The Memcom Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate the very best of the membership sector. With multiple awards across different categories, the Awards highlight everything from strategy to leadership, engagement to publications, and individual and team achievements.

Sue Percy CBE, Chief Executive, CIHT said:

CIHT is very proud to have been shortlisted for four categories at this year’s awards. This is an exceptional achievement as the calibre of entries is always extremely high. Reaching this stage is testament to the support and collaboration of the members, volunteers and supporters who have collectively delivered on these initiatives that CIHT’s members value.

This is the first time CIHT has entered these highly competitive awards that are open to all professional bodies, trade associations, membership charities, trade unions, and the wider not-for-profit membership sector. 

CIHT has been shortlisted for the following entries:

1. Best Education Initiative — highlighting the suite of CIHT Learn e-learning courses developed on disability and inclusion in highways and transportation. A number of these courses were produced in collaboration with the Thomas Pocklington Trust and with Ann Frye an international specialist on the transport needs of disabled and older people.
2. Best Sustainability Initiative — showcasing the CLIMATES research and engagement programme led by Professor Glenn Lyons, CIHT Immediate Past President. This project aimed to help professionals explore what may lie ahead and explore how we can meet the challenges of climate change. Over 330 of CIHT’s members took an active part in shaping the outcomes of the CLIMATES initiative.
3. Best Membership Support — which also highlights the benefits that CLIMATES has brought to CIHT’s membership. This will enable them to engage with the conditions and processes needed for change and understand the outcomes needed from change to prioritise climate action and sustainability in national transport strategies.
4. Best President —  Karen McShane, Karen was President of CIHT from 2023-24 and this submission celebrated the groundbreaking initiatives in learning and training, EDI, and climate change that were undertaken during her presidential term.

The awards winners will be announced during a glittering ceremony and dinner on 25 September 2025. ‘

For more information, please contact e: communications@ciht.org.uk