Recognising great work

Value Stars
We all know a colleague who helps someone out in busy times, lends a friendly ear when someone needs it, or has creatively managed that special project. To recognise and value these people, any employee can award a colleague a ‘Value Star’, based on our values.

Recognition Awards
We have amazing people doing amazing work every day. But sometimes an individual will do something or deliver a piece of work that truly stands out as being beyond expectations. We acknowledge these people with a small expression of gratitude – hopefully to be used to treat themselves or family to something they enjoy.

The NSPCC People Awards
Each year we hold our annual NSPCC People Awards to showcase best-practice examples of our values and behaviours in action. We offer a range of awards including:

• The Esther Awards - recognising staff or volunteers who had a ‘lightbulb’ moment and made a difference to the lives of children and families we work with in the last year.
• The Anita Green Childhood Champion Awards - recognising one employee and one volunteer who have made a big impact towards our mission to stop child abuse and neglect.

Learning from each other

We actively encourage cross-team working and provide an environment where our people can share experiences and learn from each other. Our people learn and connect through internal education sessions such as:

• our ‘espresso sessions’, which are webinars that explore different topics and allow staff to regularly learn from experts and each other;
• sessions organised by our lived experience networks;
• activities to raise awareness of events throughout the year, such as Mental Health Awareness Week, Black History Month, Pride Month and Disability History Month.