2024, what a year!
In just 366 days in this rollercoaster of a leap year, we’ve all experienced the ups and downs of world news…including, a new UK Government, a US Presidential Race, Taylor Swift’s Eras tour breaking records, the Paris Olympics, and the England Men’s football team making it to the finals of the Euros (to name just a few headlines!).
And it’s been our busiest year yet here at August Recognition.
As we look forward to the new year, we’ve taken some time to reflect and measure our impact. Here’s our year in numbers…and why we’ll be enjoying a jolly good rest over Christmas!
- 302,015 Words Written
- 1500+ Cups of tea
- 1000+ Award entrants educated
- 700+ Copies of WIN! gifted
- £10000+ Charity donation value
- 207 Unique client awards Projects
- 200 Entries judged
- 50 Miles & 3 mountains hiked
- 27 Inspirational speaking events
- 21 Yummy award dinners
- 12 Christmas Wreaths made
- 11 Crystals earned in the Crystal Maze
- 3 Awards Accelerator training programmes
- 1 White Paper published
- 1 Beautiful new office
Training to Win!
We kicked off the year with our Awards Accelerator training programme, taking our first cohort of business owners, marketing managers, coaches, and leaders on their accelerated journey to becoming award-winning – with several going on to win in 2024.
This was our first of 3 cohorts this year, and we’re so pleased to hear the results already coming in; with Abi from The Children’s Respite Trust bagging some well-deserved shortlists and award wins within just 6 months of completing the course.
“Winning the Investment in People Award is a testament to the incredible team at the Children’s Respite Trust. Thanks to the training from August Recognition, we were able to share our mission and values in a way that truly resonated. The increased visibility from this recognition has amplified the Trust’s reach, enabling us to continue providing essential care and support to the children and families we serve.”
Gavin Fisher, Children’s Respite Trust CEO
Team Days Out and Giving Back
In March, our team took to the iconic Crystal Maze.
Teamwork was the name of the game as we navigated the challenges together, bagging a smashing 55 seconds in The Crystal Dome and scoring 188 points, placing top of the leaderboard!
As well as team days out, we also take part in fundraising activities, with each of our team given days to volunteer and give back as part of our Who Wins When You Win initiative.
This year, our brilliant Business Development Manager Kerry took on the Norfolk Coast Mighty Hike in aid of Macmillan, walking 26 miles and raising £3000.
Next, our wonderful Sales and Partnerships Manager Brooke scaled the UK Three Peaks, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Yr Wyddfa, over 3 days. Raising £5000 and awareness for The Children’s Respite Trust.
We can’t wait to see what the team gets up to in 2025, with some plans already underway…
Record Breaking Client Wins
For our clients, our successes grow and grow!
With 9 out of 10 award entries created going on to win this year, we’re beyond proud to be working with some of the world’s most influential and inspiring brands, and bringing their stories to life in a way the judges love and delivers exceptional value back to the business.
In October, we had a record-breaking night with our clients coming away with 12 trophies at the UK Customer Experience Awards. Including outstanding small business Kaizen Ticketing who beat retail giant ASOS to Gold, a highlight in their award-winning year.
All testament to our brilliant client account management team Ella and Lisa, as well as our fantastic team of writers. Here’s to more wins in 2025!
A New August HQ
In August 2024, we moved into our new HQ, a beautiful converted barn in the Sussex countryside, giving us the space to do even more with our local team.
In December, we hosted a Christmas wreath-making workshop for our writing team, recognising and appreciating their success with a beautiful wreath to enjoy over Christmas.
Looking Forward to 2025
With January 2025 already 80% booked with events, awards strategy creation and delivery, awards opening for the new year, plus a team day out to the Garden Army with Farmer Tom – it’s looking to be a busy year…
Starting with our New Year FREE award-winning bitesize workshop, taking place on Wednesday 29th January 2025.
Join this workshop to start your year with a winning mindset and a plan to win awards that will raise your profile, create personal opportunities and deliver real value back to your business.
Keep your eyes peeled for all the fantastic partner events we’ll be at in 2025, and come and find us in the Dent Zone at Ideas Fest in September!
For now, it only remains to say, thank you once again for supporting our drive to recognise and reward great people and great businesses, so that they can go on to create more of an impact in 2025 and beyond.
If you’d love to win awards and want to have a chat with our experts, book your January awards discovery call here.
We’ll be closing the office from 5pm Friday 20th December, returning Thursday 2nd January ready and raring to go for another award-winning year.
From all of us here at Team August, we wish you health and happiness this festive season. See you in the New Year!
