The 2024 Butler Trust Awards

The awards

The Butler Belief Awards are the one UK-wide awards particularly for folks working in custodial and group justice settings, and are sometimes described because the Oscars for the sector.

Launched in 1985 and offered every year by the Belief’s Patron, HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) at an Award Ceremony, they’re the unique, and most prestigious, awards of their type. They usually don’t finish with the Ceremony – by the Belief’s Alumni Programme it provides all  Award Winners and Commendees coaching and mentoring to assist them be taught from, and construct upon, their achievements.

There are greater than 400 nominations every year and though clearly most don’t win, ‘simply’ being nominated reveals somebody their efforts haven’t gone unnoticed and are appreciated by the folks with whom they work.

The award winners for this 12 months come from all around the UK, from prisons, probation and youth justice. You possibly can see the complete listing of winners beneath and examine their particular person achievements by following the hyperlinks:

Most winners are recommended for a life-time’s dedication to their work, persistently going the additional mile to assist these for whom they’re accountable.  In lots of circumstances, nominations usually are not merely supported by managers and colleagues however by service customers and their households. 

There’s additionally an inventory of one other 20 people who had been recommended; this listing contains individuals who work in accredited premises and Immigration Elimination Centres in addition to mainstream prisons, probation and youth justice companies. 

If you’re impressed by a colleague and assume they need to get recognition for the work they do, then you’re inspired to take action. Anybody can put somebody ahead for an Award and it’s not troublesome to do. Nominations are open from 1 Might to 30 June every year. You possibly can learn all concerning the awards right here.