Winners 2018
2018 Winners Reel
WINNER
Volunteering Matters
The Women Against Sexual exploitation and violence Speak UP programme (WASSUP) was set up with support from Volunteering Matters by four young women in Ipswich. Originally based on the member’s personal experiences of child sexual exploitation or abuse, WASSUP has grown into a youth social action programme, attracting 33 young women w...
Highly Commended
Victim Support
On 22 May 2017 a devastating terrorist attack took place at Manchester Arena leaving 22 dead, 500 injured and countless others affected emotionally and psychologically. 700 survivors turned to Victim Support for help.
Our volunteer team across the North of England have supported 394 people, the majority of whom were under 18 and the youn...
Our volunteer team across the North of England have supported 394 people, the majority of whom were under 18 and the youn...
Finalist
The Royal Air Forces Association
Our 3,500 volunteers are the lifeblood of the RAF Association. We believe every generation owes a debt of gratitude to the RAF and their families. To protect the peace and safety we enjoy every day, they sacrifice the normal way of life most people take for granted. When someone in the RAF family needs help, friendship and support the c...
WINNER
The Brain Tumour Charity
Brain tumours reduce life expectancy by 20 years on average, the highest of any cancer, and are the biggest cancer killer of children and young adults. Despite these facts, less than 2% of the cancer research funding in the UK every year is spent on brain tumours. The Brain Tumour Charity was founded in 1996 and employs 94 people to fun...
Finalist
Beanstalk
Beanstalk is a national children’s literacy charity whose goal is for every child to leave school able to read well so that they can thrive in life.
We recruit, train and support volunteers to provide one-to-one help to children struggling with their reading. Last year we supported 11,000 children through 3,000 volunteers.
O...
We recruit, train and support volunteers to provide one-to-one help to children struggling with their reading. Last year we supported 11,000 children through 3,000 volunteers.
O...
Finalist
Child Bereavement UK
Every day Child Bereavement UK deals with something that many people find too unbearable to contemplate – the untimely deaths of a parent or a child. Deaths that can shatter lives and leave sheer devastation in their wake.
Child Bereavement UK’s vision is for all bereaved families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives ...
Child Bereavement UK’s vision is for all bereaved families to have the support they need to rebuild their lives ...
Finalist
Leap Confronting Conflict
Leap Confronting Conflict has 30+ years’ experience providing conflict management training and support to young people and the professionals working with them.
In 2016 we launched our pioneering Leadership and Enterprise (L&E) programme, working with young people at risk of gang involvement and offending in Lambeth and Southwark.
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In 2016 we launched our pioneering Leadership and Enterprise (L&E) programme, working with young people at risk of gang involvement and offending in Lambeth and Southwark.
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WINNER
A taste of The Brain Tumour Charity
The Brain Tumour Charity
What better way to wake up in the morning, than with a cup of coffee?
Much like that first cup of coffee setting us up for the day, we know that to have the biggest impact we need solid foundations in place to face the journey towards a world where brain tumours are defeated.
Like the coffee farmers handpicking the best quality coffee...
Much like that first cup of coffee setting us up for the day, we know that to have the biggest impact we need solid foundations in place to face the journey towards a world where brain tumours are defeated.
Like the coffee farmers handpicking the best quality coffee...
Finalist
The Bedfordshire Family
Home-Start Central Bedfordshire
Agency: Makilo
Our small charity is based in Dunstable, serving the Central Bedfordshire area. We produced an annual report that was much different than in previous years.
Despite having been established since 1984, Home-Start Central Bedfordshire has been referred to as a 'best kept secret'. Many people are surprised by the range of support we...
Despite having been established since 1984, Home-Start Central Bedfordshire has been referred to as a 'best kept secret'. Many people are surprised by the range of support we...
Finalist
Newcastle United Foundation
Newcastle United Foundation's Annual Review for 2016/17 showcases the diverse community we work with. We are successful in engaging people in our projects, over 54,000 children, young people and families per year, and wanted to have the same engaging impact on people receiving our Annual Review.
We wanted to use the nostalgic...
We wanted to use the nostalgic...
Finalist
Quarriers
Quarriers is one of Scotland’s leading social care charities. We provide practical care and support for thousands of vulnerable children, adults and families who face extremely challenging circumstances.
Through our diverse range of services, we help thousands of people to reach their true potential. We believe in an equal and incl...
Through our diverse range of services, we help thousands of people to reach their true potential. We believe in an equal and incl...
WINNER
Empowering Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Mercy Corps Europe
Syrian refugees residing in Jordanian host communities face multiple daily challenges due to a lack of documentation, including the ability to access basic services - shelter, food, education and healthcare. Motivated to change this, Mercy Corps joined a Protection Consortium in 2016. The Consortium provided cash transfers to suppor...
