Hall Of Fame 2022


Excellence Awards

Best Charity Film

Sinking Feeling

PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

Sinking Feeling is a short animation created by BAFTA award winning animation studio Blue Zoo for PAYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide. The film was launched on World Suicide Prevention Day 2021 and explores themes of loneliness, isolation and the importance of peer support. The aim of the film was to tackle the heart-breaking reality...

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Best Service Delivery Innovation

The CoppaFeel! Self-Checkout

CoppaFeel!

CoppaFeel! exists to encourage all young people (18-35) to be proactive about their health, by educating them on the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and empowering them to speak to their GP if they notice any abnormal changes. Our ambition is to ensure that all breast cancers are diagnosed at the earliest stage possible when treatm...

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Charity Chief Executive

Dr Nihara Krause

stem4

At stem4, we believe there is no one more suited to receive this award than our CEO, Dr Nihara Krause, who has provided an exceptional and excellent service to improving teenage mental health in the UK and Internationally, taking the charity to a new level of impactful success last year. Having established the charity ten years ago whe...

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Best Use of Social Media

Style with EACH

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)

Style with EACH is a new, vibrant social media brand identity for an online fashion boutique, to incorporate our organisational values while keeping the brand separate from our high street stores. With a strapline ‘fashion that doesn’t cost the earth’, it has two meanings: fashion that’s cost effective and one that recycles, diverting ...

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Big Impact Award

Miscarriage Matters campaign

Tommy's

“When we lost our third baby, as heartbroken as I was, it was almost a relief that something would get done.” Julie 1 in 5 women experience the heartbreak of miscarriage. This figure is conservative. The UK doesn’t officially count miscarriages. To qualify for care and support, a woman must go through 3 miscarriages in a row. 3 ...

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Brand Development

Family Holiday Charity re-brand

Family Holiday Charity

Family Holiday Charity helps families get time away together, often for the first time ever. We're here for children who've never seen the sea. For teenagers who can't remember when they last saw mum smile. For parents having to choose between a day out and a pair of school shoes. Holidays open up new possibilities. There’s time eno...

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Breakthrough of the Year

Making Allergy History

The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation

With the rising tide of food allergies in the past 2 decades, we now all know, love or are someone with a food allergy. They particularly affect babies and children and we now have 2 to 3 million people in the UK living with diagnosed food allergies; that’s at least one food allergic child in every classroom with 1 or multiple food all...

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Charity Chair of the Year

Nick Bird

Solving Kids' Cancer UK

Nick Bird became involved in Solving Kids’ Cancer UK in 2009 when his youngest son, Adam, was diagnosed with high-risk neuroblastoma. Despite enormous efforts to save him, Adam sadly died in 2013. Since then Nick has dedicated his time and skillset as an advocate and champion to improving outcomes for other children and families affect...

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Communications Agency of the Year

John Ayling & Associates

Between May 2021 and May 2022 JAA helped create outstanding campaigns for dozens of charities: from Age UK to Cats Protection, RSPCA to Barnardo’s, Breast Cancer Now to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). We deliver results for charities by creating inventive media solutions that cut through and by being agile and responsive in em...

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Communications Campaign of the Year

Lost Voices: Help us break through the silence

Pancreatic Cancer UK

Pancreatic cancer is the deadliest of all common cancers, with more than half of people dying within just three months of diagnosis. It kills almost as many people annually as breast cancer, but without celebrity patients or an army of survivors to demand change or inspire fundraising, public awareness remains worryingly low. Pancreati...

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Digital Innovation of the Year

Ripple Suicide Prevention

In November 2020 I lost my only son Josh to Suicide. He was just 21 years old. When we looked at his search history on his phone and his laptop, we were horrified to find that he had been searching sites on line for harmful material giving him tips and encouragement on how to take his own life. It was on Christmas Day 2020 when my daug...

