Sponsors

Headline Sponsor and Overall Education Hero of the Year

The University of Suffolk is the county’s only university, primarily based at the Waterfront campus in Ipswich but also delivering higher education in partnership with East Coast College and Suffolk New College. The university started out as University Campus Suffolk in 2007, before gaining independence and becoming the University of Suffolk in 2017. It offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and is developing locally, nationally and internationally significant research across its institutes. It also offers degree apprenticeship routes for vocational learners in partnership with the NHS, local authority, BT and a range of other organisations across the region. 

The university has opened cutting-edge new teaching and research spaces in recent years, including the Atrium Building featuring its Innovation Labs; the DigiTech Centre at Adastral Park in Martlesham in partnership with BT; The Hold in partnership with Suffolk County Council as the home of Suffolk’s archives; and the new Health and Wellbeing Building. Going forward, the university has ambitious plans to showcase more of its research activities, and significantly grow student numbers. The university is also in the process of developing a new dental treatment centre which will operate as a not-for-profit social enterprise to train future dental health professionals for the county.

Sponsors of The Wellbeing Award

Active Suffolk are the Active Partnership for Suffolk, one of 43 Active Partnerships across England dedicated to increasing the number of people taking part in physical activity to improve and support their physical and mental.

Active Suffolk supports and deliver numerous projects across the county that benefit not only our communities but the physical activity workforce too. Active Suffolk recognises that certain communities are subject to more barriers to participation, whether they be costs, accessibility issues or other individual circumstances. They work hard to understand these barriers and reduce and remove them, so all Suffolk residents have an equitable opportunity to participate in physical activity and enjoy the incredible physical and mental health benefits that physical activity and sport can bring.

Sponsor of Apprentice of the Year

Apprenticeships Suffolk is a free and impartial advice service/brokerage being offered by Suffolk County Council as part of their strategic aim to increase the quality and quantity of apprenticeships within the county, thereby supporting business and economic growth.

Sponsor of Teacher of the Year

Teach is an educational supply specialist working across East Anglia.  

Our mission is to build an education community with strong relationships to ultimately provide the very best teaching and learning experience.

Established in 2011 Teach is proud to supply experienced Teachers, Teaching Assistants and Nursery Nurses to our clients in a wide range of mainstream and SEND settings.  

Head office is based in Framingham Pigot just outside Norwich where our team of 25 is situated.

Our companies’ values are based on our hard-working honest relationships that we have established with our clients in a range of SEN and Mainstream settings.

Our dedicated SEND department helps schools to find specialist Teachers and Support staff to ensure inclusive provision. 

At Teach Compliance and Vetting is at the heart of everything we do to ensure complete peace of mind for our clients, our Recruitment and Compliance team look after candidates when they join Teach and advise them through the interview process. 

At Teach we believe that by doing what you love you inspire the hearts and minds of others.

Sponsor of Early Years Provider of the Year

Suffolk County Council (SCC) is the upper tier local authority for county of Suffolk. The council is responsible for a wide range of essential public services, including education, social care, the environment, transport, planning, waste disposal, public health and Suffolk’s fire service.

SCC’s four ambitions are:

• Looking after our health and wellbeing

• Strengthening our local economy

• Protecting and enhancing our environment

• Providing value for money for our residents.

It has its headquarters in Ipswich and has offices in towns and villages across the county. 75 county councillors are elected to the authority every four years and the council employs approximately 5000 people – making it a major employer in the county that plays a vital role in the local economy. It is also the third largest land owner in Suffolk.

SCC is a proud and active member of the community. It works with a wide range of partners to improve the lives of all residents and is committed to making Suffolk a better place to live, work and raise a family.