Shortlist

Shortlist

The Charity Awards 2013 shortlist represents some of the finest examples of best practice and success in the charity sector from organisations big and small.

Mobile chemotherapy units; an electronic charity box; maternal education and healthcare services for the Roma community; and a project to transform a landfill site into a nature reserve are just some of the 30 charities shortlisted in The Charity Awards 2013.

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Advice, support and advocacy

Citizens Advice Bureau Tendring - Sent CAB advisers out door-knocking to find the hardest-to-help people

Citizens Advice Bureau Tendring

Sent CAB advisers out door-knocking to find the hardest-to-help people

Refuge - Educating young women about domestic violence via unexpected media

Refuge

Educating young women about domestic violence via unexpected media

Reprieve - Challenging the use of drones in Pakistan and elsewhere

Reprieve

Challenging the use of drones in Pakistan and elsewhere

The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust - Helped hundreds of prisoners to get off death row

The Death Penalty Project Charitable Trust

Helped hundreds of prisoners to get off death row

Arts, culture and heritage

Pallant House Gallery - Breaking down barriers to the art world

Pallant House Gallery

Breaking down barriers to the art world

The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts - Organised Face Britain to get kids involved in the arts

The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts

Organised Face Britain to get kids involved in the arts

The Reading Agency - Engaging young people in creative reading activities

The Reading Agency

Engaging young people in creative reading activities

Children and youth

Jewish Lads’ & Girls’ Brigade - Enabling young people of all faiths to join National Citizen Service

Jewish Lads’ & Girls’ Brigade

Enabling young people of all faiths to join National Citizen Service

Llamau - Intervening early to prevent youth homelessness

Llamau

Intervening early to prevent youth homelessness

StreetGames UK - Upskilling disadvantaged youths through volunteering in sport

StreetGames UK

Upskilling disadvantaged youths through volunteering in sport

Disability

Cosgrove Care - Employing those with learning disabilities to fulfil their potential

Cosgrove Care

Employing those with learning disabilities to fulfil their potential

Livability - Created a global database of spinal injury information

Livability

Created a global database of spinal injury information

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign - Providing advocacy for disabled people denied vital services

Muscular Dystrophy Campaign

Providing advocacy for disabled people denied vital services

Education and training

Ark Schools - Academy network that performs at top of the class

Ark Schools

Academy network that performs at top of the class

Sue Ryder - Encouraging prisoners to volunteer in its charity shops

Sue Ryder 1

Encouraging prisoners to volunteer in its charity shops

The Upper Room - Teaching ex-offenders to drive to boost their employability

The Upper Room

Teaching ex-offenders to drive to boost their employability

Environment and conservation

Essex Wildlife Trust - Transforming a landfill site into a nature reserve

Essex Wildlife Trust

Transforming a landfill site into a nature reserve

Park View 4 U - Putting the heart back into Lytham

Park View 4U

Putting the heart back into Lytham

The Woodland Trust - Planting trees to boost the UK’s native woodlands

The Woodland Trust

Planting trees to boost the UK’s native woodlands

Grantmaking and funding

Islington Giving - Pooling local knowledge to encourage community philanthropy

Islington Giving

Pooling local knowledge to encourage community philanthropy

Pennies - Making a big change to small change

Pennies

Making a big change to small change

Trust for London - Reinvigorating the push for a living wage in London

Trust for London

Reinvigorating the push for a living wage in London

Healthcare and medical research

Alliance for Rabies Control - Wiping out rabies on a Filipino island

Alliance for Rabies Control 1

Wiping out rabies on a Filipino island

Hope for Tomorrow - Providing chemotherapy on your doorstep

Hope for Tomorrow 1

Bringing cancer treatment closer to home

International aid and development

ACE Africa - Integrate isolated orphans into their communities

ACE Africa

Integrating isolated orphans into their communities

Humanitas - Preventing child abandonment and institutionalisation in the Roma community

Humanitas

Preventing child abandonment and institutionalisation in the Roma community

PEAS - Providing secondary school places for the most disadvantaged

Promoting Equality in African Schools (Peas)

Providing secondary school places for the most disadvantaged

Social care and welfare

Age Concern Kingston upon Thames - Caring for the elderly in their own homes

Age Concern Kingston upon Thames

Caring for older people in their own homes

Aquarius Action Projects - Spearheading partnerships to better treat addiction

Aquarius Action Projects

Spearheading partnerships to better treat addiction

The Cyrenians - Daytime dry support for the North East’s neglected addicts

The Cyrenians

Making recovery a reality for communities in the North East

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