The Birmingham Mail and The Pallasades Schools Awards 2009

Sep 18 2009 By Midlands Marketing

THE Birmingham Mail, in association with The Pallasades Shopping Centre, is delighted to launch the Schools Awards for the second year running.  We are now welcoming your entries for 2009.

There are 10 award categories in total including a School of the Year Award. A chosen panel, will judge individually the nominations for each category.  Eventually they will short list two or three schools/individuals for each award category who will be invited to attend the Schools Awards luncheon ceremony to be held on Wednesday December 16.  This prestigious luncheon and awards ceremony will be held at Thinktank. Thinktank is Birmingham’s award winning science museum, a truly modern museum offering ten galleries of historical artefacts, modern interactive exhibits, fascinating futuristic facts as well as a brand new state-of-the-art digital Planetarium.  The schools will also enjoy a visit to Thinktank during the morning of the luncheon.

The award winners will receive a glass trophy and a bursary towards their school.  The runners-up will also receive a small bursary and a framed certificate.

HOW TO NOMINATE

Nominations can come from schools, parents, staff, local community members, governors, etc.  To make a nomination for any of the categories:

Please complete the form here and send back to the below:.

Becky Wilson, Schools Awards, Marketing Department, BPM Media, Floor 6, Fort Dunlop, Fort Parkway, Birmingham, B24 9FF or email the details to schoolsawards@mrn.co.uk stating the category that you are entering in the subject line.

Closing Date is Friday November 13 2009.

PRIZES

PROJECT AWARDS

- £300 bursary and a special trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category.

- £150 bursary and a framed certificate will be awarded to one or two runners up in each category.

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

- £200 for the school and a special trophy will be awarded to the winner of each category

- £100 for the school and a framed certificate will be awarded to one or two runners up in each category.

BARCLAYS MONEY SKILLS AWARD

- £1,000 for the winning school and a special trophy

- £500 for one or two runners up and a framed certificate