LimeCulture are delighted to announce the shortlisted nominations for the 2020 LimeLight Awards. The winners will be revealed during a special ceremony at the 5thNational Conference for Independent Sexual Violence Advisers (ISVAs) on Thursday 5 March 2020.
Once again, here at LimeCulture we have been absolutely blown away by the nominations that have been sent in for this years’ LimeLight Awards. We’ve received a huge number of nominations in each of the four categories, which is absolutely fantastic and shows the commitment to support these awards.
All of the categories have now been carefully considered as part of the shortlisting process, which was completed in two stages; an initial sift (which selected 6 nominations in each category) and a final sift (which selected 3 nominations from the initial sift in each category). These two stages were conducted independently of one another and by different members of the LimeCulture Core Team so as to be as fair and objective as possible.
LimeLight Awards – Shortlisted Nominees 2020
Award 1: Outstanding Achievement by an ISVA Supporting Adults
This category looks to celebrate excellent practice carried out by UK-based individual ISVAs. This LimeLight Award celebrates the achievements of an individual ISVA supporting adults who have demonstrated commitment, passion and exceptional encouragement and support for their adult clients.
Our 2020 shortlisted nominations for this award are:
- Meryl Bryan – East Kent Rape Crisis
- Gayna Williams – Survivors Manchester
- Yvonne Raybone – Amethyst SARC
Award 2: Vicky Bardsley Prize: Outstanding Achievement by an ISVA Supporting Children & Young People
This LimeLight Award is in honour and memory of Vicky Bardsley, an accredited ISVA who worked at Rape and Sexual Violence Project (RSVP) supporting Children and Young People. Vicky sadly lost her battle with cancer in 2015 leaving behind her family, many friends and her committed colleagues at RSVP, and a positive legacy for the many sexually abused children and young people that she has supported.
This LimeLight Award celebrates the achievements of an individual ISVA supporting children and young people who has demonstrated commitment, passion and exceptional encouragement and support for their young clients.
Our 2020 shortlisted nominations for this award are:
- Kirsty Stupple – Castle Service (Victim Support Lincolnshire)
- Yvonne Howarth – St.Mary’s SARC Manchester
- Stephanie Atkinson – Imara, Nottingham
Award 3: ISVA Team/Service Innovation Award
This award looks to recognise UK-based ISVA teams or services of all sizes and sectors who are leading the way in the provision of ISVA services. This LimeLight award seeks to reward an ISVA team or service that has made a significant contribution to supporting their clients.
Our 2020 shortlisted nominations for this award are:
- St Mary’s SARC
- Arch North East
- Amethyst SARC
Award 4: Inspirational ISVA Manager
This category looks to reward UK-based Managers of ISVA Teams or Services. This LimeLight Award seeks to recognise and reward an ISVA Manager who has taken a fresh approach to leading, developing and managing an ISVA Service or Team.
Our 2020 shortlisted nominations for this award are:
- Holli Waterson – RASASC Cheshire and Merseyside
- Alisha Thomas – Victim Support West Yorkshire
- Cath Wakeman – Imara, Nottingham
LimeCulture would like to congratulate each of the nominees that has been shortlisted for a LimeLight Award. With the existence of such a committed and dynamic ISVA workforce, to be nominated for a LimeLight Award is a great achievement. Each of the shortlisted nominees should be extremely proud of this important professional achievement.
We would also like to express our thanks to everybody who took the time to nominate an ISVA, ISVA Team or a Manager for a LimeLight Award. There are clearly a whole range of individuals, teams and Managers providing excellent services throughout the country! From reading the impressive nominations, is clear to us at LimeCulture that all of the nominees are truly appreciated by others, whether it be peers, colleagues, managers and/or the people that they support. Well done to each and every one of you!
The shortlisted nominations will be reviewed by Katy Woodger who is a member of LimeCulture’s Independent Advisory Board. Katy has been given the responsibility of selecting the winner of each category, which will be announced at the National Conference for ISVAs on Thursday 5 March 2020.
Through the introduction of the LimeLight Awards in 2016, LimeCulture was seeking to acknowledge the outstanding contributions and achievements of individual ISVAs, ISVA Teams and ISVA Managers who have demonstrated excellence, dedication and commitment to supporting victims of sexual violence through their work.
We are delighted that the awards are now in their 5th year and are growing from strength to strength with more nominations being submitted each year.
At LimeCulture we believe that ISVAs deserve to be properly recognised for the important, challenging and professional work they do to support those who have experienced sexual violence. The LimeLight Awards are intended to be a first step in the direction of professional recognition of ISVAs and their services.