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. 

You only need to nominate someone once — additional nominations won’t increase their chances of being shortlisted.

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 

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. You can see which criteria apply to which categories on the categories and criteria page.

Please be specific when addressing each point, with concrete examples where possible. 

As well as the specific criteria questions, you will be asked to provide a summary of your nominee's work. (500 character limit)

Impact 

How has your nominee had a clear positive effect or influence on the lives of disabled people? (1500 character limit)

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? (1500 character limit)

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. (1500 character limit)

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? (1500 character limit)

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? (1500 character limit)

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.