Nomination for Creative & Cultural Skills

NOMINATION FOR CREATIVE & CULTURAL SKILLS

Intern of the Year Award

This Award celebrates interns who have shown exceptional commitment and ambition to learn new skills and epitomize Creative & Cultural Skills’ values:

 Give young people opportunities to work and learn in the creative industries  Ensure that employers benefit from a skilled generation of talent  Help the creative industries continue on a course of economic growth.

Jade Poole, Exim Dance Company - winner of the Apprentice of the Year Award 2015.

Andrea de la Cruz, Creative Society, presenting Jade Poole with the Creative & Cultural Skills ‘Inter of the Year Award’ 2015.

1 Please read the accompanying guidance notes (Page 9) before completing this form.

Nominees for this award must either (1) currently be an apprentice, or (2) have finished their apprenticeship after 5th March 2015.

SECTION 1 – THE NOMINEE

I nominate the following person/persons for the Creative & Cultural Skills ‘Intern of the Year’ Award:

Job title:

Organisation:

Address:

County:

Post code:

Telephone no:

Email address:

Website (if appropriate):

Background & Information:

2 Details:

- Nominee started their Internship on [insert date]

- Nominee is due to complete, or has completed their Internship on [insert date]

- Nominee has remained employed by the organisation ______

- Nominee has gained employment at another organisation? ______

Education & Employment (this is for information purposes only and will not be used to score the nominee):

 No formal qualifications

 GCSE Qualification

 A level or equivalent

 Degree or equivalent

 Other

 Nominee was unemployed before taking on Internship

 Nominee was part time employed before taking on Internship

 Nominee was in full time employment before taking on Internship

Provide a brief summary of the nominee’s role and responsibilities: (No more than 30 words).

Please give your reasons for this nomination: Please highlight up to three that apply to the nominee.

 Has shown passion and desire to learn and improve

 Has exceeded expectations 3  Has provided new opportunities to the organisation

 Has implemented new ideas or ways of working

 Has shown ambition to continue to develop future pathways into long term career opportunities

Expand on the history of the nominee’s activity/projects in the three areas highlighted above: (No more than 200 words).

Please provide information and evidence, including stats or figures that can support this information: Approximate stats or figures are acceptable (No more than 200 words).

4 Please provide any further information that relates to the assessment criteria for this award: See page 10 ‘assessment criteria’ for details. Do not repeat information already provided. (No more than 200 words).

5 SECTION 2 – PHOTOGRAPH

Photograph

Please submit one photograph to support your application. This is optional.

Please ensure this file is titled as follows:

[Award]_[name of nominee]_[description of photograph]

For example:

1_JohnSmith_learningnewskills

Photographs may be used for publicity for the Creative & Cultural Skills Awards, please ensure any copyright permissions have been cleared before submitting photographs.

Should your nominee be shortlisted for an award, the photo you submit may be displayed at the awards ceremony on 2nd March 2016.

Please ensure that the images you submit are high quality JPGs. Files that do not meet these requirements will not be taken into account when assessing your nomination.

If the material you want to submit exceeds the maximum data allowance for emails, we recommend that you send your photograph to us ([email protected]) via www.wetransfer.com

Please do not include any additional information or attachments other than photograph above.

Please provide details of the photograph you are submitting in support of this application:

6 SECTION 3 – THE ENDORSEMENT

If you are nominating someone else for an award, please fill this section out yourself.

This endorsement should be given by an individual of appropriate knowledge and standing who has in-depth knowledge of your work (for example, a senior representative of a relevant organisation, guild, association, professional body, educational establishment, local authority or funding body).

Please note: endorsers may be contacted by Creative & Cultural Skills as part of the judging process.

Name of endorser :

Job title:

Organisation:

Relationship to nominee:

Address:

County:

Post code:

Telephone no:

Email address:

Website (if appropriate):

Please state your reasons for endorsing this application: (no more than 300 words)

7 8 SECTION 4 – DECLARATION

I confirm that the information I have provided in this application is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

I confirm that Creative & Cultural Skills has permission to use all images and copy submitted as part of this nomination during promotion of the Creative & Cultural Skills Awards. This includes use on www.ccskills.org.uk, print collateral, and at the ceremony on 2 March 2016 and external media.

Print Name :

All decisions made by the Creative & Cultural Skills judging panel are final and are not subject to review or appeal.

GUIDANCE NOTES

The Creative & Cultural Skills Awards recognise organisations and individuals working to support young talent to build careers in the creative sector. The Awards also seek to recognise exemplary apprentices and interns working in the sector. The deadline for all nominations is 5pm on Friday 8 th January 2016. Shortlisted nominations will be announced on Monday 8th February 2016. Award winners will be announced at a ceremony at The Backstage Centre on 2 March 2016. 1 WHO CAN MAKE A NOMINATION Anyone may make a nomination by completing this form and forwarding it to [email protected]. If you are unable to complete this form online or require this in a different format please contact 020 7015 1800. Self-nominations are permitted. Nominations for more than one category are permitted, however must be submitted on separate forms.

2 COMPLETING THE NOMINATION FORM Please complete the nomination form completely and accurately, following the instructions in each section closely.

It is important that you provide as much information as possible and explain what the nominee’s contribution has been.

9 3 AWARD CATAGORIES Nominations are invited for the following awards: 1 The Design Skills Award

2 The Music Skills Award 3 The Craft Skills Award 4 The Jewellery Skills Award 5 The Cultural Heritage Skills Award 6 The Theatre Skills Award 7 The Training Provider of the Year Award

8 The Apprentice of the Year Award

9 The Intern of the Year Award

10 The Creative Choices Award

4 ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Award 9 The Intern of the Year Award is open to interns working in Design, Music, Craft, Jewellery, Cultural Heritage, or Theatre who have shown exceptional ambition and talent.

Nominations may include an individual interns or up to 3 interns working over the same period at the same organisation in the same team.

Nominees for this award must either (1) currently be an intern, or (2) have finished their internship after 5th March 2015.

If you are intending to nominate an intern for this award please seek their permission before doing so.

Nominations for award 9 will be assessed against the following criteria:

- Nominee has shown an outstanding level of application and commitment to learning throughout their internship

- Nominee has displayed the ability to make a significant difference to the productivity or efficiency of their place of work

- Nominee has brought new ideas and ways of working to their place of work

10 5 TIMING OF NOMINATIONS The deadline for all awards is 5pm on Friday 8 th January 2016.

All decisions made by the Creative & Cultural Skills Awards panel are final and not subject to review or appeal.

6 SHORTLIST Creative & Cultural Skills will discard nominations that do not meet the criteria. If the nomination is deemed to meet the criteria the nomination will be put forward to the independent advisory group (IAG) and eligible to be shortlisted. The IAG will select three nominations to be put forward to the independent final judging panel.

Shortlisted nominations will be announced on Monday 8th February 2016 via www.ccskills.org.uk .

7 CEREMONY Shortlisted nominees will be invited to attend an evening ceremony at The Backstage Centre on 2 March 2016.

Please note that two tickets to this event will be free of charge for shortlisted nominees. Travel expenses will not be recompensed. If you are shortlisted for the award, please ensure that you, or a member of your organisation is able to attend the ceremony.

Only one trophy will be provided per award.

The Backstage Centre High House Production Park Vellacott Close Purfleet Essex RM19 1AS

8 ENQUIRIES For further enquiries, please contact the team at Creative & Cultural Skills at [email protected] or on 020 7015 1800