All in the Mind Awards 2027 Terms and Conditions
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Rules for the All in the Mind 2027 Awards
1. In order to nominate someone, you must be aged 18 years or over and a UK resident (including Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and not be a BBC employee, employee of any of its affiliates, close relative of any such employees or connected to these Awards directly or through a close relative.
2. If nominating an individual, or professional, the nominee must be aged 18 or over and cannot be a BBC employee, employee of any of its affiliates, close relative of any such employees or connected to these Awards directly or through a close relative. If nominating a project, there must be a representative for the project who is 18 years or over. The representative cannot be a BBC employee, employee of any of its affiliates, close relative of any such employees or connected to these Awards directly or through a close relative. Further information on who can be nominated is below. Proof of age, identity and eligibility may be requested for the nominator and/or the nominee.
3. Nominations can be submitted via the website:from 15th September 2026 after 9.30am to 8th January 2027 at 13.00. Any nominations received outside of this window will not be accepted. The use of generative AI tools to create or develop any part of a nomination is not permitted. For accessibility assistance or to request reasonable adjustments, please contact allinthemindawards@bbc.co.uk
4. If your entry is shortlisted the BBC will need permission from the nominee. You will be required to provide contact information for your nominee(s), should they be shortlisted. The BBC will then contact the nominee to get their consent that they agree to be entered for the award. The nominee(s) will be told that you were the person nominating them.
5. In the event of your nomination being shortlisted the production team will be in contact with you. If your entry is considered for broadcast, anonymity cannot be guaranteed but in some circumstances family names of the nominator will not need to be used. This will only be discussed by the production team with the nominator in the event of shortlisting.
6. The criteria to qualify for nomination are as follows and the actions for which the nomination is being made should have occurred sometime between 15th September 2018 and 15th September 2026.
The three categories are:
i) Individual: A friend, colleague, boss, member of your family or any other individual who has helped you with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.
ii) Professional: A mental health professional who helped you, with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.
iii) Project: A mental health project that has helped you with respect to understanding and supporting your mental health condition.
Definition of "project" is a discrete project and not part of "conventional therapy". If the project has closed within the last eight years (from the date of nominations open) it can still be nominated if organisers / individuals are willing to talk about the project. You may nominate a project that you are a part of so long as you are not a founder, chair or trustee of the project.
7. Some nominations may be read out on air with interviews. These uses of nominations will have no bearing on and be entirely separate from the judging process. However, all nominees must be willing to be interviewed as a condition of their nomination.
8. The BBC Radio 4 "All in the Mind" team may contact both the nominator and nominee to verify facts and/or events and whether the relevant permissions have been obtained. This should not be interpreted as anything other than an information gathering exercise. If, at any stage during the awards process, a nominator or nominee cannot be contacted after the BBC has made reasonable efforts to do so, or the nomination cannot be reasonably verified, the BBC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify the nomination from the awards.
9. Further on-going research may be undertaken by the BBC All in the Mind team. The nominee and nominator may be contacted and asked for relevant contacts to assist this research. The BBC reserves the right to disqualify a nominee if such contacts are not provided. The “All in the Mind” team may undertake due diligence and social media checks of entrants to the Award. Nominators and nominees warrant they have not acted or omitted to act in a manner that will bring the BBC into disrepute. Information discovered or that may have been disclosed by the entrants themselves will inform the decision as to the selection of the winners. Disqualification will not be automatic but the decision is in the sole discretion of the BBC.
10. The judging panel will consist of a panel of mental health professionals, mental health campaigners and service users. Judging will take place in February or March 2027. Nominators may submit a maximum one nomination per category. If more than one nomination is received per category, only the first nomination received will be considered. Nominees may be nominated for more than one category but they may only win in one category. If multiple nominations for a single nominee are received, an editorial decision will be made as to which nomination will move forward to the judging process.
11. The winners will be publicly announced on BBC Radio 4's "All in the Mind", online and at the Awards Event. The BBC reserves the right to select a back-up winner. The back-up winner shall only be deemed the official winner in the event that the initially selected winner is disqualified or otherwise excluded at the sole discretion of the BBC. The identity of the back-up winner will not be disclosed unless they are confirmed as the official winner. The Awards Event is expected to take place on the 21st June 2027. Winners will be expected to accept the award in person on the day. The person who nominated the winner is also expected to be present during the announcement. The BBC will provide suitable accommodation and/or travel as deemed necessary. For the avoidance of doubt no other fees, costs or expenses will be provided by the BBC.
12. The BBC's decision as to the shortlist and winners is final. No correspondence relating to the awards will be entered.
13. Each of the winners will receive an "All in the Mind" Award”. There are no prizes, no cash alternative and the award cannot be sold or transferred in any circumstances.
14. Nominees and nominators must agree to take part in any post-award publicity if required.
15. Winners and their nominators will be recorded for a radio programme with the intention of broadcasting those contributions on radio, as well as using them on all other platforms including online and TV. The winners and their nominators will be expected to confirm agreement to this in writing by signing standard contributor permission forms.
16. The BBC reserves the right to: (i) vary these Rules, including but not limited to the opening and closing times of the awards nominations period; (ii) disqualify any nominee who breaches the rules, has acted fraudulently in any way or brings the BBC into disrepute; and (iii) cancel the awards, at any stage, if in its opinion it is deemed necessary or if circumstances arise outside its control.
17. No commercial gain can be made from using or referencing the BBC brand, the award itself or any other element of this awards process.
18. The BBC, its sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction, problems with online forms, internet issues or any other problem which may result in any nomination not being properly registered.
19. To the extent permitted by law, the BBC will not be liable for any loss or damage (whether such damage or losses were foreseen, foreseeable, known or otherwise) including financial, reputational loss or disappointment.
20. Where relevant this Award complies with the BBC Code of Conduct for Competitions and Voting, which can be found on: https://www.bbc.com/editorialguidelines/guidance/code-of-conduct. The BBC’s Terms of Use apply to this Award: http:www.bbc.co.uk/terms
21. The promoter of the awards is the British Broadcasting Corporation and these Rules are subject to the laws of England and Wales.
22. Persons nominating and nominees will be deemed to have accepted these rules and agree to be bound by them.
23. To find out how we will use your personal data please read our Privacy Notice here. If you want to withdraw your submission or request that your personal data is removed then please email allinthemindawards@bbc.co.uk Removal of your personal data may result in your withdrawal from the Awards.
