For honorees

Honoree toolkit

Everything you need to tell people, in the form your communications team and your legal team will both accept. All of it free, none of it time-limited.

Digital badge

SVG and PNG, in Gold and standard, on transparent and on white. Sized for a web footer, an email signature and a social profile.

Free, permanent, no licence fee. We do not use a paid badge platform, because that would be a fee by another name.

Press release template

A one-page release with your details in brackets, an approved description of the programme, the funnel numbers for context, and a quote from the Chair you may use as-is.

Social copy

Short and long versions for LinkedIn and X, written to credit your staff rather than the award. Plus the graphics, correctly sized.

Council or board slide

One slide, editable, explaining what the award is, how it was judged and what it cost the agency — which is nothing. Written for a sceptical audience.

Declared-value letter

A one-page letter to your ethics or compliance officer stating what the award is worth, that it was unsolicited, and that no obligation attaches. Forwardable without editing.

120-second clip brief

For Gold recipients. What to say, how to hold the phone, and what we do to it afterwards. Two pages, no production budget required.

Assets unlock for honorees at notification on Monday 15 February 2027 and stay available permanently. Logos and award images are public now.

Using the mark

What you may say, and what you may not

The rules are short, and they exist to protect the value of what you won.

You may

Say your agency is a 2027 GovTen Award honoree in [category], or a 2027 GovTen Gold Award honoree if you placed in the top three.
Use the badge on your website, in email signatures, on printed material and in tender documents, indefinitely, with the year shown.
Name the category and quote your own one-sentence description from the roll.

Please do not

Drop the year. “GovTen Award winner” without a year implies a standing status.
Say “ranked #1” or imply an ordering. We publish ten per category and three Gold, and we do not publish positions within those.
Use the badge for a department or programme that was not the subject of the entry.
Alter the seal — recolour it, stretch it, crop it, or set it on a busy background.
Suggest GovTen endorses a vendor, product or supplier involved in the work. It does not, and vendor names are redacted before judging for exactly this reason.