Parking in the Community Award

Parking is an essential public service and can be a positive contributor to local communities. This award will recognise people working within the parking sector who have engaged with and supported their local communities. 

It is open to: community engagement programmes; projects that see car parks become focal points of community activity; fund-raising initiatives; etc.

Entries could, for example, be:

• Site specific services and initiatives that benefit a local community, charity and/or users with specific needs

• Public outreach and engagement ampaigns aimed at improving road safety, accessibility or community values

• Charitable fund-raising initiatives involving individual parking staff, teams or organisations which make a positive contribution to good causes at either a local or national level (but not just parking companies donating cash).

The criteria:
The judges will be looking for the following: 

• Working for and with a wider community

• Innovative thinking in the preparation, publicising, undertaking project/initiative

• Degree of success in achieving goal, making changes, improvements, etc

• Public profile achieved for the project or cause.

The following areas should be addressed:

• Description of the community engagement projects or tasks undertaken

• The inspiration for the project

• Details of the individuals or team involved in the project

• How this project complements or enhances the parking personnel's lives

• What, if any, parking skills are applied to the community project

• How the community engagement enhances the image of parking

• How the positive aspects of the project is publicised (if appropriate).

Please supply:

• Images

• Customer and client feedback/testimonials

• Press cuttings/Links to websites

• Details of other awards won.