Highly Commended
Preventing a public health crisis
Change Grow Live
In May 2017, CGL was called upon to transfer in staff and services from the stricken provider Lifeline. We only had a few weeks’ notice to safeguard dozens of clinical services, protect hundreds of jobs, deliver uninterrupted care to thousands of service users and reduce the risk of an immediate public health crisis.
Protecting t...
Protecting t...
Finalist
Flash - #MakeItHappen
Diabetes UK
Flash Glucose Monitoring is a new technology that can help people with diabetes safely manage their condition, improve their quality of life, and reduce the risk of serious diabetes-related complications including amputation and blindness.
More convenient and less painful than finger-prick blood testing, Flash Glucose Monitoring allo...
More convenient and less painful than finger-prick blood testing, Flash Glucose Monitoring allo...
Finalist
Universal Credit: Filling the Gaps
The Trussell Trust
The Trussell Trust supports a network of over 420 foodbanks to provide emergency food to people in crisis, offer additional support and campaign for change, working towards a future where foodbanks are not needed. As a UK-wide association of frontline charities, we are able to harness the power of grassroots organisations to respond bot...
WINNER
Keep The Joy Alive
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland
Agency: Different Kettle
Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS, needed a profound step-change in brand perception that would heighten awareness of our mission – to reach every child in Scotland that needs us. A change which would generate more service referrals and increase our fundraising income so we could meet that increased deman...
Finalist
Battersea
Battersea is a much-loved charity with a rich and storied history, however research revealed that while awareness was high, perceptions of the charity's work were out of date.
Driven by plans to increase its impact for dogs and cats in need of help, Battersea undertook a brand refresh to clarify its vision and purpose, with t...
Driven by plans to increase its impact for dogs and cats in need of help, Battersea undertook a brand refresh to clarify its vision and purpose, with t...
Finalist
Blue Cross. Pets change lives. We change theirs.
Blue Cross Animal Charity
To achieve ambitious growth targets to help more pets in need, Blue Cross needed to grow its supporter base.
So we refreshed the brand with a unifying purpose to help people understand why we exist and form a deeper connection with us.
This purpose is based on a strategy of reciprocity to inspire people to give back to pets in need.
Wh...
So we refreshed the brand with a unifying purpose to help people understand why we exist and form a deeper connection with us.
This purpose is based on a strategy of reciprocity to inspire people to give back to pets in need.
Wh...
Finalist
Sexwise new campaign brand
Family Planning Association
Agency: IE Brand
The FPA needed an intriguing, witty brand and website to deliver straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.
With the backing of Public Health England, FPA wanted a new brand and website to combat the minefield of information on the internet and drive measurable improvem...
With the backing of Public Health England, FPA wanted a new brand and website to combat the minefield of information on the internet and drive measurable improvem...
Finalist
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Agency: Deep Design
'Onward with Purpose and Pride'
Throughout its 300+ year history the Royal Hospital has been the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners; retired veterans of the British Army. The Hospital now has more competition than ever when raising funds to provide their world-leading care model. A repositioning and complete overhaul was required to c...
Throughout its 300+ year history the Royal Hospital has been the home of the iconic Chelsea Pensioners; retired veterans of the British Army. The Hospital now has more competition than ever when raising funds to provide their world-leading care model. A repositioning and complete overhaul was required to c...
Finalist
Winston's Wish
With ambitious plans to reach more bereaved children than ever, Winston's Wish needed a new look that echoed those ambitions. The refreshed branding, which saw the charity adopt a new bold and modern look and feel, was launched as the charity celebrates its 25th anniversary. Since 1992, Winston's Wish, the UK's first...
WINNER
A new model to fund the global struggle for LGBTQI rights
GiveOut
Around the world, people face horrendous human rights abuses based on their sexual orientation and gender identity. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) activists and organisations are fighting back and campaigning for change, but they are underfunded, and it is often not easy for individual donors ...
Finalist
Transforming Childhood Adversity
Body & Soul
Body & Soul transforms the life-threatening effects of childhood adversity. Established in 1996 to address a gap in HIV services for children and families, we discovered that although HIV was the common thread connecting our members (service-users), they were also disproportionately vulnerable to experiencing Adverse Childhood Experienc...
Finalist
Royal Free Charity Direct Services Pioneering Change
Royal Free Charity
Agency: Polygon PR
Traditionally NHS charities, including the Royal Free Charity, are grant-giving bodies to their parent hospital, offering no direct services to patients.
For decades it has been accepted this is the only way.
However, after extensive research with NHS patients, the Royal Free Charity saw a future which it could better help...
For decades it has been accepted this is the only way.
However, after extensive research with NHS patients, the Royal Free Charity saw a future which it could better help...
Finalist
Early Family Intervention Project (E-FIP)
Threshold Das
Threshold DAS’s, E-FIP Programme is an innovative Early Family Intervention Programme offering support to women, men and their children with the aim of keeping women and their children safe.
The difference the Project wants to make, is to eradicate and break the cycle of domestic abuse and sexual violence; to allow families to ...
