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Bees� Needs champion awards: 2024 to 2025

Updated 15 April 2025

Applies to England

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Beesâ€� Needs champion awards recognise and celebrate exceptional things that local authorities, community groups, farmers and businesses have done to support pollinators.  

Defra gives these awards to people or organisations that have done inspiring things to help pollinators thrive. For example: 

  • creating a wildflower patch 
  • educating the local community
  • doing special things to help pollinators on your farm or around your workplace 

You can nominate yourself for an award, or you can nominate someone else. 

Award categories

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre are 2 award categories. You can enter under either:

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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp communities category is for things that local authorities, schools and community groups do to help pollinators.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp farming category is for things that farmers do to help pollinators.

Application form

Closing date for entries

Entries close on 27 May 2025.

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