About the Awards

The Association Excellence Awards have been run annually since 2014 and were founded to recognise the essential work that assocations, trade bodies, unions and professional organisations conduct on behalf of their members.

Attended by over 300 association executives each year, the Association Excellence Awards are a trusted and reputable fixture in the calendar.

We take great pride in the robustness and integrity of our judging process – facilitated by our illustrious panel of 20+ CEO’s and directors hailing from a diverse cross-section of UK and international membership organisations including:

• Association for Project Management
• Association of Corporate Treasurers
• British Dietetic Associations
• British Educational Suppliers Association
• Builders Merchant Federation
• Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals
• Chartered Institute of Public Relations
• Institute of Leadership & Management
• Institution of Engineering & Technology
• Royal College of General Practitioners

The ceremonies take place in central London – past venues include The Hurlingham and the Kia Oval – and are hosted by well-known faces including Dominic Holland, Ben Hamlin and Louise Minchin.

Read some of the comments from attendees, judges and winners below:

“It was a truly wonderful day!”
Teodora Avente, Communications Administrator, BIRA

“Excellent networking opportunity, great to meet friends old and new. Picked up an award as a bonus – can’t wait for #AEA19”
Anthony Wilkinson, Director of Operations, RQA

“It was faultless and I really enjoyed it.”
Catherine Feast, Head of Communications, Events & Print, Police Federation of England and Wales

‘The Association Excellence Awards not only recognise the great work going on within associations, but highlight more widely that the sector leads the field in innovation and best practice. While associations are hotbeds of great ideas they are always happy to share, celebrate and learn from each other. This makes these awards so exciting: to find out what our colleagues have been working on and achieved, so we can celebrate alongside them.’
Andy Burman, CEO, The British Dietetic Association

‘Associations do brilliant work for their members and these awards are an opportunity for associations to showcase their excellent work. It is particularly important for the employees to be recognised for the work they have done over the year’
Andrew Goodacre, CEO, British Independent Retailers Association

‘The Association Excellence Awards offer a valuable opportunity for organisations right across our very diverse sector to shine a light on what they do exceptionally well, where they have been particularly innovative and how they have achieved success. There is a massive amount to learn from participation and hearing from the best of the best in each category. I always leave the Awards event full of excellent ideas that I can implement at my own Association…’
Steve Nash, CEO, The Institute of the Motor Industry

Hear what winning means to those that have taken home a trophy – watch our Winners Interviews.