There are individual and team awards across 10
categories. Last year, over 600 nominations were
submitted and 42 outstanding candidates shortlisted.
Last year’s winners included:
- a puppy breeding scheme for police dogs in West
Midlands, run by police support volunteers
- a special constable who set up a joint response
unit in South Wales to co-ordinate police and ambulance
response to incidents
- a group of volunteer police cadets from Kensington
and Chelsea who organised a residential camp in the
Isle of Wight for young people affected by the Grenfell
Tower fire
Minister for Policing and the Fire Service said:
The Lord Ferrers Awards is an important occasion
where we can recognise the selfless commitment
demonstrated by volunteers in policing.
British policing is the envy of the world, and
volunteers play a crucial role in keeping it that way
by strengthening links with communities.
I hope police officers and staff will put forward
volunteers they work alongside, and that members of
the public will take this opportunity to nominate
volunteers in policing who have had an impact on
their lives.
The awards were previously known as the Special
Constable and Police Support Volunteer Awards. They
were created in 1993 by former Home Office Minister
Lord Ferrers and were renamed in his memory in 2013.
An awards ceremony for winners will take place in
October 2018. Awards have previously been presented by
Home Office ministers, chief constables and other
senior policing figures.
Nominations open on Thursday 7 June and close at
midnight on Sunday 22 July.
Nominations can be submitted via an online form.
