Futures Awards

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

Education – either academic or non-academic qualifications

Learning – lived experience

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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 opened on Monday 22 September and close on Friday 14 November at midday. The chosen finalists will be asked to present on their achievements on Tuesday 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.