The National Mentoring Matters Awards Ceremony 2025 took place on the afternoon of
Thursday 13th March 2025 in the City of London.

Every year, the awards celebrates the outstanding achievements of mentors who have actively contributed to the growth of small businesses across the UK as part of the Help to Grow: Management Course.

Eleven award categories recognised those who have excelled in 2024. Eight categories are reserved for mentors, and one category is dedicated to participants of the Help to Grow: Management Course. 

Who can you nominate?

If you are a participant of the
Help to Grow: Management Course who has received
1:1 mentoring as part of the course in 2024, 

you can nominate your mentor for all award categories

except for the Mentor's Choice Award.
If you would like to nominate your mentor for more than
one award category, please submit a nomination for each category.   

If you are a Help to Grow: Management Course mentor, you can ask your mentee to nominate you, or, for the Mentor's Choice Award category only, you can nominate your mentee.

What is the deadline for nominations?

Nominations closed on Monday 13 January 2025 at 5pm.

Who will select the award finalists?

An independent panel will select the finalists and winners for each award category based on the information provided within the nominations. Panel members will consist of representatives from the Department for Business & Trade, the Chartered Association of Business Schools and the Help to Grow: Management Course consortium partners including Newable, Enterprise Nation and the Association of Business Mentors. 

When selecting the finalists for the various categories, the panellists may decide that a nomination is more suitable for a different award category based on the scoring criteria, so your submissions may be considered for other award categories. 

You can view the panellist scoring criteria here.

The finalists for each award category are below.

All finalists have been invited to the National Mentoring Matters Awards Ceremony 2025 in Central London on the afternoon of Thursday 13th March 2025, where the winners of each category will be announced.

If you have a question about the National Mentoring Matters Awards 2025, our team would be happy to help.

The national mentoring element of the Help to Grow: Management Course is being delivered by a partnership of Newable, Enterprise Nation and the Association of Business Mentors on behalf of the Department for Business & Trade.