We are incredibly proud to see ADR Wales teams and colleagues recognised across the ADR UK Partnership Awards this year.
These nominations are a powerful endorsement of the quality, impact and collaboration that underpin our work, and they come at an exciting moment as we near the close of our current investment and look ahead to an ambitious next five years of building on our success.
Several ADR Wales teams and individuals have been shortlisted for awards celebrating excellence across the partnership, reflecting the strength, depth and reach of our work over the past year. The winners will be announced at the Internal ADR UK Partnership Meeting on 14 May, but being recognised at this stage already highlights the outstanding contribution our teams are making at both a Wales and UK level.
Across five award categories, ADR Wales colleagues have been acknowledged for innovation, teamwork, cross-partnership collaboration and their ability to rise to new challenges. This recognition reinforces the impact of our collective efforts, from policy engagement and research delivery to digital platforms, communications and data partnerships, and underlines the strong foundations we are carrying forward into our next phase of investment.
ADR Wales nominations by category
Outstanding teamwork
- Policy Engagement Team (ADR Wales) – policy engagement model
- Healthy Homes Healthy Kids – child health research
- Rhodri Johnson – team support leadership
Cross-partnership working
- Lucy Griffiths / ADR England Community Catalyst – Children at Risk of Poor Outcomes collaboration
- ADR UK Conference Organising Team (ADR Wales) – UK-wide conference delivery
- Welsh Government & SAIL teams – data access partnership
Rising to a challenge (individual)
- Stephanie Lee – Datacise platform growth
- Grace Bailey — children evidence review
- Emma Yates — data ethics framework
- Matt Evans — inclusive linkage solutions
- Cate Batchelder – Wales website rebrand
Rising to a challenge (team)
- DALfR + Skills team (ADR Wales) – policy evidence delivery
We congratulate everyone nominated and thank all our colleagues across ADR Wales for the commitment, creativity and collaboration that continue to drive our work forward.