Produced by: The Mill Group
Title of Entry: Our Bright Green Future
Produced for: Severn Trent
Produced by: Internal Communications Team
Title of Entry: Marston's Agile Working Animated Film
Produced for: Marston's
Produced by: Top Banana
Class: 18 Electronic Media / Newsletters
Title of Entry: Red Magazine
Produced for: Biffa
Produced by: 44 Communications
Title of Entry: H2INFO
Produced for: NWG Employees
Produced by: NWG Internal Communications Team
Class: 19 Website / Intranet
Title of Entry: Connecting
Produced for: National Grid UK
Produced by: National Grid UK and 44 Communications
Title of Entry: The Source
Produced for: SABMiller Plc
Produced by: Cambridge Publishers
Title of Entry: We, DLG
Produced for: Direct Line Group
Produced by: Words & Pictures
Class: 20 Best Use of Social Media
No Awards made