The PCA wishes to reward the most proactive individuals from its current and past playing membership. Throughout each calendar year a large amount of PCA members take part in personal development and the PCA Futures Awards, in association with Lodders, aim to highlight some of the best examples across the membership. It also celebrates the development culture its members adopt with the support from the PCA.
The Awards has been running since 2013 and has rewarded some fantastic personal development ambassadors.
The Awards have three categories for the winners:
1. Business Impact
- Work Placement (s)
- Business development
- Coaching Development
2. Community Spirit
- Charity Work
- Community Work
- Social and ethical endeavours
3. Lifelong Learning
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- Education – either academic or non-academic qualificationsÂ
- Learning – lived experience Â
What can you win?
From 2025, the Overall Winner of the Futures Awards, who will also be a category winner, will receive a £5,000 bursary while the successful candidates of the remaining two categories will receive £2,500 to invest in their continued development. The biggest prize money ever available for the Awards will also be supported with Lodders offering 12 months of career mentoring and business support for the winners.
In addition to this significant level of support from Lodders, all winners will share a comprehensive IT package from PCA Business Club Member, Lucidica that includes:
- 1 x Free business grade laptop or desktop computer
- 1 x Free website build
- 1 x 12 month subscription/license to Microsoft 365 or GSuite
Future Awards Application Form
What constitutes Personal Development?
Examples of Personal Development could include learning acquired and qualifications undertaken, personal and professional skill development, work experience undertaken, and charity/volunteering/community work. The PCA recognise the broad and individual nature of Personal Development, therefore speak to your regional Personal Development Manager if unsure whether your efforts qualify.
Application Details
Applications for Futures Awards 2025 are not open yet. The chosen finalists will be asked to present on their achievements on 25 November at Lodders’ offices in Birmingham. Attendance in person on the day is mandatory for the finalists. The winners will be announced at the event.
2025 APPLICATIONS OPEN ON 22 SEPTEMBER
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