Awards & Accreditations - Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise

Awards

Nominated 2026

Community, Social and Sustainability Impact Award - Parliamentary Pathfinder Dentistry Awards 2026

Nominated 2026

Parliamentarian’s Choice Award - Parliamentary Pathfinder Dentistry Awards 2026

Investors in People Awards 2026 finalist badge

Finalist 2026

Excellence in Building Purpose-Driven Impact - Investors in People Awards 2026

Finalist 2026

Learning & Development (up to 249 employees) - Investors in People Awards 2026

Finalist 2026

Sustainability Champion - Devon Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2026

C2S Awards 2026 finalists badge for the Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Finalist 2026

Corporate Social Responsibility - C2S Business Awards 2026

C2S Awards 2026 shortlisted badge for the Community Award

Finalist 2026

Community Award - C2S Business Awards 2026

UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025 winner badge

Winner 2025

Public Services Social Enterprise of the Year Award - UK Social Enterprise Awards 2025

Investors in People Awards 2025 finalist badge

Finalist 2025

Excellence in Building Purpose-Driven Impact - Investors in People Awards 2025

C2S Awards 2025 finalist badge – Sustainability Award, sponsored by Grundon

Finalist 2025

Sustainability Award - C2S Awards 2025

Business Awards UK 2025 winner – Dentistry Awards, Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise

Winner 2025

Business Award UK 2025 – Environmental Sustainability in Dentistry

Finalist 2024

Team of the Year – South West and Wales - The Dentistry Awards 24

UK Social Enterprise Awards winner badge

Winner 2024

UK Social Enterprise Awards - ‘Community-Based Social Enterprise of the Year’

Dentistry Awards 2024 Highly Commended badge – Sustainable Dental Business Award

Highly Commended - 2024

The Dentistry Awards

Finalist 2024

Community Champion of the Year - Devon & Plymouth Chamber of Commerce Awards 2024

Health & Wellbeing Winner - 2024

Exeter Living Awards

Finalist - 2023

Times Higher Education Awards

The Green Impact Awards - 2023

Silver Award Winners

National Children & Young People Awards finalist badge

Finalist - 2023

The Partnership Working Award

Social Enterprise Awards 2023 finalist badge

Finalist - 2023

Community-Based Social Enterprise

Winner - 2022

Social Enterprise Award

Winner - 2022

Community & Social Impact Champion

National Children & Young People Awards 2022 finalist badge

Finalist - 2022

The Partnership Working Award

Finalist - 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility Award

Business Leader Awards 2022 finalist badge – Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC

Finalist - 2022

Business of The Year 51+ Employees

Business Leader Awards 2022 finalist badge – Nathan Findlay, Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC

Finalist - 2022

Business Leader of The Year - Nathan Findlay

Award winners holding a trophy at an awards ceremony

Winner – 2021

Best Children’s Care at the Oral Health Awards

Finalist – 2021

Best Community Initiative

UK Social Enterprise Awards 2021 finalist badge

Finalist – 2021

Social Enterprise UK Finalist in Transformative Community Business

Devon & Plymouth Chamber Awards 2021 winner badge

Winner – 2021

Quality Trailblazer in Business Diversification Award

Finalist – 2021

Health and Wellbeing

Winner – 2020

The South West Regional Health Equalities Award

Finalist – 2020

Making a Mark (Social Enterprise Gold Mark)

Accreditations

NatWest SE100 Impact Pioneer Awards 2026 badge – proud to be listed in the SE100 Index Top 100

Natwest SE Top 100 2026

Natwest SE Top 100 2025

Natwest SE Top 100 2024

Natwest SE Top 100 2023

Natwest SE Top 100 2022

Natwest SE Top 100 2021

Natwest SE Top 100 2020

The Social Enterprise Mark 2022

Investors in People

Latest News

PDSE Nominated for Parliamentary Pathfinder Dentistry Awards 2026

We are delighted to announce that Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise has been nominated by Luke Pollard MP, Minister of State for Defence, in two categories...

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PDSE achieve Silver Level Award at the Green Awards 2023

We are pleased to share that as part of our efforts to improve our sustainability and champion sustainable dentistry, we took part in Green...

Times Higher Education Awards 2023 shortlisted – Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community

University’s dental excellence earns recognition in the Times Higher Education Awards 2023

The University of Plymouth’s work to combine first-rate dental training with outstanding community care has been shortlisted for a prestigious accolade in the Times Higher...

Dental Ambassadors PDSE and Well Connected

Award winning Dental Ambassadors programme

A joint initiative with Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise and charity Well Connected has recently won an award at The Dental Awards. The Dental Ambassador programme...

Award winning Dental Education Facilities in the South West

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC (PDSE) has recently won the Social Enterprise Award at Plymouth’s The Herald Business Awards ceremony for a second time. The...

Peninsula Dental team on stage at an awards ceremony

PDSE Recognised for its Covid-19 Response at Business Awards

We are extremely proud to have won the “Quality Trailblazer - Business Diversification” award at the Devon Chamber of Commerce Awards on Friday 24th September....

Peninsula Dental team on stage at the Herald Business Awards

PDSE Scoops Herald Business Award

Spotlight on award winning Community Clinic

The BBC Spotlight team were welcomed to our Devonport Dental Education Facility this month to find out more about the Community Clinic that is currently...

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise finalist in NHS Parliamentary Awards

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) has been recognised as the South West Regional Winner in The Health Equalities Award category of the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2020 for its successful Community...

Celebrating the University of Plymouth’s Community University of the Year 2027 Award

We are delighted to celebrate the University of Plymouth being named Community University of the Year 2027 by the Daily Mail University Guide, recognising its...

Collaborative Research with PDSE Recognised by International Health Equity Award

Collaborative Research with PDSE Recognised by International Health Equity Award We are proud to share that the research paper, Economic evaluation of a community...

Dental social enterprise shortlisted for national award

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE), which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary, has been named as a finalist in the UK Social Enterprise Awards, recognising...

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise recognised in Top 100 Index

Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise CIC (PDSE) has recently been named in the NatWest SE100 Social Business Top 100 Index. PDSE’s Chief Executive, Robert Witton was...