Thanks to You Awards

The Thanks to You Awards are an opportunity to say a huge and well-deserved thank you, and to celebrate the outstanding contributions of those who give their time, energy and experience to Macmillan and people affected by cancer. 

2025 Thanks to You Awards

People sat at tables at the Thanks to You Awards

We’re delighted to announce the return of the Thanks to You Awards for 2025! We’re doing it a little different this year, our awards that are usually held in June will now take place at the end of the year. 

How you can get involved

Nominations are open now - nominate our outstanding volunteers!

We’re going to be shouting from the rooftops about all the amazing things our volunteers do in Volunteers’ Week. What better way to recognise the incredible work and commitment than to nominate a volunteer for one of our 5 award categories! If you would like to nominate someone who has gone above and beyond then you can do so until 30 June 2025 by visiting the awards site

We know that Macmillan has so many outstanding volunteers. Don’t worry, there’s no limit to the number of nominations you can make so the good news is you don’t have to narrow it down to just one person! If you’d like further guidance on how to nominate someone and the different categories available, you can visit our awards booklet here.

Register your interest to be a judge! 

We’re looking for judges to support this year’s awards! If you can see yourself as the Simon Cowell of the volunteer world, we’d love to hear from you. In this role you’ll be hearing about some of the most incredible things our volunteers do to support Macmillan and scoring the entries! Not an easy task as there are so many inspirational things going on! 

You don’t need any previous experience to be a judge as full training and detailed guidance on scoring will be provided. You also won’t need to travel to take part as the judging will all be done online. If you’re selected as a judge, you’d be required to review and score the entries in August to help shortlist our fantastic nominations.  

Find out more about being a judge.

If you’re interested in supporting the awards by becoming a judge, please complete this form before the 30 June 2025.

Previous winners and finalists

If you're interested in finding out more about previous Thanks to You Award winners and finalists, you can read more about them here.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about the awards or shortlisting process, please contact us at VolunteerManagerSupport@macmillan.org.uk or telephone 0300 1000 200.