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Impact Awards 2025

The 2025 Impact Awards are now open.

  • There are nine categories.
  • Entry is simple.
  • Deadline is 9am, 18 August 2025.
  • Awards ceremony is on 6 October 2025.

Why organisations enter the awards

We recognise it takes commitment and hard work to establish and maintain a positive approach to mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Entering the awards gives organisations the chance to: 

  • Be recognised for their efforts to transform mental wellbeing
  • Raise awareness by starting the conversation and through this help to tackle the stigma and silence around mental ill-health
  • Educate other organisations about how to address mental ill-health, by showcasing the measures they have taken and their impact within their workforce and the wider industry.

 

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Award categories

This year, we accepted applications across the following nine categories. 

Impact through Funds Raised

This award recognises the organisation or individual who has gone above and beyond in their fundraising efforts for Mates in Mind. Whether through a single standout event or a series of creative challenges, they have shown incredible dedication to raising vital funds that fuel our work. But it is about more than just the total - it is about the energy, teamwork and passion behind it. This award celebrates those who have inspired others to get involved and made a lasting impact through their generosity and commitment.

Impact through Storytelling

This award recognises someone whose fundraising journey has gone far beyond the physical challenge - they have opened up, shared their story, and shown the raw, human side of mental health. Through honesty and emotion, they have helped others connect, reflect, and feel less alone. Their courage has not only raised funds but also raised awareness in a way that truly moves people. This award celebrates vulnerability as strength, and the power of sharing to create real, lasting impact.

Impact through Reach

This award recognises the individual or organisation whose fundraising or awareness efforts have reached and inspired the most people. Whether through powerful storytelling, media coverage, social media engagement or large-scale events, they have taken the message far and wide. Their work has sparked conversations, challenged stigma, and encouraged thousands to think differently about mental health. This award celebrates impact at scale - and the ability to connect with people across industries, communities, and beyond.

Impact through Supporter Fundraising

This award is for someone who is all in. They have actively engaged with the Mates in Mind Supporter Programme - making real efforts to improve mental health in their organisation - and they have also raised vital funds to help us continue our mission. Whether through physical challenges, team fundraising, or creative campaigns, they have put their passion into action. This award recognises someone who supports and gives back - helping us make an even bigger impact together.

Impact through Innovation

This award recognises an organisation that has taken their engagement with Mates in Mind to the next level - working closely with their Support Manager, running impactful campaigns, and embedding mental health into their culture in fresh and creative ways. They understand that there is no finish line when it comes to wellbeing. Instead of stopping at the core programme, they have thought outside the box - continually finding new, meaningful ways to keep their people engaged. This award celebrates bold thinking, originality, and a deep commitment to creating lasting change.

Impact through Change Agents

This award recognises an organisation that is creating lasting culture change by empowering its people to lead the way. Whether through a network of mental health first aiders, upskilled managers, wellbeing teams or engaged leaders, this business has made mental health everyone’s responsibility. By listening to what is really happening on the ground - and across their supply chain - they have built a culture where change is driven from within. This award celebrates organisations using a whole-team approach to embed mental health into the heart of how they work.

Impact through Leadership

This award recognises a leader - or leadership team - who are genuinely driving change. They do not just talk about mental health; they prioritise it in every decision they make. From strategy and structure to site and boardroom, they think about how their people are supported, now and in the long term. They invest in meaningful initiatives, listen to feedback, and champion mental health as a core business value -- not just a box to tick. This award celebrates those showing what true leadership in wellbeing looks like.

Champions’ Impact through Supply Chain

This award recognises a Champion organisation that has used their position to uplift others - extending mental health support to smaller businesses across their supply chain. By sponsoring Lite versions of the Mates in Mind programme for organisations with fewer than 50 employees, they have ensured help gets to where it is needed most. This award celebrates a commitment to sustainable, sector-wide change - supporting not just their own people, but the wider network they work alongside every day.

Impact through Collaboration

This award recognises individuals or organisations who have walked their own path, while choosing to stand alongside us on ours. Whether through shared campaigns, creative collaboration or simply championing our message within their own work, they have helped extend our reach and deepen our impact. This award celebrates those who bring their own purpose to the table and, in doing so, make our mission stronger - proving that meaningful change is always better when it is done together.

How to enter

It is FREE and easy to enter the awards. Please send us an email as follows:
  • Subject line: name of the award you are entering.
  • Body of email
    • Entry: please include:
      • What inspired you to enter this award? 
      • Why you believe you/your organisation exhibit(s) the impact detailed for the category?
      • How Mates in Mind has inspired or helped you to achieve this impact.
      • Photographs, quotes and any other information which demonstrate your impact.
    • Permission: please include the following in your email: I do/do not [please delete as necessary] give Mates in Mind permission to use my entry, including my organisation’s name, on their website, and in communications (including but not limited to) newsletters, PR, social media.
    • Contact details:
      • Full name of person entering.
      • Organisation name.
      • Which sector you work in.
      • Phone number.
  • Send to: [email protected]

Deadline

Emails must be received by 9am on Monday 18 August 2025. Entries received after this time will not be considered.

Awards ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place in London on 6 October 2025 - please save the date.

Further information

If you have any questions regarding the 2025 Impact Awards, please speak email: [email protected]

We look forward to reading your submissions.

 

Training and resources.

Continue reading - Training and Resources

A key part of our approach is to educate and inform through our tailored training and to support both internal and external advocacy of mental health awareness, with a suite of resources to enable organisations to visibly support the framework throughout an organisation.

Learn more about our Training and Resources

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