Bees鈥� Needs champion awards: 2024 to 2025
Updated 5 March 2025
Applies to England
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The Bees鈥� Needs champion awards recognise and celebrate exceptional things that local authorities, community groups, farmers and businesses have done to support pollinators. 聽
Defra gives these awards to people or organisations that have done inspiring things to help pollinators thrive. For example:聽
- creating a wildflower patch聽
- educating the local community
- doing special things to help pollinators on your farm or around your workplace聽
You can nominate yourself for an award, or you can nominate someone else.聽
Award categories
There are 2 award categories. You can enter under either:
- 肠辞尘尘耻苍颈迟颈别蝉听
- 蹿补谤尘颈苍驳听听听
The communities category is for things that local authorities, schools and community groups do to help pollinators.
The farming category is for things that farmers do to help pollinators.
Application form
Closing date for entries
Entries close on 12 May 2025.
Privacy notice
Find out how Defra will use your personal information when you submit a nomination for a Bees鈥� Needs champion award.