- Home
- Scope Awards
Scope Awards
What are the Scope Awards?
The Scope Awards celebrate those who are working to end disability inequality.
We want to hear from individuals, groups and organisations. Anyone who is working to create an equal future for disabled people. We want to share your stories. To amplify disabled voices and build a movement of change.
The Scope Awards bring people together, allowing us to use our collective power to change attitudes and achieve our mission of an equal future for disabled people.
Nominations for the Scope Awards 2026 are open from 14 July to 14 September 2025.
Before you submit your nomination, visit our how to enter page for useful guidance on how to write a great nomination.
Scope Awards 2024 highlights
Video transcript
0:01
[Music]
0:04
the scope disability equality awards are
0:07
really our opportunity to celebrate
0:10
those people who are making the biggest
0:12
difference in terms of an equal future
0:15
for disabled people here in the
0:18
UK we want equality and together as a
0:21
movement we can make that change
0:24
happen the work that the nominees have
0:26
done really represents the high quality
0:30
of the talent in our community but also
0:32
how high our aspirations are as well and
0:35
the things that we want to achieve and
0:37
how we want to be seen and represented
0:39
in society and the winner is Ralph and
0:42
KT productions here in ITV
0:46
Studios I want to say massive thank you
0:48
to allocated te and also thank you so
0:52
much events like the scope Awards can
0:55
really help with transforming attitudes
0:57
around disability one of the main
0:58
challenges is that people still don't
1:00
understand what disability means who are
1:02
disabled people what do we look like Dr
1:05
1:09
Raji it's about inspiring the Next
1:11
Generation don't let anything stop you
1:13
believe in yourself and if people say
1:15
you can't do it that's just Petrol in
1:17
your engine just go for
1:21
it this is one of the most diverse award
1:23
ceremonies I've seen in a long time both
1:26
across what the awards are for but
1:28
inside the people that are nominated for
1:31
the amazing work they do we've seen
1:33
everybody from sports stars to companies
1:37
like
1:38
Lego we just want to say massive thank
1:40
you um we're happy and honored to accept
1:43
this award it means to well for us it's
1:45
been a true joy to produce this product
1:48
it was actually the blind Community who
1:50
came to Lego with the idea of making
1:53
Lego BR bricks we simply put it into
1:57
production Awards like this don't only
2:00
platform people from disabled
2:01
backgrounds or doing work in disabled
2:03
communities but they allow people within
2:05
the community to see other people as
2:07
well zahari
2:09
[Applause]
2:11
briam when you feel like you're putting
2:13
your head above the parit and you're
2:15
speaking out on behalf of a group of
2:16
people it can feel quite isolating but
2:19
to just see the room full of people up
2:21
there and know that you're not alone in
2:22
doing that this is Absolut brilliant
2:24
feeling having an event like this puts
2:27
it into people's eyes there's people out
2:29
there the extra mile to create change so
2:32
people of all different disabilities can
2:34
live an easier life if you're interested
2:37
in getting on this journey of fighting
2:39
for disability equality as a whole
2:41
Community here and we can achieve it
2:43
stronger better faster together
2:46
[Music]
How to enter
You can nominate yourself or someone else for the Scope Awards. Please carefully read through the information. This will make sure your submission meets our criteria and has the best chance of being shortlisted:
Nominations are open from 14 July to 14 September 2025.
If you have any questions about making your nomination, drop us an email at awards@scope.org.uk.
Contact details
Provide your name and contact details. If you are nominating someone else, make sure to include their name and contact details if you have them.
Dates
The achievement you are nominating yourself or others for must have taken place on or after 1 October 2024. They can still be ongoing.
Example nominations
View some examples of great nominations.
How to structure your answers
Making your answers clear and specific will give your nominee the greatest chance of being shortlisted. We recommend you use the STAR method:
- Situation: set the scene
- Task: describe the purpose
- Action: explain what was done
- Result: share the outcome
It’s important you’re clear on what was achieved as part of the activity and whether any change happened as a result.
We also recommend that you provide as much evidence as possible. This could be:
- quotes from people affected by the nominee’s work
- changes in legislation or workplace policy
- changes to local community
- number of people affected
- local or national press coverage
- social media engagement
- petition signatures
- any other proof
Background information
Make sure to provide some background information in your nomination. This should include:
- what action was taken
- why it was taken
- when it occurred
- what the outcomes were
Also, explain how you think it made a difference in championing equality.
Judging criteria
All nominations will be judged against the following criteria: Impact, Creativity, Diversity and Inclusion. Some categories will also be judged against Reach and Lived Experience.
Please be specific when addressing each point, with concrete examples where possible.
Impact
How has your nominee had a clear positive effect or influence on the lives of disabled people?
An example of a previous winner who demonstrated impact is the British Deaf Association, whose campaign ‘BSL Act Now’ resulted in BSL being legally recognised as a language in England, Wales and Scotland.
Creativity
How has your nominee generated new or novel solutions to problems, created new connections or original ideas?
An example of a previous winner who demonstrated creativity is Designability, whose product ‘Wizzybug’ is an innovative powered wheelchair for children.
Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion: how has your nominee shown they are committed to highlighting the voices of all disabled people? Has their approach considered supporting disabled people that face other forms of discrimination in society? For example disabled people from Black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, and lower socio-economic backgrounds. This could be either through personal lived experience or championing others.
An example of a previous winner who demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion is Sophie Butler, who talks about the experiences of disabled people in the LGBTQ+ community.
Reach
How has your nominee reached a wide audience or raised public awareness of disability equality?
An example of a previous winner who demonstrated a wide reach is Apple’s ‘The Greatest’ campaign, which was viewed 16 million times in one week.
Lived experience
How has your nominee’s work been informed by the lived experience of disabled people? Are they a disabled person, and/or have they collaborated or co-produced with disabled people?
An example of a previous winner who demonstrated good lived experience is Reverse the Ban York. They are a disabled-led organisation, and all their work was led by or co-produced with disabled people. They considered different perspectives by interviewing numerous disabled people and groups.
Location
All submissions need to focus on the impact an action has had in the United Kingdom. It can have originated elsewhere. But we cannot accept submissions that only highlight impact in other regions or countries.
Nomination format
You can submit a nomination either:
- in writing, using the text fields
- by audio or video file that is no more than 5 minutes long
There is the option to add supporting links to support your application. These could be to a website, a video, social media, or a blog.
If you are submitting a nomination in the ‘Media Moment’ category, we ask that you provide a secure link to or copy of the moment in question.
If you are submitting a nomination in the ‘Social Media Influencer’ category, we ask that you provide links or social media handles.
To avoid losing your work, we recommend typing your nomination in a word document before copying it into the nomination form.