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Enterprise Award

Community Regeneration Programme

The Community Impact Initiative CIC

The Community Impact Initiative CIC is a not-for-profit organisation supporting disadvantaged people to improve their skills, confidence and wellbeing. We deliver a range of projects across South Wales, all with the aim of improving the lives of disadvantaged people in our local communities whether that be through training and educatio...

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Fundraising Campaign

The Drive

Don't Panic London

This film led to the highest single day of donations in the history of Shelter. When we think of homelessness, we often think of the person on the street. Christmas 2020, partly due to the pandemic, saw a drastic increase in people living out of their cars; constantly having to move around to comply with different parking restrictio...

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Marketing Campaign of the Year

RNIB Letter From Santa: Ensuring every child enjoys the magic of Christmas

John Ayling & Associates and GOOD Agency

RNIB, the UK’s leading sight loss charity, is driving the creation of a truly accessible world for blind and partially sighted people. RNIB’s Letter from Santa campaign ensures children with vision impairment are included in the magic of Christmas, while championing the need for accessible communications to a broader, national audience...

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Small Charity, Big Achiever

Creating sustainable livelihoods for marginalised farmers in India

Shivia

In 2014, Shivia developed a programme to stop the cycle of poverty facing small holder farmers in West Bengal. The cause was often years of over-use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides which depleted the soil to such an extent that crop yields were too low to make farming a viable source of income. Added to this, the cost of agri-in...

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Partnership Awards

Charity Partnership of the Year

Citizens Advice and The Trussell Trust - Help through Hardship helpline

Citizens Advice

Cast your mind back to March 2020, and the first national lockdown. It was a time of crisis for many, particularly those in the most vulnerable situations. Community services, advice agencies and GP surgeries were closing their doors. Where services were open, social distancing and self-isolation made face-to-face access difficult. ...

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Corporate Partnership of the Year - Large

Santander UK, Santander Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society

Alzheimer's Society & Santander UK

Alzheimer’s Society (AS) and Santander launched and held a unique sector-leading strategic partnership which has sought to create collaborative social change for people affected by dementia relating to banking challenges and donated £3.6million (£2.1million though staff fundraising) over the course of 3 years. This incredible amount ha...

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Corporate Partnership of the Year - Medium

Eat Them To Defeat Them

Veg Power

Children in the UK aren’t eating enough vegetables. While traditional public health messaging around 5/day is well known, it hasn’t translated into increased veg intake. To help change this, Veg Power, the not-for-profit focused on increasing vegetable consumption, joined forces with ITV and created The Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign...

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Corporate Partnership of the Year - Small

The Great Relay - United We Ride

Two Wheels for Life

Motorcycles – they have a bit of a reputation, don’t they? But did you know, they save lives? For many of us, owning a motorcycle is a luxury – a pleasure in life. However, in Sub-Saharan Africa motorcycles aren’t a luxury, but of vital importance to the health of their nation. Motorcycles are the only effective way of delivering life-...

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Talent Awards

Small Charity of the Year

stem4

We believe stem4 deserves to be considered for this award since it has provided vital work benefitting over a 100,000 young people’s mental health over the past year alone. As a small charity, stem4 supports the mental health of young people in multiple different ways. These include mental health education, both face-to-face and throug...

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Charity of the Year - Medium

upReach

upReach is a social mobility charity that supports undergraduates from less-advantaged backgrounds to access and sustain top graduate jobs. Their free, personalised programmes of support are carefully designed to help students understand different career pathways and to develop the skills, networks and experiences needed to succeed. ...

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Charity of the Year - Large

Islamic Relief

Islamic Relief UK

In 2021, Islamic Relief experienced a record-breaking year raising over £38.6 million. Despite the unprecedented impact of the pandemic and financial strains of the UK economy, Islamic Relief was able to reach and support millions of people in struggling communities across the UK and the globe continuing to alleviate poverty, empower c...

