This meeting was scheduled to discuss the short-listed nominations for the Southwark Civic Awards 2025 and to grant awards to the nominees.

Southwark Civic Awards 2025

The Southwark Civic Awards were initiated in 1997 for the purposes of recognising exceptional contributions to community life by individuals and organisations in the borough. The meeting report pack included the following awards:

• The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey
• The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell
• The Liberty of the Old Metropolitan Borough of Southwark
• The Young Citizen of the Year Award
• Southwark Together Award
• The Climate Champion Award
• The Mayor’s Discretionary Award

The report pack stated that:

The granting of awards is a constitutional function of audit, governance and standards (civic awards) sub-committee and members have the final discretion whether or not to grant an award. Members also have a particular responsibility to safeguard the non-political nature of the awards scheme.

The sub-committee were scheduled to make a decision on whether to grant any awards in principle, subject to financial and legal checks.

The sub-committee were also scheduled to note a nomination for a discretionary award from the Mayor of Southwark, Councillor Naima Ali.