Great example last night on BBC Alba, who broadcast the Irish TG4 "Gradam Awards" from Belfast. I missed the first half, but both the BBC2 Folk Awards and the Scottish "Trad Awards" could learn a lot from the Irish way of doing things. No competitive element pitting 1 musician against any other. These awards are given on the basis of achievement in the field of Irish traditional music. In the hour I managed to see , awards were given to the following :

Fiddler Josie Nugent - for her work in music therapy working with musicians with Downs syndrome.
Fiddler Seamus Connolly - for services in teaching and promoting traditional Irish music in Boston for over 40 years.
Tipperary accordion player Ned Kelly who has created a "folk orchestra" of what seemed to be between 40 and 50 young musicians. He and the orchestra have raised around 250,000 euros for various charitable causes over recent years.
Harp player Laoise Kelly was awarded the title "Musician Of The Year", for her work over the years promoting the harp and teaching and encouraging young players.
The award winners played out with a selection of music commemorating Johnny Connolly, Paddy Fahey and Arty McGlynn, who had all departed from us last year.
If you're going to have awards at all, this is how to do it, but that's another argument for another thread.
I just wanted to put on record my gratitude to BBC Alba for broadcasting this programme. Would that we could get programmes of music of similar quality here in Scotland.