Tuesday 12 March at the Novotel, Broad Street, Birmingham. National Pubwatch continues its efforts to encourage best practice and social responsibility in the pub and hospitality sector throughout the UK by recognising and celebrating the role of local Pubwatch schemes. For the second year running National Pubwatch is teaming up with Diageo GB, the worlds premium drinks business to launch the 2013 Diageo National Pubwatch Awards.
Chairman of National Pubwatch Steve Baker announced the partnership with Diageo GB at the organisations 10th Annual Conference. The awards will be judged by the National Pubwatch Committee who will be looking for evidence that the applicants have been effective in promoting social responsibility through the introduction of local initiatives.
Steve Baker said: Pubwatch schemes have an important role to play in creating a safer and more social drinking environment in towns and cities across the UK. They are a proven and effective means of tackling anti-social behaviour and its only right that a national body such as ours should recognise the efforts of local licensees and promote what they do. With the support of Diageo GB we are able to further spread the word of this important work.
A total of 3 Diageo National Pubwatch Awards will be presented to the winners at the prestigious All Party Parliamentary Beer Group Dinner, which is being held on 10 July 2013 in London.
Last years overall winner was the Northampton Pubwatch scheme which impressed the judges with its broad range of partnership initiatives and close working relationship with the police. Scheme Chairman Neil Bartholomey who accepted the award on behalf of Northampton Pubwatch said It was a great honour to receive the award and recognises that we do not shy away from a challenge and actually make a real difference. Winning the award has significantly raised our profile and many other Watches have contacted us directly or through National Pubwatch to share our policies and procedures. It has shown that we are a credible partner that is worth engaging with.
Mark Baird, Diageo GB Head of Industry Affairs and Alcohol Policy said: We are delighted to be sponsoring and supporting the National Pubwatch Awards again for a second year. Northampton has set a high bar for others schemes to follow and we look forward to welcoming even more entrants this year to showcase the great work theyre doing to make our night-time economies safer and more welcoming for a great night out
The application form can be found on the Pubwatch Award section of Home Page. Application process opens on 2/4/13 and closes on 27/5/13.
