The GIG Awards 2026

GIG presents two awards each year recognising significant contributions to government Knowledge and Information Management.

Nominations are now open for the 2026 awards.

The GIG Annual Award -is granted to mark a major contribution to government knowledge and information management during the previous year:

● Nominations can be for a piece of work that relates to government information and has been developed for use within a single department or Agency or other body, such as a university.
● Alternatively the nomination can be for something that relates to government information but has a wider application i.e. a concept which could usefully be introduced elsewhere.
● It can apply to a technological or system development; development of a policy or procedure; a working practice; examples of good collaboration and knowledge sharing; AI; work on a committee; a publication (in whatever format) and so on.
● The Awards are open to anyone, individuals or teams,, working in government KIM functions, irrespective of whether they are members of the Government Information Group, CILIP, or the KIM profession.
● The Awards are also open to GIG members, students and others, who do not work in government, but who can produce evidence of a piece of work which meets the key criterion of being a major contribution to government knowledge and information management.

The GIG Lifetime Achievement Award is given in recognition of a major contribution to government knowledge and information management over a sustained period.

The GIG Awards are an ideal opportunity to achieve wider recognition for innovation, hard work and commitment and to raise the profile of you, your team and your organisation.

If you would like to nominate yourself, your team or a colleague, please complete the nomination form and email it to secretary.gig@cilip.org.uk

The closing date for nominations for the GIG Awards is 30 January 2026

CILIP Conference 2025 - GIG Bursary offer

Government Information Group (GIG) is delighted to announce that we are sponsoring ONE bursary place at CILIP Conference 2025 (Birmingham, 2-3 July). This bursary place is designed to offer a CILIP GIG member, who is hopefully already working in GKIM  or official publications, or who can demonstrate a strong current interest in these fields of practice, an opportunity to attend the conference and benefit from career professional development and networking opportunities. Where possible we will also award the bursary so that it supports a member who is currently studying / new to the profession (1-5 years), and / or working towards CILIP Professional Registration, and/or without the financial means to cover the ticket. Further details and a short application formare available. Please note that the application period closes at 5pm on Wednesday 21 May 2025. Good luck!

 

The GIG Award Winners 2024/25

This year GIG has made two joint awards for its Annual and Lifetime Achievement categories. Congratulations to our winners! We also thank our nominees for their time in crafting their considered and detailed nominations.

Annual Award - (Awarded Jointly):

Welsh Government

Reason: The “Year of KIM” campaign is an innovative project for the Welsh Government which raised awareness of important KIM roles including records management, FOI and information literacy. With no additional resource available the team clearly made good use of the comms at their disposal, the intranet, Teams and online events. Success of the project was measured by positive Teams data and the supportive feedback they received. This project could be used and adapted by other government departments / agencies, and the team are looking to build on this work next year so that awareness is maintained. The panel felt that this was a good fit with the Award criteria and a good example of innovative working across government.


Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Information Management Team 

Reason: The FCDO Information Management Team were responsible for implementing the Government Security Classification Policy (GSCP) policy in the Department. They have clearly shown an impressive technical ability and overcome significant problems to make the project work successfully. In the face of initial negative feedback, the team reacted testing the technology across a range of user scenarios and quickly produced FCDO-specific guidance. There is strong evidence that the team were successful in their approach delivering more than 200 briefings and securing agreement from Civil Service Learning to make the GSCP e-Learning module available on the FCDO's Oracle system. The panel felt that this project was undoubtedly a major contribution and has wider application.



Lifetime Achievement Award - also awarded jointly:

Jan Parry 

Reason: Jan has been actively involved in both the profession and the community over several decades, creating a Knowledge Network for government Ministers and working on many other projects such as a tackling gangs programme for the Home Secretary. Most importantly perhaps was her work on the Hillsborough Independent Panel tracing the bereaved relatives of the people who died. After retirement Jan continued to work with CILIP and other library groups such as NGLIS. In the panel’s view the nomination evidenced a major contribution to the field of government knowledge and information management over the course of Jan’s career.

Jackie King 

Jackie has 35 years’ experience working as a librarian and knowledge information professional in the civil service. Her nomination emphasizes Jackie’s support for the civil service values of impartiality and professionalism, as well as a willingness to help customers which is essential for library work. Jackie’s staff management skills are also highly respected in the legal library community, and she is responsible for helping to develop the careers of many librarians and civil service administrators in the Law Commission, Home Office, ACAS among others. The nomination is supported by comments from former colleagues who testify to Jackie’s positive effect on the GKIM community.
The panel felt that Jackie's nomination highlights her ability to develop departmental services in a forward-thinking way, as well as leading with quick thinking and flexibility, and a willingness to invest in others within the Civil Service