How to enter

You can nominate yourself or someone else for the Scope Awards. Please carefully read through the information. This will make sure your submission meets our criteria and has the best chance of being shortlisted: 

Contact details 

Provide your name and contact details. If you are nominating someone else, make sure to include their name and contact details if you have them. 

Dates 

The achievement you are nominating yourself or others for must have taken place on or after 1 September 2023. They can still be ongoing.  

Example nominations

How to structure your answers

Making your answers clear and specific will give your nominee the greatest chance of being shortlisted. We recommend you use the STAR method:

• Situation: set the scene
• Task: describe the purpose
• Action: explain what was done
• Result: share the outcome

It’s important you’re clear on what was achieved as part of the activity and whether any change happened as a result.  

We also recommend that you provide as much evidence as possible. This could be:

• quotes from people affected by the nominee’s work
• changes in legislation or workplace policy
• changes to local community
• number of people affected
• local or national press coverage
• social media engagement
• petition signatures 
• any other proof 

Background information 

Make sure to provide some background information in your nomination. This should include: 

• what action was taken 
• why it was taken 
• when it occurred 
• what the outcomes were 

Also, explain how you think it made a difference in championing equality. 

Judging criteria

All nominations will be judged against the following criteria: Impact, Creativity, Diversity and Inclusion. Some categories will also be judged against Reach and Co-production.

Please be specific when addressing each point, with concrete examples where possible.

Impact

How has your nominee had a clear positive effect or influence on the lives of disabled people?

An example of a previous winner who demonstrated impact is the British Deaf Association, whose campaign ‘BSL Act Now’ resulted in BSL being legally recognised as a language in England, Wales and Scotland.

Creativity

How has your nominee generated new or novel solutions to problems, created new connections or original ideas?

An example of a previous winner who demonstrated creativity is Designability, whose product ‘Wizzybug’ is an innovative powered wheelchair for children.

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion: how has your nominee shown they are committed to highlighting the voices of all disabled people? Has their approach considered supporting disabled people that face other forms of discrimination in society? For example disabled people from Black, Asian, minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, and lower socio-economic backgrounds. This could be either through personal lived experience or championing others.

An example of a previous winner who demonstrated commitment to diversity and inclusion is Sophie Butler, who talks about the experiences of disabled people in the LGBTQ+ community.

Reach

How has your nominee reached a wide audience or raised public awareness of disability equality?

An example of a previous winner who demonstrated a wide reach is Apple’s ‘The Greatest’ campaign, which was viewed 16 million times in one week.

Co-production

How has your nominee collaborated or co-produced their work with disabled people?

An example of a previous winner who demonstrated good co-production is LEGO Braille Bricks, who worked closely with different blind associations and families who through lived experiences could tell their story of why braille is important.

Location 

All submissions need to focus on the impact an action has had in the United Kingdom. It can have originated elsewhere. But we cannot accept submissions that only highlight impact in other regions or countries. 

Nomination format 

You can submit a nomination either: 

• in writing, using the text fields  
• by audio or video file that is no more than 5 minutes long  

There is the option to add supporting links to support your application. These could be to a website, a video, social media, or a blog.

If you are submitting a nomination in the ‘Media Moment’ category, we ask that you provide a secure link to or copy of the moment in question.

To avoid losing your work, we recommend typing your nomination in a word document before copying it into the nomination form.