2026 UK Excellence Awards Toolkit

Explore our comprehensive toolkit page filled with invaluable session recordings tailored to assist and empower those preparing for the BQF UK Excellence Awards. Gain exclusive insights, tips, and strategies from past winners and industry experts to elevate your entry and maximise your chances of success.

Excellence Award Questions and Judging Criteria

Transformation Excellence

Excellence in Collaboration

Excellence in Continuous Improvement Culture

Excellence in Customer Experience

Excellence in employee health and wellbeing

Excellence in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Excellence in Innovation

Excellence in Lean Six Sigma

Excellence in Sustainability

Excellence in People Engagement and Development

Excellence in Project Management

Being Excellent: Best Team

Being Excellent: Established Leader

Being Excellent: Emerging Leader

Being Excellent: Practitioner

Patron's Award for Charity Organisations

Patron's Award for Individuals Serving the Community

Examples winning entries: Transformation/ Excellence In

Transformation

Wilcox Limousines Entry 2023

Transformation

Wilcox Limousines Evidence 2023

CI Culture

CooperVision Entry 2023

CI Culture

CooperVision Evidence 2023

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Chevron Entry 2025

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Chevron Evidence 2025

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Antiche Mura Entry 2025

Lean Six Sigma

Helios Towers Entry 2023

People Engagement Development

National Express Entry 2023

Project Delivery

Newcastle University Entry 2025

Project Delivery

Newcastle University Evidence 2025

Project Delivery

GXO Entry 2025

Sustainability

Church House Entry 2025

Sustainability

Church House Evidence 2025

Examples winning entries: Being Excellent

Best Team

Currys Entry 2023

Practitioner

Currys Entry 2023

Established Leader

Daryl Brown Entry 2025

Examples winning entries: Patron's Award

Charity Organisations

Scottish Centre for Personal Safety Entry 2023

Charity Organisations

Scottish Centre for Personal Safety Evidence 2023

Individuals

Mohammed Sheikh Entry 2023

Individuals

Mohammed Sheikh Evidence 2023

Individuals

Margaret Rylands Entry 2025

Individuals

Margaret Rylands Evidence 2025

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