# 2011 Guardian Charity Awards winners announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/16/2011-guardian-charity-awards-winners-announced/
- Published: 2011-12-16T10:33:21+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The winners of this year’s Guardian Charity Awards have been announced. The awards
are designed to recognise small to medium-sized UK social welfare charities that
can demonstrate excellence and achievement in what they do.

This year’s awards saw nearly 1,000 entries, a record number.

This year’s winners are:

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• Community Accountancy Self Help: an organisation that provides face-to-face support
to 500 community based charities a year

• Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC): an organisation that supports 
around 3,500 local women, men and children who are survivors of sexual abuse

• Nightstop Devon: an organisation which provides emergency housing to vulnerable
young people who find themselves in a homeless situation

• The Spirit of Enniskillen Trust: an organisation that supports young people from
a range of religious, social and economic backgrounds across NI to take on leadership
whether within their families, schools and communities

• UNLOCK: an organisation that works to reduce crime by overcoming the social exclusion
and discrimination preventing reformed offenders from successfully reintegrating
into society and leading crime-free lives

David Brindle, public services editor at the Guardian, said: “When times are hard,
it’s clearer than ever that these are the people who represent the real glue in 
our society”.

The winning charities each receive £6,000 prize money, a year’s free membership 
of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), a tailored package from
the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) that includes mentoring, expert advice
and training, and a media package from the Media Trust.

www.guardian.co.uk/charity-awards

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