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iO Awards 2026
Collaboration and Community Impact

Closing date and time: Sunday, 4 October 2026 at 11:59pm.
About the award

This award recognises teams and partnerships working together to improve health, increase access to care and create meaningful impact within their communities.

Before completing this form: We recommend that you read the award criteria, eligibility rules and nomination guidance: Awards Guidance Notes and Rules.

Alternative ways to make a nomination
To answer the main nomination questions by audio or video or to request a paper or large-print version, or help completing your nomination, contact events@iOsteopathy.org.

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1.Eligibility
The nomination must concern:
• a UK-based team, partnership, regional group, charity, organisation or named collaboration whose principal work and community impact take place in the UK;
• a named lead who will receive the award on behalf of the collaboration; and
• at least one named UK-based, GOsC-registered osteopath who is a current iO member and has a substantive role in the work.(Required.)
2.What collaboration are you nominating?
Select one:(Required.)
3.Your details
4.Collaboration and lead details
5.Named osteopathic contributor
6.Tell us about the collaboration and its context

Briefly describe the community or population involved, the shared purpose, the setting and scale of the work, and the organisations, professions or groups participating. Include any relevant opportunities, constraints or resources.

Your answer Maximum 250 words or approximately 2 minutes of audio/video.
7.How did this collaboration work as a genuine partnership?

Describe how the participants worked together to address a shared purpose during the relevant three-year period.

Explain:

• the shared need or purpose and how it was identified;

• which organisations, professions or communities participated and what each contributed;

• how decisions, responsibilities and delivery were shared rather than operating as parallel activity or referral alone;

• how patients, communities or other stakeholders were involved in design and delivery; and

• what made the partnership effective and distinctive in its context.

Use specific examples and relevant dates. Identify the supporting document or documents in section 10 that substantiate the shared purpose, the contributions of partners, stakeholder involvement and how the partnership operated.

Your answer Maximum 600 words or approximately 5 minutes of audio/video.
8.What difference has the collaboration made, and how do you know?

Explain what changed because of the partnership, why the change mattered and who benefited.

Include:

• the improvement in patient or community outcomes, public health, access, service provision or partnership working;

• how the benefit extended beyond a single individual or organisation;

• who benefited and why the difference was significant;

• how you know - for example, outcome or access information, evaluation, documented service change or relevant partner or community feedback; and

• whether the benefit and partnership have been sustained or developed.

Give the relevant findings and identify the supporting document or documents in section 10 where the claimed difference and the contribution of the collaboration can be verified.

Your answer Maximum 600 words or approximately 5 minutes of audio/video.
9.What lasting value has the collaboration created?

Describe the wider contribution to future partnership working, community capacity or inclusion.

Relevant examples may include:

• stronger community or multidisciplinary relationships;

• improved inclusion or embedded patient and community perspectives;

• shared learning or sustained capacity;

• a model supporting future partnership working; or

• another lasting contribution beyond the immediate project.

Give specific examples, explain the wider value created and identify the supporting document or documents in section 10 that substantiate the contribution and its effect.

Your answer Maximum 300 words or approximately 3 minutes of audio/video.
10.Supporting evidence 1(Required.)
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11.Supporting evidence 2
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12.Supporting evidence 3
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Important: Do not include identifiable patient information in any supporting document. Only supporting evidence in any format should be submitted through the file uploads above. To submit your full nomination by audio or video, please email events@iOsteopathy.org.
13.Confirm and submit
Complete each confirmation:(Required.)
14.Name of person making these confirmations(Required.)
15.Date of submission(Required.)
Enter:
Final check: Make sure the eligibility confirmation is complete, all required contact details are present, each main question is answered, at least one supporting document is supplied, and all supporting documents are anonymised and clearly named.