Community Partnership Awards (CPA)

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) CPA awards are an established and integral part of our annual activity, allowing us to recognise the tremendous contribution that the UK food and drink sector makes to the many different communities in which it operates.

Community Partnership Awards 2012

Entries for the 2012 CPA awards will open on Friday 23 March 2012.

Be inspired by our 2011 winners!

CPA logoThe winners for 2011 were announced at an awards ceremony held at the Institute of Directors, London on 12 October 2011.

The following companies are the winners of the 2011 Awards:

President's Award Winner:
Coca-Cola Enterprises

Apprentice of the Year:
Winner: Calum Marnock – Kraft Foods UK & Ireland
Runner up: Alexander Fleming - Kraft Foods UK & Ireland

Gold Award Winners:
Coca-Cola Enterprises
Maloney's Retail Stores
Mars in the UK
Nestlé UK
Unilever UK & Ireland
William Jackson Food Group

Special Award Winner:
Kraft Foods UK & Ireland

Silver Award Winners:
Cargill
The Midcounties Co-operative
Unilever UK & Ireland
United Biscuits
Young's Seafood

Bronze Award Winners:
Bettys Cookery School
Cargill
James Graven
Macphie of Glenbervie
Tulip

Highly Commended Award Winners:
Elior UK
Nestlé UK

View all winner's case studies from Community Partnership Awards 2011 and Award photos on Flickr


Awards categories 2011

The Community Partnership Awards categories reflect the key areas of relevance to the food and drink sector.

Companies are welcome to submit more than one entry in any category, however, each entry must be submitted separately.

Apprentices

This is a special category launched to support FDF's 2011 careers campaign 'Taste Success – A Future in Food'. You are invited to nominate an apprentice who has shown continuous progress in their work and studies or who has made an outstanding contribution to the business through a one-off project.

Those nominated should be undertaking their apprenticeship at the time of nomination. The nomination can be made by a line manager, HR representative or college tutor.

Education

Entrants to this category will show how their company is engaging positively withCommunity Partnership category education schools - from primary, through to secondary, college and university level. Nominations could be for a one-off event, an ongoing contribution to lessons or extracurricular school activities.

This can include: programmes designed to give students real-life experience of the world of work and partnerships with schools that support the national curriculum.

Entries can be made for both national and local initiatives. Apprenticeships and other educational initiatives that are specific to the workplace should be nominated within the Apprentices or Good Employer categories.

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Environment

One of FDF's key priorities is to make a contribution to improving the environment.Community Partnership category environment We are looking for examples of why your company stands out in this important area of work.

We have two sections under Environment – one to reflect the contribution that companies are making outside the factory gates to their local community, and the other, to show how changes to working practices have reduced environmental impact.

Entries in this category may be entered under ONE of the following criteria:

Consumer

Entries in the environment consumer category will showcase consumerfacing initiatives designed to improve the sustainability of the local and wider communities.

Nominations can include consumer awareness campaigns and initiatives to help consumers improve their environment. Suitable nominations may include community recycling initiatives, and campaigns to engage with consumers on environmental issues such as food waste.

Business

Entries in the environment business category will showcase how your business is working to reduce its environmental impact. Suitable nominations may include initiatives connected to reducing carbon emissions, packaging, waste, transport miles and water use.

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Good employer

We are looking for examples of why your company is a great place to work. You may have an excellent 'people strategy' designed to recognise and nurture in-house talent, you may offer an innovative employee support package, have a unique approach to team building or you may go 'above and beyond' to design a flexible working approach.

Any nominations must specifically benefit your company's employees. Health and wellbeing initiatives should be nominated under the Health and Wellbeing category.

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Health & wellbeing

This is one of FDF's key priority areas, aiming to make a positive difference to the health of the nation.

Entries in this category may be entered under ONE of the following criteria:

People

The 'People' category will show how your business is working to improve the health and wellbeing of your consumers across the UK. This can include sponsoring or supporting the arts, sporting events or activities and working with local media to raise awareness of local issues. Initiatives to encourage increased exercise or healthier lifestyles are also eligible for this category.

Products

Entries in this category will show how your company is innovating and reformulating to create 'better for you' products that help consumers lead healthier lives.

Examples of what this can include are: developing new products, reformulation and providing a wider variety of portion sizes to suit consumer needs.

Workplace Wellbeing

CPA workplace wellbeingEntries in this category will showcase initiatives that specifically benefit the health and wellbeing of employees of your organisation. This can include projects or incentives to promote educational initiatives or healthy living & lifestyles in the workplace, for example free fruit deliveries, lunchtime fitness classes or health checks.

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Local community

Community partnership awards category for community Entrants to this category must demonstrate how your company makes a positive difference to improve the welfare of your immediate local community.

Nominations can include activities that support specific elements of a local community such as the elderly or socially disadvantaged. They can also include activities that support the whole local community such as regeneration projects.

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Last reviewed: 22 Nov 2011