Britain's most admired charities announced
Howard Lake | 4 December 2006 | News
WaterAid is Britain’s most admired charity, as revealed in Third Sector magazine’s annual Charities Awards. Save the Children came second, followed by Samaritans.
The charity magazine has held the poll for four years. It is voted on on over two rounds. In the first round Third Sector’s readers cast their votes and in the second round a group from the leaders of the 500 largest voluntary organisations vote.
This year Samaritans did particularly well, rising from fifth in 2005 to third in the ‘most admired’ category and from ninth in the ‘most innovative’ charity category in 2005 to seventh in 2006.
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Editor of Third Sector Stephen Cook said: “The results are fascinating pointers to the activities and qualities that are held in high esteem by people working in senior levels in the sector.”
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.