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Celebrity Charity Champion

Stefanie Reid MBE

The Leprosy Mission

It’s a rare gift when a celebrity comes into your charity with a genuine understanding of your cause, a personal link to the people you serve, and a passion to bring change. Stef Reid MBE has been that gift to The Leprosy Mission. In 2021, Stef agreed to front The Leprosy Mission’s 2022 Greater Heights Campaign to build a new Researc...

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Community Champion

Committee of Directors

In2MedSchool

The NHS is built on the belief that healthcare should be free to all at the point of access. However, we are far from equal in healthcare being an accessible career path. A government-funded investigation found that 80% of doctors come from 20% of schools and 50% of schools have never had a successful medical school applicant. In2MedS...

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Frontline Team of the Year

Pear's House Team

Langdon

Pear's House is one of Langdon' supported living homes for adults with learning disabilities and autism. The Members (clients) living in Pear's House are extremely clinically vulnerable and the Pandemic has been an extremely worrying time for them and their families. Over the last two years, the team that work with Members in that hous...

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Communications Team of the Year

Asthma + Lung UK communications team

Asthma + Lung UK

Asthma + Lung UK’s communications team embraced a huge challenge - communicating the launch of its new brand (from Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation) and using it as an opportunity to support its new strategy by highlighting the seriousness of lung conditions to engage with policymakers and supporters. Through ambitious, integ...

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Digital Champion of the Year

Daniel Clark

Feel Created

People who move to the UK need English language skills to access training, gain employment and participate in society but in reality, it can be challenging to find ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes. Lead developer at Feel Created, Daniel Clark, has been instrumental in supporting Learning English in Yorkshire and t...

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Finance Team of the Year

Finance Team

Disasters Emergency Committee

The DEC brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. It is vital that the DEC’s efforts are supported by robust systems to ensure that the charity can maintain accurate and timely financial records. The DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal launched on the 3rd March 2022. The...

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Fundraising Team of the Year

Fundraising

Refugee Action

Set against the backdrop of the most challenging and unrelenting year facing the UK refugee sector, the fundraising team at Refugee Action smashed every target. They achieved their goal of building their public fundraising to over a third of total income three years early. They increased their supporter base three-fold, developed in...

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Rising Chief Executive

Karolina Gerlich

The Care Workers' Charity

In March 2020, just as the world began to lockdown from Covid-19, The Care Workers’ Charity (CWC) welcomed their new CEO Karolina Gerlich to the team. Working completely remotely, Karolina’s guidance became a beacon of light during dark and uncertain times. Having worked as a domiciliary care worker for 12 years, Karolina has an except...

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Rising star

Cat Barton

Chester Zoo

Palm oil is a £50 billion industry and is estimated to be found in half of packaged supermarket goods, including sweets, cleaning products, make-up and pet food. Unsustainable means of growing and processing palm oil has resulted in widespread devastation and biodiversity loss, particularly across South East Asia. Facing a biodivers...

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Unsung hero

Iris Taylor

Jewish Women's Aid

Jewish Women’s Aid is so proud to have Iris Taylor as our longest standing volunteer. She has been a loyal, helpful and inspirational volunteer for the charity for thirty years. Iris is 81 years old, has two children and three grandchildren and lost her husband 13 years ago. She is solely responsible for assembling the rota for our vit...

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Volunteer of the Year

Claire McLaughlan

The Scottish Centre for Personal Safety

Claire was referred to our charity in 2020 by Women’s Aid. Her confidence was at rock bottom, her anxieties were high and she was extremely emotional and traumatized. Slowly, through a mix of Personal Safety advice, practical self-defence training and informal counselling, Claire begun to live her life again. She decided she wanted to...

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Volunteer Team of the Year

Happy Smiles Training CIC

Happy Smiles Training CIC is a disabled persons-led social enterprise, made up of over 90% of disabled people and over 60% of our full-time employees are disabled people. We were co-founded by a disabled young man in September 2019, to address the systemic undervaluing of disabled people and challenge the stigma attached to disabled...

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