The difference the Project wants to make, is to eradicate and break the cycle of domestic abuse and sexual violence; to allow families to ...
WINNER
Borough Market: Leading the way on drinking fountains
Agency: Barley Communications
Reliance on single-use plastics is a worldwide environmental issue that must be tackled to diminish the climate change impact of production of plastics in large quantities and the resulting plastic pollution. Londoners consume 7.7 billion bottles of water every year - they represent 10% of all litter in the Thames and contribute to ocean ...
Finalist
Wood Green Integrated Campaigns
Agency: Campfire Marketing
Listening makes all the difference. In the case of Wood Green, it can take a small, local animal charity, and make it a major player.
Wood Green came to Campfire with an ambitious brief: to revolutionise their fundraising performance and brand awareness.
Campfire knew that the best place to start was to listen. We carried out cons...
Wood Green came to Campfire with an ambitious brief: to revolutionise their fundraising performance and brand awareness.
Campfire knew that the best place to start was to listen. We carried out cons...
Finalist
Getting the UK to Come Out For LGBT
Agency: Mr. President
For many people it feels as though great strides have been made towards LGBT rights in the UK following the legalisation of gay marriage. But the fight for equality is far from over. Hate crime has risen significantly over the last 5 years and Stonewall needed supporters to be more than just a silent majority.
We worked closely with the organisa...
We worked closely with the organisa...
Finalist
Each Child. Each Future.
Agency: Tonic Agency
The link between low income and low academic attainment is greater in the UK than almost any other developed nation. Children eligible for free school meals are less likely to get good GCSEs and go on to higher education. This makes it more likely they will struggle throughout their lives, widening social inequality. It’s a cycle Teach Fi...
WINNER
One Life One Shot
Meningitis Research Foundation
Meningitis Research Foundation’s insight-driven One Life One Shot campaign aimed to raise awareness and increase uptake of a lifesaving meningitis vaccine (MenACWY) available to teenagers, particularly university freshers. The campaign targeted teenagers directly and via their parents.
Stories of people affected were shared via media&#...
Stories of people affected were shared via media&#...
Highly Commended
Square Mile Challenge
Hubbub UK
The “Square Mile Challenge” was an innovative, ambitious coffee cup recycling campaign that aimed to prove that paper coffee cups can be collected and recycled at scale.
The UK throws away a whopping 2.5 billion coffee cups a year. This equates to 7 million coffee cups every day. Less than 1% of these cups are recycled due to the...
The UK throws away a whopping 2.5 billion coffee cups a year. This equates to 7 million coffee cups every day. Less than 1% of these cups are recycled due to the...
Finalist
United Against Dementia - building a movement for change
Alzheimer's Society
One in three babies born today will develop dementia. It's the biggest health and social care crisis of our time. Yet, despite some progress, people with dementia tell us that they still face stigma, families sell their homes to pay for basic care and research remains woefully underfunded compared to other conditions.
Our United ...
Our United ...
Finalist
Five Year Sentences for Animal Cruelty
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
In 2017 Battersea successfully campaigned for a change in legislation that will protect thousands of animals from senseless cruelty. In less than a year, our ground-breaking campaign, launched on 20 February 2017, had galvanised thousands of supporters and spurred over 100 MPs to pledge their support, culminating in the Environment ...
Finalist
This is Engineering
Royal Academy of Engineering
The UK has long faced an engineering skills and diversity crisis that threatens social and economic growth. In spite of being an essential part of our lives and critical to our future, we face a shortfall of 59,000 engineers annually, and are losing potential innovators even before they finish school.
It’s a complex problem,...
It’s a complex problem,...
WINNER
WDP Capital Card®
Westminster Drug Project
WDP: London’s most innovative substance misuse provider
WDP maximizes every penny we receive from third sector funding. With our portfolio across London expanding, and the number of people beginning their recovery journey with us increasing, the Capital Card® is our flagship solution to enabling as many people as possible to achi...
WDP maximizes every penny we receive from third sector funding. With our portfolio across London expanding, and the number of people beginning their recovery journey with us increasing, the Capital Card® is our flagship solution to enabling as many people as possible to achi...
Highly Commended
Personalised fundraiser videos
British Heart Foundation
Developing relationships with supporters is key to the ongoing success of any fundraising strategy. Sending the same comms to all participants with the odd bit of first name personalisation doesn’t stand out any more. The potential of social media to drive fundraising is diminishing as more and more demands are made by our friends and familie...
Finalist
ONE campaign's 9 Countries Quiz
ONE
Agency: Forward Action
130 million girls didn’t go to school today. Not because they didn’t want to, but because they weren’t allowed. Poverty is sexist: it hits girls and women hardest. But if every girl could get a quality education and reach their full potential, it would transform their own lives, and their communities.
Forward Action...
Forward Action...
