Overall Winner - Leap Confronting Conflict
Supporting young mentors and mediators
The hall of fame...
Twelve years, ten categories, thousands of entries; dozens of winners. The Charity Awards is proud to showcase the very best of charitable endeavour over the past decade.
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The hall of fame...
Outstanding Leadership Award - Michael Brophy
It is hard to overstate Michael Brophy’s dominance of the voluntary sector agenda during his two decades as chief executive of Charities Aid Foundation. By Daniel Phelan.
Effectiveness - Family Action
A well-executed takeover
Animals and the environment - BTCV
Improving lifestyles through conservation volunteering
Arts culture and heritage - Noise Festival
Providing a platform for young artists
Children and youth - Leap Confronting Conflict
Supporting young mentors and mediators
Disability - SSAFA Forces Help
Keeping families closer together
Education and training - Teach First
Encouraging the best graduates to teach in tough urban schools
Grantmaking - Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund
Successfully campaigning for cluster munitions ban
Healthcare and medical research - ExtraCare Charitable Trust
Improving the lives of people with dementia
International aid and development - Mango
Providing financial training to overseas NGOs
Research, advice and support - Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)
Improving financial advice
Social care and welfare - St Giles Trust (CAFE project)
Reducing re-offending in Kent
Highly Commended Charities
Animals and the environment
TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development)
Raising money and helping the environment by recycling clothes
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
Supporting rural communities and fighting to protect the environment
Arts culture and heritage
Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Tackling prejudice against young people and showcasing creative talent
Mid Argyll Pipe Band
Using diverse instruments and an inclusive approach to attract young people to music
Children and youth
Park View 4U
Boosting community cohesion by transforming a local park
Lighthouse Group
Re-integrating excluded pupils
Disability
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Transforming specialist care provision
Visibility
Introducing a new technique to help people read
Education and training
St Giles Trust (Teacher training)
Training prisoners to gain adult teacher qualifications
Pilotlight
Facilitating the transfer of business expertise to charities in need
Grantmaking
Peace Direct
Rapid funding of peace builders
Bankers Benevolent Fund
Partnership grantmaking for autism
Healthcare and medical research
Devon Air Ambulance Trust
Deploying air ambulances more efficiently
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
Helping young men through difficult periods
International aid and development
Mary's Meals
Delivering free school meals in developing countries
Build Africa
Constructing schools in Kenya and Uganda
Research, advice and support
Developing Initiatives Supporting Communities (DISC)
Bringing together local service delivery expertise
Deaf Parenting UK
Meeting a need for deaf parents
Social care and welfare
Macmillan Cancer Support
Lobbying for free prescriptions
Family Action
A well-executed takeover
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