Promoting the awards
Our promotional resources contain everything you need to help promote the awards and encourage nominations. We've brought together ready-to-use copy and visual assets that you can share across your website, newsletters, social media channels and other communications. All ready to use or adapt for your organisation.
Feel free to tailor the copy to reflect your own tone of voice and audience, while retaining the key information about the awards. We encourage you to share the resources throughout the nomination period (1 July 2026 to 25 September 2026) to help celebrate the achievements of parish and town councils and maximise the number of nominations received.
If you have any questions about the awards or using these resources, please contact us at [email protected].
Choose the resources that best suit your channels:
Website and newsletter copy
Ready-to-use copy to help you promote the awards through your website, newsletters and member communications. We've included long copy and short copy to suit your needs.
Social media
Help raise awareness of the awards with ready-made social media content and graphics. We've included social media copy to use across platforms, visual assets and a social media banner.
Press release
Share the awards with your local media using our editable press materials. Our template press release includes key messages and boilerplate.
Visual assets
Download official campaign branding to support your communications. We've included a website banner, social media banner and visual assets that cover award categories, save-the-date, and unique assets for judges and sponsors.
Presentation slide
Promoting the awards at an event, webinar or training session? Download our presentation slide to include in your deck.
Use our email template to promote the awards through your own internal and external email communications. It includes copy to send to colleagues, as well as an email signature that you can add to your messages.
Checklist
There are lots of ways you can help raise awareness of the Star Council Awards and encourage nominations. Use the checklist below to track your progress.
- Publish a news story on your website.
- Share the suggested social media posts and graphics across your channels.
- Update your email signature with the Star Council Awards graphic.
- Add a Star Council Awards banner to your social media channels.
- Include information about the awards in your newsletters, bulletins and member updates.
- Issue the template press release to your local media and trade publications.
- Include the presentation slide in your events, webinars, workshops or training sessions.
- Encourage parish and town councils, councillors, clerks and county associations to submit nominations.