Finalist
Talk to Sellu - Messenger Chatbot
WaterAid UK
We designed a Facebook Messenger chatbot, ‘Talk To Sellu’, as an open-ended content journey with a wide range of paths to discover the story of life in the community of Tombohuaun, Sierra Leone. Guided by Sellu, a farmer and carpenter, users could explore the daily life and culture of this community. These content pa...
WINNER
Brazelton Centre UK
The Brazelton Centre UK is a small registered charity supporting parents and newborn babies to foster positive early relationships, which reduces postnatal anxiety/depression in new mothers.
Our commercial project is entitled “Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Courses”. The transformation of the Brazelton Centre, from a small mi...
Our commercial project is entitled “Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Courses”. The transformation of the Brazelton Centre, from a small mi...
Finalist
Revolving Doors Agency
Established in 1993, we work to break the cycle of personal crisis and crime we call the Revolving Door. We do this by influencing policy, creating and sharing research and proposing new solutions. Unlike other organisations, we don’t focus on any single problem. Instead, we look at the whole person and the range of issues the...
WINNER
#Untapped
WaterAid
In Winter 2017 WaterAid aimed to raise more than ever before in a match-funded appeal and at least a minimum of £3.8m, most of which would be doubled by the UK Government. They created a campaign called #Untapped that would change the rules of charity storytelling, with over 430 million opportunities to view the content ...
Highly Commended
The Funny Thing About Teaching
Education Support Partnership
Education Support Partnership hosted ‘The Funny Thing About Teaching’ - a fundraising comedy night to promote wellbeing for all staff working in the education sector. Two of our comedians had a background in teaching and all our comedians felt an affinity with teachers. The Funny Thing About Teaching took place in a venue local to the h...
Finalist
The Cake Campaign
Islamic Relief UK
The Cake Campaign used the holiest month of the year for Muslims, the month of Ramadan, in 2017 to raise funds for the crisis in Syria in an innovative way: donors pay £10 to Islamic Relief UK, for which they get a chocolate fudge cake and the knowledge that they are helping to save lives in Syria.
One of the main elements of s...
One of the main elements of s...
Finalist
Christmas Campaign 2017
RNIB
Imagine a Christmas without The Snowman, The Nutcracker, or The Night Before Christmas.
RNIB’s first creatively integrated Christmas campaign saw nine-year-old Lily-Grace lead a quest to track down new Talking Books – and open up a world of stories for blind and partially sighted children all over the UK.
The campaign targ...
RNIB’s first creatively integrated Christmas campaign saw nine-year-old Lily-Grace lead a quest to track down new Talking Books – and open up a world of stories for blind and partially sighted children all over the UK.
The campaign targ...
Finalist
#JustLikeUs
WWF-UK
On average 55 African elephants are killed a day for their tusks. With more African elephants now being killed than being born, something had to be done to protect these magnificent creatures before it is too late. WWF-UK's 2017 Christmas fundraising campaign, #JustLikeUs, was wholly different in both creative tone and approach from...
WINNER
2018 London Landmarks Half Marathon
Tommy’s
The LLHM is a new entrepreneurial event which created many ‘firsts’ both for the charity and events sector.
Noticing a gap in the market, Tommy’s took an entrepreneurial approach to challenges which have seen many large commercial organisations fail in their attempts to launch a new event. They created an event which;
...
Noticing a gap in the market, Tommy’s took an entrepreneurial approach to challenges which have seen many large commercial organisations fail in their attempts to launch a new event. They created an event which;
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Finalist
Byte Night
Action for Children
In 1998, Byte Night started with just 35 sleepers - the idea was simple; utilise the wealthy boom of the technology industry in the late 1990s to raise funds for those less fortunate. The event first took place in Finsbury Square in London and those business people chose to sleep out for just one night as a gesture and an experience to understa...
Finalist
Cupcake Day
Alzheimer's Society
Cupcake Day 2017 was a huge success, raising over £1million against a target of £750,000. Despite recruiting less participants than in 2016, we more than tripled our income year on year (from £330,000 in 2016) by increasing the value of each sign-up significantly. When breaking down our audience into segments by ag...
Finalist
Everest in the Alps
The Brain Tumour Charity
In February 2018, 30 intrepid skiers travelled to the Swiss Alps to ski the height of Everest, to raise over £500k for The Everest Research Centre, a collaborative European initiative, committed to finding a cure for low grade paediatric brain tumours.
Over the course of the four days, the group covered 8,848 metres...
Over the course of the four days, the group covered 8,848 metres...
Finalist
Peppa Pig's Muddy Puddle Walk
Save the Children UK
Save the Children has teamed up with Peppa Pig to make a splash on the fundraising landscape – Peppa Pig’s Muddy Puddle Walk for Save the Children. Piloted in 2017 the event raised £247,000 by encouraging families and nurseries to get outdoors, go on a Muddy Puddle Walk and fundraise for some of the world’s most vuln...
