THE PROCESS

The process is flexible to meet the needs of your organisation.

There are eight core ‘standards’ you can apply for, however you don’t have to do all eight, you can pick and choose as few or as many as you like.

Read about each of the standards here

There is a natural progression and so you’ll start at Bronze Level, and once completed you can move on to Silver, and then Gold on each of the eight standards.

All the information you need is here on this website.

There are no timescales to adhere to, you can apply for the awards at a pace which suits you and your organisation.

For each standard we explain the criteria and give you information on what evidence you need to provide in order to show you meet the required standard. The criteria for each level is adapted for small, medium or large employers.

You can complete the entire application process online, including uploading your evidence documents,  and you can easily save your progress as you go along and come back to it at any time.

To start the applications, simply register with a name and email and you’re good to go.

Please remember to log-in each time you come back to the application, as this is the only way you can save your data, and don’t press submit unless you are happy with your evidence as you won’t be able to add or change it after you have done so.