Freelancer of the Year

£5000 cash prize for the winner, £2000 for the runner-up.

IPSE is searching for the most talented self-employed people in the UK to enter our IPSE Freelancer of the Year Award. This award is designed to recognise and celebrate the innovation and excellence of freelancers in the UK.

New to Freelancing

£3000 cash prize for the winner.

IPSE is searching for the most talented self-employed people in the UK that have, in under two years, launched their own successful business. This award is about celebrating the achievements of freelancers who have only recently taken the brave step of working for themselves.

University Partner

IPSE University Partners recognise the importance of ensuring the next generation of self-employed professionals have the knowledge and skills to succeed in working this way.

The University Partner of the Year Award recognises the university that has demonstrated the highest level of support for freelance and self-employed students, alumni and the wider community. The award is based on the university’s development of resources, events and activities to support their students, their contribution to the wider community of self-employed professionals, their reach and promotion of self-employment as a viable career option, alongside the success of their students and alumni in working in this way.

Co-Working Space of the Year

The Co-Working Space of the year recognises and celebrates the important role co-working spaces play in creating a nurturing, inclusive and stimulating environment for the UK’s self-employed workforce.  The venues will be judged on their design, quality of facilities, wider community initiatives, the value of membership packages and the passion and commitment to members and the freelancing community.

Ambassador of the Year

The IPSE Ambassador of the Year Award demonstrates the ambassador’s dedication to supporting freelancing and the self-employed. The award is based on the ambassador’s development of events and activities to support the self-employed and their contribution to the wider community of self-employed professionals.

Young Freelancer of the Year

£3000 cash prize for the winner.

IPSE is searching for the most talented self-employed people in the UK that are 25 or under to enter our IPSE Freelancer of the Year Award. This award is about celebrating the achievements of people who made the jump into freelancing at an early age and are already making a success of it.

Freelancing Project of the Year

£1500 cash prize for the winner.

This awards celebrates specific successful freelancer projects rather than the business as a whole. You do not have to be freelancing full time, it can be part of a side hustle business alongside full-time work or studying – but it must be a project and not a person. Examples could include an event, a particularly successful client project, campaign, fundraiser or other piece of work.

Freelancer of the Year

£5000 cash prize for the winner, £2000 for the runner-up.

IPSE is searching for the most talented self-employed people in the UK that 26 or over to enter our IPSE Freelancer of the Year Award. This award is designed to recognise and celebrate the innovation and excellence of freelancers in the UK.

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