• Judging is conducted by a panel of experienced parks and leisure practitioners.
• Judges are asked to declare if a conflict of interest exists and if so are excluded from the judging of that submission.
• Judges may not be familiar with your organisations size, location and operating budget so, if appropriate, include this information in responses so judges can put applications into context.
• Judging occurs in two stages, one panel to determine the best submission for each category in each region and a second panel to determine the best of each category at the national level.
• Awards are judged in accordance with the award criteria.
• Should the respective judging panel believe that no nomination meets the criteria or standard of excellence required, it will not be obliged to confer the particular award.
• Where there is only one nomination in a category, it will be considered by judges as to whether it is suitable to win the award at the region level, and suitable to progress to the national level.

A review of the judging process has been undertaken and a new process implemented for 2022. Information on our new process may be found in the documents below: