SMN National Event & Recognition Awards 2016
28 November 2016
The SMN National Event and Recognition Awards ceremony took place at the Trades Hall in Glasgow on Thursday 17th November and was very well attended with over 100 delegates, from over 50 different organisations, in attendance.
The day was opened by SMN's Strategic Development Manager, Iain Forbes, who delivered an update on SMN activity over the past year followed by showcase presentations from SMN member projects, Tayside Council on Alcohol’s One Stop Women’s Learning Service (OWLS) and the Cross Organisational Mentoring Project between Renfrewshire Council, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, the National Australia Group and Glasgow Caledonian University.
Delegates participated in facilitated Network and Learning discussions on the Impact of Mentoring and a range of four breakout sessions were on offer.
We were delighted to present this years' SMN Project of the Year Award 2016 to Lochaber Hope, accepted on the day by Alyson Smith and Norma Green.
The Category Award Winners of the SMN Recognition Awards 2016 are shown below:
- Project of the Year 2016 - Lochaber Hope
- Business Project of the Year - GrowBiz Enterprise Mentoring Support
- Care Experienced Young People Project of the Year - Move On (Edinburgh & Glasgow)
- Community Project of the Year - Cothrom - Mentor Uist and Barra
- Culture Project of the Year - Cultural Enterprise Office - Flourish Mentoring
- Disability & Health Project of the Year - Joint Winner: Ayrshire College Peer Mentoring and The National Autistic Society Scotland-Moving Forward
- Education Project of the Year - Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh-Employer Mentoring
- Employment Project of the Year - LinkLiving Ltd - SmartLiving
- Inclusion Project of the Year - Lochaber Hope
- Intergenerational Project of the Year - Covey and Bellshill & Mossend YMCA - Pathways to Confidence
- Justice Project of the Year - Joint Winner: Kirkcaldy YMCA Plusone Mentoring & Tayside Council on Alcohol –TCA Mentoring Services
- Social Care Project of the Year - Phoenix Futures - Communities of Recovery - Glasgow
- Youth Project of the Year - Youth Scotland-Young People Taking the Lead, U: Mentor
In addition to these category awards, yipworld Plusone Mentoring received a Highly Commended Certificate and Very Highly Commended Certificates were awarded to City of Glasgow College-Interior Design Mentorship and Penicuik YMCA Plusone Midlothian. A Certificate of Continuing Excellence was awarded to the University of the West of Scotland for its Employer Mentoring project.
Three staff members who have made a special impact within their project received an Outstanding Employee Contribution to Mentoring Award: Jillian Law from YMCA Scotland, Paul McIlvenny from Youth Scotland and Shug McRoberts from Move On. The Outstanding Mentor Contribution to Mentoring Award was awarded to Danny McCrone from Move On and a number of staff members and mentors received Commended and Highly Commended Certificates.
A Special Award for the Advancement of Mentoring was awarded to YMCA Scotland for its Plusone Mentoring franchise.
A full report on the event and winners is available to download from the resources section of our website here.
Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this one of the best SMN National Events to date.