WINNER
Know Your Place campaign
Girlguiding
Agency: J. Walter Thompson
There were over 70,000 girls on the waiting list to join Girlguiding, who were missing out because there weren’t enough volunteers. The task was to get an additional 1,000 volunteer registrations, with limited spend and a campaign running for just one month.
Recruiting time-poor 25-34 year old women in the run up to Christm...
Recruiting time-poor 25-34 year old women in the run up to Christm...
Finalist
Heart Matters acquisition campaign
British Heart Foundation
There are seven million people in the UK living with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Heart Matters, from the British Heart Foundation, is a free service that provides anyone affected by CVD with information and support on heart-healthy living. Our aim for the 2017-18 financial year was to recruit 100,000 new members and reach the people i...
Finalist
The Brain Injury Community Service Relaunch
The Children's Trust
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with brain injury and neurodisability. We provide rehabilitation, education and community services through skilled teams who work with children and young people, and their families.
In March 2018 we launched a campaign to promote our new-look Brain Injury Community...
In March 2018 we launched a campaign to promote our new-look Brain Injury Community...
Finalist
Light Up Christmas For Children
NSPCC
Agency: OMD UK
Many brands talk about ‘owning Christmas’. We went one better and literally switched it on with our ‘Light Up Christmas For Children’ campaign, weaving the NSPCC’s incredibly worthy cause into Brits’ experience of Christmas in an unmissable way.
Our strategy was designed around three pillars: raising aware...
Our strategy was designed around three pillars: raising aware...
Finalist
#HeadHigh
Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
As the only UK lung cancer charity, we are here to support people affected by lung cancer. Many of our patients and supporters talk to us about the negative attitudes they have encountered.
In fact, one in four people in the UK admit to having less sympathy for people with lung cancer than those with other cancers. This means many people...
In fact, one in four people in the UK admit to having less sympathy for people with lung cancer than those with other cancers. This means many people...
Finalist
Each Child. Each Future.
Teach First
Agency: Tonic Agency
The link between low income and low academic attainment is greater in the UK than almost any other developed nation. Children eligible for free school meals are less likely to get good GCSEs and go on to higher education. This makes it more likely they will struggle throughout their lives, widening social inequality. It’s a cycle Teach Fi...
WINNER
Children for Health
Children for Health seeks to mobilise children and young adolescents in the Global South to become health activists in their communities. Our radical reimagining of health and life skills education provides a low-risk, high-return approach that is proven to improve health in places where preventable diseases still cause too many early deaths.
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Highly Commended
Just Like Us
Just Like Us (JLU) is working for a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people live awesome lives. Why? Because growing up LGBT is still unacceptably tough: 86% of young people hear homophobic remarks and 25% attempt suicide.
JLU works to change this by empowering young people to be role models who champion LG...
JLU works to change this by empowering young people to be role models who champion LG...
Finalist
The Children's Sleep Charity
The Children’s Sleep Charity is the only national charity specifically offering specialist support to all children, young people and their families with sleep issues. Founded by Vicki Dawson, a once sleep deprived mother we have first hand experience of the impact of sleep deprivation on mental,phsyical and emotional wellbei...
Finalist
The Daisy Garland
Set up in memory of our daughter Daisy in 2004, The Daisy Garland is the only national, registered charity working exclusively to support some of the 18,000 children in the UK who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy – a devastating condition that shortens and destroys lives.
Over the past 14 years we have supported thousands of...
Over the past 14 years we have supported thousands of...
Finalist
George and the Giant Pledge
Despite facing every parent’s worst nightmare, on receiving the news that their then four-year-old son had cancer, the Woodalls took it upon themselves to raise £1,000,000 to Help Beat Childhood Cancer in support of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
With zero marketing budget they set up ‘George and the Giant Pl...
With zero marketing budget they set up ‘George and the Giant Pl...
Finalist
Tutors United
Tutors United envisions a world where income has no impact on education. That is why we are on a mission to use the power of tutoring to break down the barriers in education and enable every child to succeed!
We hire and train talented university students and deliver confidence-boosting, attainment-raising tutorials to pupils who fall betwee...
We hire and train talented university students and deliver confidence-boosting, attainment-raising tutorials to pupils who fall betwee...
WINNER
Bridging the Gap
Penningtons Manches
In 2017, our charities team carried out a significant thought leadership project by commissioning a survey exploring the relationship between charities and probate practitioners when communicating about charitable legacies. The results of the survey were published in a 2017 report entitled ‘Bridging the Gap’.
Given the strength o...
Given the strength o...
Finalist
Paris Smith Charity Forum
Paris Smith
We set up the Paris Smith Charity Forum to champion the free exchange of information and ideas between Chief Executives and trustees of charities with the firm and a select team of other professionals with experience in the sector.
Membership is free and provides forums, major regional conferences (the last one attended by over 300 delegat...
Membership is free and provides forums, major regional conferences (the last one attended by over 300 delegat...
WINNER
Equal Access Loan
RefuAid and Street UK
An Engineer driving a taxi; a Paediatrician working as a waitress; a Neurosurgeon stacking shelves. RefuAid and Street UK have partnered to launch an interest-free loan scheme enabling refugees in the UK to return to their careers. This is the first (and only) nationwide loan scheme for refugees.
We offer interest-free loans of up to £10&#...
We offer interest-free loans of up to £10&#...
Finalist
ACTion Lincs
P3 Charity & Addaction
ACTion Lincs is a Housing First project that has adopted the Assertive Treatment Community model from North America; it builds on learning from the world’s first homelessness Social Impact Bond, delivered by Greater London Authority.
Led by P3 with partners Addaction, the service is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of link wo...
Led by P3 with partners Addaction, the service is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team of link wo...
Finalist
Any Old Irons, part of Football Friends
Friends of the Elderly and West Ham United Foundation
Since 2015, Friends of the Elderly and West Ham United Foundation have been working together to implement the Any Old Irons programme, part of the Football Friends project.
It was launched as there was a noticeable void of social activities on offer specifically targeted at older men. Loneliness is an epidemic amongst older people and men ...
It was launched as there was a noticeable void of social activities on offer specifically targeted at older men. Loneliness is an epidemic amongst older people and men ...
Finalist
Metropolitan Tutoring Young Residents Programme
Tutors United
Agency: Metropolitan Housing Association
What happens when the worlds of housing and education collide?
Metropolitan Housing Association was the first of its kind to believe in Tutors United’s innovative approach and was the first Housing Association to partner with them back in 2013 on the flagship Tutoring Young Residents Programme. The goal is to inspire pupils to do well in e...
Metropolitan Housing Association was the first of its kind to believe in Tutors United’s innovative approach and was the first Housing Association to partner with them back in 2013 on the flagship Tutoring Young Residents Programme. The goal is to inspire pupils to do well in e...
Finalist
Saints Foundation & The Big Issue
Saints Foundation and The Big Issue collaborated to establish an innovative way of: changing negative misconceptions of vulnerable adults' potential, creating new opportunities for The Big Issue vendors and raising awareness of Saints Foundation's work in the local community. We produced a special edition publication, comb...
Finalist
Windrush Coalition
IMiX, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Praxis Community Projects, Runnymede Trust, Refugee and Migrant Centre
IMiX and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants worked with Praxis Community Projects, Runnymede Trust, and Refugee and Migrant Centre, and Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network, on a campaign to ensure that “the Windrush generation” were recognised formally as British Citizens
Many Windrush people had, si...
Many Windrush people had, si...
WINNER
Medair UK & Qlik
We (Medair) are an international aid agency working in 12 countries. Our corporate partner, Qlik, is an international Business Intelligence software company. Our two organisations have developed a ground-breaking partnership and a strong relationship built on mutual trust.
Over the last year, our partnership has achieved a sign...
Over the last year, our partnership has achieved a sign...
Finalist
Bliss & Pampers
For parents of babies born premature or sick, what should be a moment of pure joy is transformed into an overwhelming and often distressing experience. They are thrust into an unfamiliar, noisy and chaotic environment, and even the simplest things like finding the right sized nappy or learning to change your baby can be incredibly overw...
Finalist
British Red Cross & Co-op
Loneliness and social isolation affect over 9 million people of all ages across the UK and can be as harmful as smoking and obesity(1). Yet in 2015, loneliness was the least popular CSR issue among UK businesses2, and mainly associated with old age(3).
British Red Cross’ (BRC) staff and volunteers identified worrying levels of lone...
British Red Cross’ (BRC) staff and volunteers identified worrying levels of lone...
Finalist
Look Good Feel Better, Refuge & Benefit Cosmetics
In a unique and exciting partnership Look Good Feel Better (cancer support charity), Refuge (domestic violence charity) and Benefit Cosmetics joined forces to empower and support women and children during their annual Bold is Beautiful Campaign. Throughout April 2017 Benefit donated 100% of its brow wax profits, created the first pink pop-u...
Finalist
Royal National Institute of Blind People & Specsavers
Specsavers, the world’s largest privately owned optical group and the pioneer of the joint venture business model, and Royal National Institute of Blind People, the UK’s leading charity supporting blind and partially sighted people have joined together to transform the nation’s eye health.
In 2017 – the partne...
In 2017 – the partne...
Finalist
Save the Children & GSK
Save the Children and GSK joined forces in 2013 to help save one million children's lives. We recognised that by working together and combining our global expertise, skills and energy we could do more to improve children’s health, and have a stronger voice supporting children’s rights, than if we worked alone. Our partne...
WINNER
The Yogscast
Whale and Dolphin Conservation
The Yogscast are superstars of the gaming world and their reach and influence is exceptional. They run one of the biggest and most influential YouTube channels in the UK - the first ever to hit 1 billion views - and have since amassed over 20 billion views across their channels. Although focused initially on video games content the team, based ...
