APM Volunteer Achievement Awards 2026
APM is delighted to announce our eighth Volunteer Achievement Awards to recognise and reward the invaluable contribution volunteers make to the success of the organisation and wider profession.
Important dates
Nominations close: 5 April 2026, midnight BST
Shortlist announced: Week commencing 20 April 2026
Winners announced: June 2026, APM Volunteers’ Development Forum
Categories
We have six award categories recognising individual and collective successes. All categories should include activity undertaken between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026 inclusive, except for APM Special Achievement of the Year, which should include nominations over an extended period, with a minimum of eight years.
APM Volunteer Event of the Year
- Lauren Garrett, Maryam Raad
APM London Regional Network
AI in Project Management: Current Breakthroughs and Future Considerations for Project Managers 2025 - Neil Horner, Charlotte Brew, Phil Hardy, Jennifer Davies, Mark Graham, Taru Suresh, Katie Rowlands, Carl Gavin
APM North West Regional Network
Regional Network Conference 2025 - Manish Khanna
APM Midlands Regional Network
Demystifying Earned Value (in collaboration with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Midlands) - Irene Maposa
Women in Project Management (WiPM) Interest Network
WiPM Conference 2025 - South Wales and West of England Regional Network
Conference 2025
APM Volunteer of the Year
- Jack Adams
- Josh Davies
- Michael Diskin
- Alan Glennie
- Neil Horner
- Chibuzo Ikeh
- Jack Ince
- Irene Maposa
- Dr Hugo Minney
- Élitz-Doris Okwudili
- Awoya Samuel Oluwatimileyin
- Sangeetha Ramachandran
- Cesar Rendora
- Simon Wingfield
APM Interest Network of the Year
- AI and Data Analytics Interest Network
- People Interest Network
- Risk Interest Network
- Sustainability Interest Network
- Women in Project Management Interest Network
APM Regional Network of the Year
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- London
- North West
- Scotland
- South Wales and West of England
APM Education Volunteer of the Year
- Sami Abbasi
- Andrew Baber
- Edward Enejoh
- James Evans
- Michelle Littlemore
- Gordon MacKay
- Peter Pepper
- Manikanth Reddy
- Rochelle Sampson-Clarke
APM Special Achievement of the Year
- Alan Apps
- Chris Blockey Webb
- Phil Hardy
- Guy Hindley
- Paul Johnson
- Debbie Lewis
- Irene Maposa
- Milla Mazilu
- Matt Tucker
How to enter / Criteria
- A nomination should be a summary of the nominee’s achievements and should be no longer than 500 words per criterion response.
- Self-nominations are accepted.
- All categories should include activity undertaken between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026 inclusive, except for APM Special Achievement of the Year, which should include nominations over an extended period, with a minimum of eight years.
Judging
Winners will be selected by APM’s expert volunteer judges from the entries and nominations which best reflect alignment to APM's strategy, key APM themes of growth and diversity, as well as APM values: Progressive, Thoughtful, Warm and Excellent.
Recognition of the awards winners
Winners will be announced at the APM Volunteers’ Development Forum in June 2026 and will receive a sustainably sourced APM Trophy per category. Winners will be profiled on the APM website and through social media, to promote the value of volunteering with APM.
If you have any queries please contact volunteers@apm.org.uk