This year’s categories….

Health and Place - NEW

Health and placemaking are now being recognised as an important part of creating a holistic environment which takes account of all sectors of society. This category encourages the activities for children and young people to provide inspiration and understanding.

Climate Change - NEW

Climate change and extreme temperatures are among the most pressing challenges of our time and activities and programmes addressing this for children and young people plays a crucial role in tackling these issues.

Development Companies - NEW

Recognises the role developers, housing associations, investors – all categories of caring clients – who with the initiatives they have commissioned or encouraged, either corporately or as components of specific projects, helped create outstanding activities that engage children and young people in built environment issues.

Social Value Commitment

This category is for built environment sector outlining approach and type of projects undertaken specifically engaging children and young people and embedded as a part of its overall Social Value commitment strategy.

Sponsored by Built Environment Trust

Community engagement

Childen and young people programmes within their own communities which could include co-design or built projects, developing their design skills and expertise, or programmes exploring regeneration and public space.

Mentoring Future Generations

Mentoring can take many forms - from coaching placements and early stage apprenticeships, and career experience for teenagers considering entering the built environment profession - particularly from a disadvantaged background.

Youth centred initiatives

Children centred initiatives

One off activity - children

Activities or events for younger children that explore architecture as a creative learning tool in an informal setting or at school but not part of the core school curriculum. This can be a one-off activity or produced on an annual basis.

Long term programme - children

Activities or programmes developed longer term, such as a series of workshops or a long-term project for children with specific goals.

FE/HE / Research/Resources/ IT categories

FE/HE programmes

Programmes within a further education or higher education setting that seek to develop built environment students’ skills in engaging young people and communities.

Research - pedagogy or practice based

There is little research in engaging children and young people in architecture and the built environment. This category can be in all types of medium - articles, films studies by the sector or by academics to provide useful research. We are particularly interested where there has been some form of active engagement with children/young people within the research. We would term this as ‘action research’.

Online / IT projects and materials/resources

IT projects /online resources / game-based learning, that could also be replicated or adapted by others now or into the future.

Best of…

Development Companies - NEW

This new category recognises the role developers, housing associations, investors – all categories of caring clients – who with the initiatives they have commissioned or encouraged, either corporately or as components of specific projects, helped create outstanding activities that engage children and young people in built environment issues.

Built Environment Practices

Recognising a built environment practice or company that has developed a set of activities or programmes for children/young people, delivered by their team or with the support of other organisations.

Local Authorities

Recognising a local authority that has developed one or more relevant built-environment related programmes for children/young people.

International organisations

Recognising an excellent organisation outside the UK whose primary aim is to produce built environment programmes for children/young people.

Not-for-profit organisations

Recognising an excellent not for profit organisation in the UK with one of its primary aims is to produce built environment programmes for children/young people.

Individual of the Year - emerging / established

Recognising the work undertaken by an individual practitioner, whether they work independently or as part of a team; someone who has made an excellent contribution to our theme ‘Inspiring Future Generations’. There are two Individual of the Year awards, one for an emerging practitioner, and one for an established practitioner.

Fiona Macdonald, Matt+Fiona -Winner 'Best Organisation - Emerging' 2021

“The TET Awards are unique in their recognition of initiatives and programmes that aim to address some of the most pressing issues in the built environment industries right now: Namely increasing diversity and creating tangible ways for young people to genuinely have their say.”