Categories and Criteria

Below are the list of awards categories, please click on each award to find out more information about the criteria for that award.

This award recognises an individual or project that has made a major contribution towards tackling global online harms in the last 12 months.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominee can be an individual working in the online CSA space or a project / initiative created within the sector
  2. The impact or influence was have been delivered within the last 12 months
  3. The nomination must detail the challenge or issue the work aimed to address, details of the work undertaken, and the impact or influence it achieved
  4. Evidence must be provided of how the work will be shared across the sector

This award recognises an individual who has dedicated years of their career towards tackling global online harms, and who has delivered significant influence through a whole system approach.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominee must be working in one of the following sectors: policing, public protection, education, health, technology or child safety
  2. Evidence must be provided of a sustained commitment to tackling online CSA as part of the nominee's professional or personal pursuits
  3. The nomination must show clear influence on the global response to tackling online harms
  4. Evidence must be provided of the individual's profile and influence within professional networks dedicated to tackling the threat of online CSA

This award recognises an individual who has demonstrated exceptional and inspirational leadership in their efforts to tackle the global threat of online child sexual abuse.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominee must be working in one of the following sectors: policing, public protection, education, health, technology or child safety
  2. Evidence must be provided of how the individual has inspired or motivated others to deliver work in the online CSA sector
  3. The nomination must show how the individual has sought to share knowledge or best practice or to champion the development of others
  4. The nomination must evidence how the individual has gone above and beyond what is required of them to lead work to tackle online CSA

This award recognises a technological innovation, designed to support the protection of children from exploitation online.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nomination must detail the specific problem the innovation was designed to address, how it works and the impact or difference it has made
  2. The nomination must clearly explain why the initiative is innovative
  3. Detail must be provided of how the learning from the project will be shared with others
  4. The nomination must outline the potential of the innovation for further influence within the sector

This award recognises an individual or project that has made a clear impact on operational activities to tackle online child sexual abuse.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominee can be an individual working in the online CSA space or a project / initiative created within the sector
  2. The nomination must evidence how the work of the individual or the project / initiative has directly led to operational effectiveness in tackling online harms
  3. The nomination must explain how the influence will be used to ensure further impact

This award recognises a project, campaign or initiative, that has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to supporting victims of online child sexual abuse.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominated project must have been delivered by an organisation working in one of the following sectors: policing, public protection, education, health, technology or child safety
  2. The nomination must explain how the project or initiative has worked to understand the experience of victims of online child sexual abuse, with a focus on lived experience
  3. Evidence must be provided of how the project or initiative has used victim experience to influence change in the sector
  4. Detail must be provided of how the project or initiative has directly supported or benefitted victims of online child sexual abuse, detailing its positive outcomes.

This award recognises an individual or organisation that has carried out research that has had a direct impact on improving the global response to tackling online harms.

Entry Criteria:

  1. The nominee must be an academic or an academic organisation
  2. The research must have been carried out within the last two years
  3. Evidence must be provided of how the research has been shared and how it has directly contributed to the global response to tackling online harms