Community Heroes Awards
Our winners for 2025 will be announced here on Tuesday 1 July!
Platform’s Community Heroes Awards celebrate the people and groups who go above and beyond to make a real difference where they live.
There are a range of awards up for grabs including, Going the Extra Mile, Young Person, Communities Together, Customer Involvement, Positive Change and Community Partnership.
Watch the Awards Premiere live stream on our YouTube Channel here
Join us to Celebrate our Community Heroes for 2025
We’re excited to announce the winners of our Community Heroes Awards 2025 streaming live from 12 noon on Tuesday 1 July! Join us here for the film premiere as we celebrate some amazing people and the difference they’ve made.
While you wait, why not take a look back at our 2024 winners, this year’s heroes have some tough acts to follow!
The Community Heroes Awards categories
There are six award categories including:
- Community Partnership Award – An organisation who works in partnership with Platform to support our customers locally.
- Communities Together Award – An individual or group of people who bring local communities together and make everyone feel included.
- Customer Involvement Award – Someone in a registered role with Platform helping to improve services.
- Going the Extra Mile Award – Someone who goes above and beyond to help others.
- Positive Change Award – Someone who has overcome challenges to make a positive difference in their own life, for others, or the environment.
- Young Person Award – A young person (up to 24) who is making a difference, whether through volunteering, fundraising, caring, or acting as a positive voice.
Find out more about the individual awards and meet the 2024 winners.
Meet our Community Heroes Awards Sponsors
Our Community Heroes Awards are only possible due to the generous support of our sponsors.
Learn more about the community organisations supporting this year’s awards and the categories they’ve sponsored.
See our sponsors hereNominate someone for our 2026 awards
We are pleased to announce that we had many fantastic nominations for our 2025 awards, and really look forward to sharing the winners video with you on Tuesday 1 July 2025.
Do you know someone, or an organisation, making a real difference in their community?
Make your nomination now and get them recognised in our 2026 Community Heroes Awards!
Nominees must either live in Platform homes, or volunteer for Platform. The one exception to this is the Community Partnership Award, which is open to any individual or group making a difference for Platform communities.
You will need to check that the person you would like to nominate is happy for you to go ahead, as we will want to share their story.
We’ll let you know and also contact the person or group. We’ll ask them to share their story and take an associated image for publicity.
A panel of judges including a member of our Customer Voice Panel will initially choose a shortlist. Final winners for each of the Award categories listed will be selected from the initial shortlist.
All Award winners will receive a trophy and voucher, plus everyone nominated will receive a certificate in recognition of their contributions.