Promoting Excellency Within Case Management: The CMSUK 2025 Awards Ceremony
Posted 28th April 2025
We are delighted to announce this year's CMSUK awards. Hosted at a new venue, The Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington, we’re welcoming the case management community to join us on Friday 19th September for a night of celebration, insight, and connection.
On the day, we will be hearing from keynote speaker and record-breaking explorer, Darren Edwards. From overcoming a life-changing spinal cord injury to leading groundbreaking expeditions, Darren inspires audiences with his extraordinary journey of resilience and has inspired the theme of this year's ceremony, which is Adversity into Achievement.
Adversity Into Achievement
We feel adversity into achievement perfectly captivates the dedication of the case management community. Whether it’s innovative rehabilitation approaches, groundbreaking research, or outstanding client support, we want to recognise the outstanding work that is carried out by the case management community to turn challenges into progress.
Inspired by our keynote speaker, Adversity into Achievement is designed to celebrate the difficult work our case management colleagues complete in their day-to-day roles. In addition to this, many of the individuals we support embody strength, perseverance, and transformation, and the adversity that they overcome will be celebrated.
The Royal Garden Hotel - Kensington
As the CMSUK awards ceremony goes from strength to strength, we couldn’t be prouder to announce that we are relocating this year's awards ceremony to a larger venue. This move allows us to welcome almost double the number of guests compared to previous years and means we will be providing an enhanced guest experience.
The move to the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington comes as we experienced unprecedented demand for our 2024 awards ceremony. Therefore, we hope by increasing the capacity of the evening to 440, it allows for more of the case management community to join us on what promises to be a memorable evening.
Key Dates for Your Diary
With our annual conference just around the corner, a rebrand, a fresh website, and a new awards venue, 2025 is shaping up to be an incredibly exciting one for CMSUK. To ensure you are on top of your awards submission, we’ve included the important milestones for this year's awards below.
| Event | Date |
| Nominations open | 17th Feb |
| CMSUK’s 2025 Conference | 27th & 28th March |
| Nominations close | 6th June |
| Shortlist announcement | July |
| Awards ceremony | 19th Sep |
This year's awards have 10 different categories that people can put themselves forward for. Nine of these are currently open for submissions. The final award (Outstanding Contribution Award) will open in the coming weeks and will be judged by a separate panel.
Follow this link to see all the categories and their criteria.
In addition to moving to a new venue, we have also implemented a new awards submission process, streamlining the award nominations. By doing so, it means the process isn’t as time-consuming and is easier to navigate.
How to secure your spot
CMSUK is proud to announce that despite rising costs, we have frozen the ticket prices of our awards ceremony at £145 for a third consecutive year. Reflecting our dedication to members and delivering accessible and valuable events, we felt freezing our prizes once again meant as many members as possible could access what promises to be a memorable ceremony.
CMSUK is passionate about supporting their membership base, and a crucial element of this is providing high-quality events that support our members with their roles. Whether it’s educational webinars or the awards ceremony that the whole sector looks towards, we are dedicated to not only providing members with valuable and useful support but also ensuring they are well informed.
If you aren’t already a member, it couldn’t be a better time to join. With our largest awards to date, a new brand identity, and a website, 2025 is a transformational year for CMSUK.