Pub Saving and Heritage Awards

Eligibility and Success Criteria

Groups who are eligible for the Pub Saving Award must have carried out campaigning activity that has directly led to the prevention of a pub or pubs being closed during the year ending 1 November 2024.

The judges will consider the following factors when deliberating the winner of the award, which you may wish to reference when writing your nomination:

• How the campaign was established, how it set its objectives and how it planned to achieve them.

• How the campaign gathered evidence and information relevant to its campaign.

• How the campaign engaged with the community and with pub users.

• How the campaign achieved publicity for its aims and objectives.

• How the campaign went about lobbying and influencing decision-makers.

• The successes the campaign achieved.

If the nature of the campaign was more general than saving a specific pub, some of these factors will have more weight than others. For example, if the campaign managed to influence decision makers, this will be viewed as a major element.