Innovation in Income Generation Award

This award celebrates a team who have had an idea that has raised significant income for their hospice or palliative care organisation by doing something different.

Innovation isn’t always a “big idea”: it can be incremental changes to the way you do things that result in making a big difference. 

For this Award, we look for examples that showcase innovation in practice, whether through fundraising initiatives, lotteries, retail endeavours, or social enterprise activities. 

We welcome entries from all corners of innovative income generation. We're interested in innovations that have the potential to inspire and benefit other hospice and palliative care organisations.

We look for applications that have shown innovative practice in income generation and which have raised significant income to support the work of a hospice or palliative care organisation.

Submissions are carefully reviewed against the criteria outlined below to assess the originality and impact of your innovation. 

Who can enter

Applications can come from a range of projects such as:

• Fundraising
• Lotteries
• Retail
• Social enterprise activity

Criteria

Your Entry will be assessed using the following criteria:

How original was the innovation?

• Was it a new concept or a variation of an existing idea?
• Was it developed independently or in cooperation with others?

What was the impact of the innovation?

• How profitable was the project?
• How far has it created a new long term source of income?
• How far has it created increased public awareness of hospice and palliative care?

Applicability

• Can this innovation be applied to other hospice and palliative care organisations?

General Criteria and Guidance

Read our submission criteria and general guidance before you submit an entry.

Enter now

To nominate someone for the 2025 award, please complete our short online form.

The deadline for submitting entries and nominations is 5pm on Monday 8 September 2025. 

The winners will be announced at our National Conference in Liverpool from 25-27 November 2025.