i-care employee awards
Each year, High Life Highland celebrates outstanding achievement through our i-care employee awards.
These awards give employees, volunteers, partners—and you, the public—a chance to recognise the exceptional dedication, skill, and commitment shown by individuals and teams across all our services.
Most award categories are open to High Life Highland employees and volunteers to nominate. The exception is the People's Choice award, which is open to everyone — including members of the public.
All nominations are assessed against our i-care values — Integrity, Community, Accountability, Respect, and Example. Find out more about our values.
Nominations for 2026 are not yet open. The awards ceremony will take place later this year — check back soon.
Award categories
Open to members of the public to nominate
The People's Choice award
This category is open to everyone — you do not need to work for High Life Highland to nominate. Nominate a member of HLH staff who has consistently demonstrated an outstanding level of service and gone above and beyond to ensure a product, service, or activity is delivered to a high standard.
Categories open to High Life Highland employees to nominate
Outstanding employee of the year award
This category is for High Life Highland employees who continually go above and beyond in their line of work, who act as an ambassador for the organisation and who embody our i-care values every day.
High performing team of the year award
This category is for any team within High Life Highland that, collectively, demonstrates clear commitment to the organisation’s purpose of Making Life Better, delivering an exceptional service to its customers, whether that be external or internal.
Star volunteer of the year award
This category is for any individual who freely offers their valuable time to a service within High Life Highland by providing excellent service and commitment to our purpose of Making Life Better.
Inspiring young leader award
This category is for young leaders who have demonstrated commitment to continuous learning, growth, and self-improvement through our leadership programme.
The Highland Council Collaboration Award
This category is to celebrate the close collaborative partnerships existing between colleagues and teams from both High Life Highland and The Highland Council. HLH employees are invited to nominate a colleague or team from The Highland Council.
i-care awards 2025
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