Aneurin Bevan Award for Excellence in Collaborative Working
About the Aneurin Bevan Award
Note: this award will next be awarded in 2027. Nominations will open in March 2027.
This award recognises collaborative working across teams or organisations that has made a significant impact on research or innovation.
Winners of this award will demonstrate significant contributions in one or more of the following ways:
- Evidence of collaborative working across the team or organisation that has made a significant impact on research or innovation.
- Evidence of ‘added value’ from working in collaboration.
- Evidence of the creation of a collegial and supportive culture.
- Reach and impact of their work.
- Any other notable achievements, e.g. innovation, major projects, knowledge transfer, dissemination of their work etc.
Open to teams only. Winners may be a team of any size (3+).
Who was Aneurin Bevan and why is he associated with our ‘Excellence in Collaborative Working’ Award?
Aneurin Bevan was the chief architect of the National Health Service – an organisation lauded for its team working. He was a Member of Parliament for Ebbw Vale and appointed Minister for Health in 1945. Born in Tredegar, the son of a miner, he was a trade union activist and later deputy leader of the Labour party.
Read more about Aneurin Bevan at the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
Scrutiny Committee membership
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