Finalist
Rebecca Adlington
Encephalitis Society
When Rebecca Adlington’s sister Laura was diagnosed with encephalitis which is brain inflammation, it was a terrifying time for the whole family. They were supported by the Encephalitis Society during Laura’s journey and Rebecca did not forget the support and comfort this brought her family at what was a difficult time.
Following R...
Following R...
Finalist
Carey Mulligan
Alzheimer's Society
Carey Mulligan’s commitment and passion to transform the lives of people affected dementia has been a driving force in Alzheimer’s Society’s vision to create a world without dementia.
For nearly ten years as a supporter and over five years as an official Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Carey has worked tirelessly behind...
For nearly ten years as a supporter and over five years as an official Alzheimer’s Society Ambassador, Carey has worked tirelessly behind...
WINNER
Adeem Younis
Penny Appeal
Adeem Younis, 37, Yorkshire-born businessman and humanitarian.
Adeem founded international humanitarian charity, Penny Appeal. Credited as one of the fastest growing charities in its sector, the twice-Guinness world record breaking charity works in over 30 countries as well as in the UK where its provision includes a fostering an...
Adeem founded international humanitarian charity, Penny Appeal. Credited as one of the fastest growing charities in its sector, the twice-Guinness world record breaking charity works in over 30 countries as well as in the UK where its provision includes a fostering an...
Highly Commended
Ruth Wilkinson
Kent Union
Ruth is 23, but she has been the most inspirational and capable chair I have worked with in 25 years serving on charity Boards and 17 years as a chief executive. Our governance model involves the chair rotating annually and being elected from our membership, but Ruth got to grips with the role incredibly quickly. At £12M turnover,...
WINNER
Josh MacAlister
Frontline
Josh founded Frontline in 2013 with the bold ambition to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families. Since then, he has built the charity from four people to 94. In the last year alone, Josh has overseen employee growth of 67%, yet Josh maintains the same approachability and humility as when his colleagues numbered in the s...
Finalist
Chris Burghes
Royal Free Charity
It takes an excellent CEO to quadruple its income in just six years.
It takes a remarkable CEO to increase services to beneficiaries by 2,280% in this time.
It takes a great CEO to do both of these, AND redefine their charity’s entire purpose.
That is what Chris Burghes has done since joining the charity in 2011, which is...
It takes a remarkable CEO to increase services to beneficiaries by 2,280% in this time.
It takes a great CEO to do both of these, AND redefine their charity’s entire purpose.
That is what Chris Burghes has done since joining the charity in 2011, which is...
Finalist
Dr Ava Easton
Encephalitis Society
Dr Ava Easton joined the charity 18 years ago in a support role and has risen through the ranks to CEO. Today, Ava is a global encephalitis expert and published author and academic. She is an in -demand speaker, providing lectures and training on acquired brain injury, and encephalitis and its consequences, for health, education...
Finalist
Alex Ramamurthy
The Care Workers Charity
Alex Ramamurthy is CEO of the Care Workers Charity. Prior to joining the Charity in December 2016, Alex spent six years in start-ups for socially minded businesses having graduated in Technology Entrepreneurship from Surrey University.
One of those socially minded businesses had the goal of tackling social isolation and loneliness in old age...
One of those socially minded businesses had the goal of tackling social isolation and loneliness in old age...
Finalist
Vinny Smith
Meningitis Research Foundation
In 2½ years since joining Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF), Vinny Smith has galvanised a sector and transformed a charity. He has helped enable the World Health Organization (WHO) to begin plans to create the first ever global roadmap for meningitis; presented to the UK’s Joint Health & Petitions Select Committee after the ...
WINNER
British Red Cross
Disaster can strike anywhere at any time. The British Red Cross helps millions of people around the world get the support they need when a crisis strikes.
Our Communications team is integral to this effort. Everything we do – in the media, on social, in our multimedia content - is focused on inspiring people to take action to suppo...
Our Communications team is integral to this effort. Everything we do – in the media, on social, in our multimedia content - is focused on inspiring people to take action to suppo...
Highly Commended
Borough Market
Borough Market’s dedicated communications team work year-round to promote the 1,000 year old destination’s core values: community, sustainability, education and a shared love of food. Following June’s terrorist attack on London Bridge and Borough Market, the team worked swiftly to enact a sensitive crisis communica...
Highly Commended
Genetic Alliance UK
Genetic Alliance UK communications team have had huge success with little resource. Raising awareness and delivering effective communications about rare diseases is not easy. There are over 8000 rare diseases and for most of these there is no support group or charity and the majority of voluntary organisations supporting patients with rare diseases...
Finalist
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Throughout 2017 and into 2018 Battersea’s Communications team worked together to tackle animal cruelty and raise awareness of the paltry prison sentences given to perpetrators. Motivated by the shocking cases of cruelty witnessed at our own centres, we launched an ambitious campaign to change the law and we succeeded.
