- Best in Tourism Award
- Best New Business
- Best New Product / Service of the Year
- Best Young Person in Business
- Business Growth Award
- Commitment to the Borough Award
- Customer Service Award - Hospitality
- Customer Service Award - Independent
- Customer Service Award - Multiple Retailer
- Entrepreneur of the Year Award
- Good Food Award
- Innovation, Technology & Creativity Award
- Involvement in the Community Award
- Training & Development Award
Involvement in the Community Award
This award acknowledges individuals, businesses or organisations that have had an ongoing relationship with the community through their
voluntary contribution or social enterprise status.
Who Should Apply?
This award is open to any individual, business or organisation within the Borough of Coleraine actively providing a voluntary contribution to the community.
How will the award be judged?
All applicants must provide written evidence in all of the following areas on company letterhead by 5pm on Thursday 31st March 2011 to Coleraine Borough Business Awards, Coleraine Borough Chamber, 2 Abbey Street, Coleraine, BT52 1DS.
- Provide a profile of your business/organisation outlining why, how and when it was established (max 500 words)
- Identify initiatives that your business/organisation has implemented that make a positive impact on the local community or individuals (max 500 words)
- Provide evidence of collaboration between the business and the community, highlighting clear and measurable benefits to both. (max 500 words)
- Outline your strategy for ongoing development and growth that will ensure long term sustainability of the social enterprise and provide examples of successful implementation to date. (max 1,000 words)
All short listed candidates for this award may be required to attend an interview with our panel of judges in April 2011.
Award Sponsor: Diamond Recruitment Network

Diamond Recruitment is delighted to sponsor this particular award. We believe it demonstrates the importance we place on the fact that we can and do contribute to the local community, not only the business life but also to community life through sponsorship of a variety of events.
Diamond takes a great deal of pride in having long standing and established business relationships with both large and small employers in the community for 13 years now. This has allowed us the privilege of being able to provide local people with opportunities of employment and employers with the skills they need to meet their business needs.
We would like to thank all the participants in this category for their very valued ongoing contribution to the community and to wish them good luck. We look forward to presenting this award to the winners.