Inclusion Award

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The Inclusion Award is aimed at businesses, shops, and companies in Hanover that use innovative concepts to create or maintain barrier-free work and training places for people with disabilities, thereby enabling them to lead a self-determined working life.

Improving access to the labor market for people with disabilities and ensuring equal opportunities – this is what the city and region of Hanover are committed to with the Award for Inclusion in Business. It honors businesses, shops, and companies that provide barrier-free workplaces for people with disabilities and ensure their participation in working life with new concepts.

The new competition round is now open. For the 15th time, the state capital and the Hanover region are awarding the joint prize for inclusion in the economy. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and applications can be submitted until March 31, 2026.

The criteria

• Training places for people with disabilities
• Permanent jobs for people with disabilities
• Special services
• Other innovative approaches to inclusion in working life
• Start-up initiatives that pursue inclusive objectives

Selection and jury

A jury consisting of members of the council and the regional assembly, employees from the departments of economics,
the Hanover region and the state capital of Hanover, the employment administration, representatives of disability organizations and the business community, as well as the commissioners for people with disabilities of the state capital of Hanover and the Hanover region.

Previous winners:

• Novuprint, Agency for Media Design, Advertising, Publication GmbH (2011)
• John + Bamberg GmbH & Co.KG, orthopedic workshop (2011)
• AfB gGmbH, work for people with disabilities (2012)
• Daimler AG, Mercedes Benz branch/logistics center, Hannover Podbielskistraße (2013) 
• amara – Schools for naturopathy and healing practices GmbH (2014)
• Kretschmar GmbH – Modern foam processing in every form (2015)
• DIE PRAXIS NeuroConcept – Physiotherapy and massage (2016)
• FreuDie – Freudenberg Services (2016)
• CM Systemhaus GmbH – IT service provider (2017)
• INDIVIDUAL Automobile Systems, Special Vehicle Conversion (2018)
• Klauenberg GmbH, construction and cabinet making (2018)
• BäckerGöing, bakery company (2019)
• Volkswagen AG - Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, automobile manufacturer (2019) 
• Kulturcafé Anna Blume (2020)
• essBAr GmbH & Co. KG (2020)
• Pro Beruf Service gGmbH (2022)
• Hotboxx GmbH - Fast Food Catering (2023)
• SKM GmbH – Switchgear manufacturing (2023)
• Siemer Verpackung GmbH (2024)
• Sanacorp Pharmahandel GmbH (2024)
• Green Cuisine Catering GmbH (2025)
• enercity AG (2025)