Not only does our...
Not only does our...
Finalist
WaterAid
WaterAid: Untapped
Through engaging storytelling in real time, WaterAid took an ambitious approach to the global water crisis and changing normal forever. The campaign set out to raise awareness and funds for a DFID aid match campaign in a competitive fundraising marketplace and against a backdrop of anti-aid media coverage.
We wanted our...
Through engaging storytelling in real time, WaterAid took an ambitious approach to the global water crisis and changing normal forever. The campaign set out to raise awareness and funds for a DFID aid match campaign in a competitive fundraising marketplace and against a backdrop of anti-aid media coverage.
We wanted our...
WINNER
Disability Challengers
2017 has been a standout year for Challengers, a Guildford-based charity that provides exciting and inclusive play and leisure activities for disabled children.
Its main play centre and charity headquarters was gutted by a devastating fire in September 2017. All 12 members from the fundraising and communications teams had to be diverted for ...
Its main play centre and charity headquarters was gutted by a devastating fire in September 2017. All 12 members from the fundraising and communications teams had to be diverted for ...
Highly Commended
Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is a charity dedicated to preventing male suicide because 76% of all suicides are male. The small but dedicated fundraising team at CALM grew from just to one full time member of staff to 4.5 (FTE) between 2016 and 2017. This investment in fundraising led to a successful year in 16/17, with a partner...
Finalist
Action for Children
Action for Children’s corporate fundraising team have excelled all expectations this year to secure some of the highest profile and most lucrative corporate partnerships in the sector. With a total new income value of £3.8 million they have surpassed any new income achievements the organisation has achieved previously. This includes new...
Finalist
Coventry UK City of Culture Trust
We have raised £4.5M in less than three years with a team of just two fundraisers.
Wait, let me revisit that, we have raised £4.5M with a team of hundreds:
Our Chairman, David Burbidge CBE DL, is not a paid member of the team but always leads by example helping us to recruit other Founding Presidents who have also ...
Wait, let me revisit that, we have raised £4.5M with a team of hundreds:
Our Chairman, David Burbidge CBE DL, is not a paid member of the team but always leads by example helping us to recruit other Founding Presidents who have also ...
Finalist
Mind
Mind is at the forefront of a change in the way that society is thinking about mental health but we know there is still so much more that needs to be done to address the injustices faced by the 1 in 4 of us with mental health problems. Every year, the numbers of people contacting us for help has increased and to respond to this demand, Mind...
WINNER
Heidi Hall
Central School of Ballet
Heidi Hall was appointed as Director of Central School of Ballet in September 2016 at a time when the organisation required new leadership and renewed focus. Her achievements demonstrate classic senior leadership attributes: she is ambitious for her staff and students; determined in fundraising (with considerable success – Central will realis...
Finalist
Mark Norbury
UnLtd
UnLtd is creating a future where enterprising people are transforming our world for good.
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Following his appointment as UnLtd’s CEO two years ago, Mark Norbury has led a major change in how the organisation supports social entrepreneurs and achieves lasting social change. He has transformed UnLtd’s focus on, and potential...
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Following his appointment as UnLtd’s CEO two years ago, Mark Norbury has led a major change in how the organisation supports social entrepreneurs and achieves lasting social change. He has transformed UnLtd’s focus on, and potential...
Finalist
Victoria Pedicini
Threshold DAS
Threshold DAS (formerly Llanelli Women’s Aid Ltd) was founded in 1984, by a group of volunteers. In 1985 the first refuge was established. Due to the ever-increasing numbers of women, plus the limited facilities available in the refuge, the Charity approached Gwalia Housing Society with a view to improving the services. In 1992...
WINNER
Laura Davies
Young Women's Trust
Laura Davies has experienced maternity discrimination, low paid work, workplace sexism and being stereotyped as a young mum. She doesn’t want others to face the same struggles she has and so uses these experiences to speak out with Young Women’s Trust (YWT) to raise awareness and create change.
Alongside working and raising h...
Alongside working and raising h...
Highly Commended
Martin Hywood
Muscular Dystrophy UK
Martin Hywood, 43, has been living with muscular dystrophy for 20 years, it means he can’t go more than a few steps without pain. His life is devoted to helping and inspiring others to live well with the condition.
He’s an inspiration to others, Martin is determined to show that although muscular dystrophy can be scary ...
He’s an inspiration to others, Martin is determined to show that although muscular dystrophy can be scary ...
Highly Commended
Colin Shaw
Cancer Research UK
Following the tragic loss of his wife Tracy to cancer in March 2016, Colin Shaw raised the staggering total of over £100,000 for Cancer Research UK in just 18 months. Initially Colin embarked on the ambitious and generous mission of raising £50,000 for Cancer Research UK.
During such a difficult time for Colin and his fam...
During such a difficult time for Colin and his fam...
Lord Victor Adebowale
Turning Point
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