# CSJ Awards offer £10,000 to effective poverty fighting groups

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/06/17/csj-awards-offer-10000-effective-poverty-fighting-groups/
- Published: 2013-06-17T11:50:20+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Entries to the 2013 Centre for Social Justice Awards are open. These offer cash 
prizes of £10,000 to charities, small voluntary groups and other local projects 
that can display innovation and effectiveness in addressing the causes of poverty
and in reversing social breakdown.

 

Now in their ninth year, the [Centre for Social Justice Awards](http://centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/awards/about-the-csj-awards)
have so far granted nearly £400,000 and over 80 winning groups have been brought
to the attention of the national media and policy makers.

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The awards are open to registered charities and voluntary groups with charitable
objectives. They must have an annual turnover of less than £3 million and work with
people living in social or financial poverty in the UK.

 

The closing date for applications is 28 June 2013.

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