The Enablement Awards & Conference · 2026
The Enablement Awards & Conference
To celebrate and reward excellence, innovation and exemplary achievements in the disability, care and education sectors.
Why the awards exist
The awards have been created by the Embue UK news media platform. The philosophy behind the awards is to give recognition to efforts to advance profitability/surplus/outcomes for all participants, and reward those who lift and enhance via innovation the customer experience/enjoyment/outcome.
Key dates
Presentation ceremony · 1pm-4pm · London · The event fee of £685 includes refreshments for you and your guest / media package / media support for 12 months / photographs / web site badging.
How it works
Criteria
All award winners must be UK based and have operated throughout the period of Dec 2025 until Nov 2026, and be adjudicated by the judge to have been the best exemplar in the subset of their sector during this period.
Nominations
Anyone is free to bring to our attention any individual/company he/she believe merits recognition.
The judge
The final arbiter will be the Editor of Embue UK. His decision will be final and no correspondence will be entertained. The Editor has been involved in the sector around the world for over 33 years. The Editor is the most widely travelled observer in disability journalism, visiting and observing industry trends in 20+ countries each year, free of sector bias/association links/government funding, open to new entrants and conscious that significant changes to sectors often come via free thinking interlopers. The Editor is free of commercial links and is in a unique position to make considered, balanced and impartial judgments based on intellect, effort, commitment, honesty and the rewards of both shareholder/stakeholder and the client/customer.
What we look for
The best performed / most meritorious performance / most innovative / courageous or positive initiative in each subset of the sector. If no one in a category is considered worthy, no award will be made.
Categories
133 categories across the sectorAward categories
- Adaptive Housing
- Affordable Housing
- Alternative Community
- Animal Therapy
- Autism / Aspergers
- Automated Living
- Bariatric Care
- Brain Injury
- Care Housing
- Care Innovation
- Care Services
- Care Trends
- Cluster Housing
- Co-Housing
- Communal Housing
- Community Care
- Community Centre
- Community Creation
- Community Housing
- Co-Op
- Co-Ownership Housing
- Creative Living Housing Outcomes
- Day Care
- Disability Design
- Disability Housing
- Disability Services
- Domiciliary Care
- Excellence In Advocacy
- Excellence In Client Advocacy
- Excellence In Community Accessibility
- Excellence In Community Partnerships
- Excellence In Creating Inclusive Environments
- Excellence In Education And Training
- Excellence In Innovation
- Excellence In The Arts
- Factory Housing
- Faith Based Housing
- Farm Living
- Health Halfway Houses
- Health Precinct
- Healthcare Resort
- Healthcare Suppliers
- Hearing Disabled Housing
- Hemp Homes
- Home Care
- Home Sharing
- Homes For People With A Disability
- Hospice
- Hospital In The Home
- Hostel
- Housing Association
- Independent Living
- Infill Housing
- Integrated Communities
- Integrated Health Campus
- Integrated Healthcare Centre
- Intentional Communities
- Intergenerational Fairness
- Intergenerational Housing
- Leadership
- Learning Disability (Adult)
- Learning Disability (Child)
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Low Income Housing
- Manufactured Housing
- Medical Clinics
- Medical Precinct
- Medical Tourism
- Medi-Hotel
- Mental Health Services
- Mental Illness
- Micro Apartments
- Micro Housing
- Multigeneration Housing
- Neuro-Disability
- Not-For-Profit Housing
- Outstanding Carer Of The Year
- Outstanding Contribution By A Young Person
- Outstanding Volunteer Of The Year
- Palliative
- Passivhaus (Passive House)
- Plan Manager
- Prefab Housing
- Quadriplegic / Seniors Mix
- Regeneration
- Rehabilitation
- Respite
- Respite Hotel
- Revolutionary Care
- Rooming House
- Shared Housing
- Shared Lives
- Shared Ownership
- Sheltered Housing
- Shipping Containers
- Short Stay Rehabilitation
- Short Term Rentals
- Smart Homes
- Social Housing
- Social Impact Development
- Socialising Housing
- Special Interest Housing
- Special Needs
- Spinal Injury
- Spoke / Hub Care
- Stroke Rehab
- Student Housing
- Supported Affordable Housing
- Supported Housing
- Supported Living
- Supported Living For Young Adults
- Supportive Housing
- Sustainable Housing
- Transit Housing
- Transitional Care
- Transport Hub
- Transportable Housing
- Vertical Farm
- Vertical Smart Community
- Visually Impaired
- Wellness
Services to education
- Specialist Children's Care Homes
- Children With Special Education Needs
- SEND Schools
- Disabilities Care
- Disabilities Education
- Special Needs
- Innovation
- Specialist Services
- Special Education Management
- Educator Of The Year
- Mental Health Management
- Specialist Staff Exemplars
Conditions of acceptance
- Each winner will be required to attend the next presentation ceremony in London on Monday, 7th December 2026 (1pm-4pm).
- Each winner is entitled to bring a guest.
- The event fee of £685 includes refreshments for you and your guest / media package / media support for 12 months / photographs / web site badging.
Notifications
- Each award winner will be notified no later than 20th November 2026. You will be notified by email.
- You will be asked if you wish to accept the award.
- If you decide to accept, you will be invited to attend the next awards presentation ceremony to be held in London on Monday, 7th December 2026 (1pm-4pm).
- Your notification email will outline how to accept and provide you with the details of attendance.
- It's important you confirm your attendance to ensure your entry and comfortable hospitality for you and your guest.
Use of your award
- You are able to use your award in sales, marketing and publicity initiatives without having to obtain consent.
- You are not obliged to buy any products, subscriptions or advertising as a result of accepting your award.
Questions
No
Our philosophy
The awards philosophy is to focus on performance. Awards sponsorship is refused; there is no securing of dinner tables, advertising or product placement fees. The focus is to drive all-sized operators to be considered equally. Independent assessments are sought. All communications are confidential.
What they said
“Once again, thank you for the award. It was a very special day, and everything went very well.”
“Thank you so much for yesterday. It was a great day.”
“Thank you, Ann, I had a very enjoyable day.”
Know someone who deserves recognition?
Nominations are free and close on 13 November 2026.