Innovating For Life Awards

To enter the Innovating For Life Awards simply complete the form below and upload your submission as a word document or a PDF.

Your innovation please describe this on a separate page in no more than 1,000 words, including the following:

• All team members’ names and job titles (if working in a team)
• Background on the need for intervention and rationale
• Proposed change/innovation/initiative/ intervention
• Methodology of implementation
• Outcome(s)/desired outcome(s)
• Assessment and measurement of progress and success
• Cost and resources
• An explanation of how you would use the £10,000 grant

The criteria by which the submissions will be judged include:

• the potential impact/value of your innovation
• rigour of process/evidence
• feasibility for adoption as a standard practice

Please include a supporting statement from your team Head of Midwifery or Clinical Director as evidence of your innovation or sharing of the idea described in your submission.

Additional evidence is optional. If you would like to include items, such as audit data, photos, DVDs, please send them with your entry to:

Innovating for Life Awards
Say Communications, The Courtyard
7 Francis Grove, LOndon, SW19 4DW

The deadline for entries is the 20th January 2012 and winners will be announced in February 2012. Good luck!
Terms and Conditions of Entry

1. Entries are open to professionals working in maternity and neonatal care individually or as members of a team.
2. Both awards are open to individuals and / or teams in the UK
3. Entries should be made either by the individual or the team.
4. Each entry should be supported by a statement of no more than 1000 words, to include the following:
   • Background to the need for intervention and rationale
   • Proposed change / innovation / intervention
   Methodology of implementation
   • Desired outcomes
   • Assessment and measurement of progress and success
   • Cost and resources
   • An explanation of how the individual / group would utilise the grant
5. For each entry, there should also be a supporting statement of no more than 300 words signed by the Head of Midwifery or Clinical Director verifying that the entrant has indeed achieved or shared the idea that is described in their submission. Applications should be supported by the unit and an academic institution where relevant.
6. Each submission will be judged by up to six judges.
7. Each category will have one winner.
8. Short-listed candidates will be invited to an awards ceremony at a prestigious venue in London early next year.
9. Entries from teams/individuals closely associated with the British Journal of Midwifery, Infant journal or Cow & Gate, be that employee, spouse, close relative or regular contributor or columnist are welcome but please declare any conflict of interest.
10. The closing date for entries in all categories is 20th January 2012.
11. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence can be entered into.
12. The same piece of work cannot be submitted into both categories.
13. The organisers reserve the right to reject an entry, if in their opinion it fails to comply with the rules and conditions.
14. The judging panel reserves the right to consult an independent expert if it needs to when deciding on winners.
15. No submitted entry material can be returned, including images, DVDs etc.
16. If an entry is received after the official closing date without prior approval, the organisers reserve the right to refuse the entry.
17. The organisers accept no responsibility for lost or damaged entries.
18. The organisers cannot guarantee that a winner will be awarded for every category. It will be at the discretion of the judging panel and dependent on the quality of submission.