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Women in Credit Awards

 

 
09 October 2024 | #WiCAwards
Hilton Deansgate, Manchester 
 

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Getting Started

Simply select the category you wish to enter from the list below, where you can view the criteria, nominate and submit.

 

You can start, edit and return to your entries as many times as you like. There’s no limit to the number of categories you wish to enter.

 

Key Dates

Final entry deadline (£200 per entry) – 18 January 2019

 

Need Help?

Read our editor’s article for tips on writing awards entries.

For further support, contact our events team via email or call 020 7940 4835 - press 4.

 


 

Award Categories

Advocate of the Year

An award that seeks to highlight a woman who has sought to champion, in any capacity, the needs of women in her workplace or more widely within the industry.

 

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Business Leader of the Year - Creditor

An award for a woman who has shown outstanding, board level leadership - encompassing strategic, process, communication skills and evidenced by results in the firm she works for.

 

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Business Leader of the Year - Supplier

An award for a woman who has shown outstanding, board level leadership - encompassing strategic, process, communication skills and evidenced by results in the firm she works for.

 

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Employer of the Year

An award for the firm that demonstrates an outstanding commitment to the welfare of women in their workplace.

 

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Entrepreneur of the Year

This award is for a female pioneer in any area within the credit sector, or serving it, who has successfully brought something new to the market.

 

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Innovator of the Year

This award will go to a woman who has demonstrated achievements that have brought something new – such as a change in process, strategy or technology - to the organisation she works for.

 

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Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is for an individual who has made a significant impact in her career and will leave a lasting legacy, whether in her own firm or in the wider industry, from work that goes beyond the call of duty.

 

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Mentor of the Year

An award for an individual - woman or man - who has worked to develop the potential of female mentees which has had a major impact on career development and personal growth of their charges. Mentoring can be informal or formal; in their own organisation or helping women in other organisations.

 

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Outstanding Support for Returners

An award for an organisation with the best commitment to tackling the challenges women experience when returning back to work during and after parental leave. Firms should also be able to highlight a fair and thoughtful approach to employees with the additional responsibility of caring for families.

 

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Rising Star of the Year

For a woman who has worked for less than five years in the industry who has made a significant impact on her organisation in a short period of time.

 

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Team Leader of the Year

An award for a woman who has shown exceptional ability leading a functional team of any size with outstanding results –financial or otherwise- for the firm she works for.

 

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Team Player of the Year

An award for an individual who has made a special contribution to the team they work in which has had an impact on the team and/or wider organisation.

 

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Transformation of the Year

This award is for a woman who has led a change for the firm she works for that has significantly bettered how the business previously operated.

 

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Woman of the Year

This award is for the overall winner of the programme and is for a woman who doesn’t necessarily fit any of the other categories but who has served as a role model for other women in both her own firm and/or the wider industry or her community.

For instance, she may be well known for her charitable work, volunteering, supporting financial difficulty in the area she lives in.

Or, she may have faced hardship but overcome it to support the credit industry.

 

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CONFIDENTIALITY

All materials will remain confidential to the judges. Winning case studies may be used in post-event materials to promote best practice but permission will be sought from entrants before publishing.

 

ENTRY DEADLINE
Entries usually cost £200 but are free of charge up until the 21 December 2018. The final entry deadline is 18 January 2019.

 

TERMS & CONDITIONS

By entering the awards, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions.

 

NEED HELP?

Contact our events team via email or call 020 7940 4835 - press 4.

Click on the categories you are interested in to view the full criteria plus find out what the judges are looking for. You can then start, edit and return to your entries as many times as you like, as well as email your entry and criteria to you or a colleague. Remember, there’s no limit to the number of categories you wish to enter.

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