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Application for CEP Awards 2025 is now open!
The moment you’ve all been waiting for has arrived – the application for the fourth edition of the CEP Awards is now officially open!
CEP is thrilled to celebrate outstanding contributions to probation during the 2025 General Assembly in Vienna. This is your chance to showcase your work, share your achievements, and gain recognition for advancing probation practices.
You can now submit your nominations in the following categories:
- Rehabilitation and social inclusion (The Sue Hall Award) – an award for effective rehabilitation and work which promotes social inclusion of probation clients.
- Enhancing the profile of probation and promoting professionalisation An award for work raising the profile and public awareness of probation and for promoting the development of probation practice through the development of skills and training.
- Probation Research – An award for research which has had a demonstrable impact on probation practice and/or policy within the last five years.
The winners of the CEP Awards 2025 will be invited to the presentation ceremony in Vienna, Austria, where their work will be celebrated and showcased as exemplary practices in probation.
How to apply:
Fill in the form to submit your application. The deadline for applications is at the end of April 2025.
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