Workplace Award
Showcase your workplace!
Applications for the 2025 Great Veterinary Workplace Awards are closed!
Do you work in an exceptional veterinary workplace? Then it’s time to showcase what makes your work environment stand out!
About the award
Introducing our Annual for ‘Great Veterinary Workplace Award’, take this chance to be recognised for your commitment to excellence.
We look for workplaces that promote professional engagement, foster a positive work environment, provide excellent conditions, and demonstrate outstanding leadership.
Submissions for 2025 are closed!
Check in next year!
If you think your workplace has what it takes to be recognised as one of the greatest in the profession, don’t hesitate to show us how your workplace promotes professional growth, provides a supportive environment, and sets the standard for excellence in the veterinary profession.
We understand that the well-being of veterinarians is a huge concern for our profession. We also know that a positive work environment can make a world of difference—not only for the veterinarians themselves but also for the animals and people they serve.
Applications closed on the 30th of June 2025!
Tune in 2026!
Great Veterinary Workplace Award - Winners 2024
That’s why we decided to take action. We wanted to develop practical tools to promote veterinary well-being by focusing on the positive and encouraging the exchange of good practices. One of these tools is the creation of the ‘Great Veterinary Workplace Award.’
The idea behind this award is simple but powerful: to recognise exceptional veterinary workplaces which work environment stands out. These are the places that truly make a difference by fostering professional engagement, creating a positive work environment, providing excellent staff conditions, and showing strong leadership.
Winners 2024
To bring this idea to life, we first launched a competition in May 2024. We received many inspiring applications from workplaces across Europe, each demonstrating their commitment to making the veterinary profession a great place to work.
Small to medium clinical workplaces
Evidensia Djurkliniken Staffanstorp
Sweden
Large clinical workplaces
Pennard Vets Maidstone
United Kingdom
Large non-clinical workplaces
Food Standards Agency
United Kingdom
Common questions
No, unfortunately applications for 2025 have closed.
Feel free to print the questionnaire and fill it in together! The application process and reflecting on these items is a unique opportunity to grow as a team! However, data entries on the website that are not submitted cannot stored.
Feel free to tick as many boxes as necessary and share in the comment box the description of all your great initiatives with us!
Winners' tips to improve your workplace
An annual two-day CPD and networking event is organized for all FSA veterinarians in both veterinary and non-veterinary roles, featuring a diverse range of speakers.
At Evidensia Djurkliniken Staffanstorp work-life balance is very much valued and 75% of the staff have chosen to work part-time.
Regular employee surveys are conducted to gather feedback on job satisfaction, work-life balance, workload, and overall well-being.
For office-based teams, a 'meeting-free zone' has been implemented in the middle of the day, allowing time for focused work away from Teams meetings (in addition to a lunch break).
Any changes to daily work, such as working routines or opening hours, are always discussed collaboratively with the entire team first.
At Pennard Vets Maidstone, well-being is prioritised through wellness workshops, mental health support, and enhanced break areas for the team.