Winners of Weston Charity Awards announced
Howard Lake | 3 June 2015 | News
Twelve charities in the North of England have won business coaching and mentoring from senior business leaders, as winners of the Weston Charity Awards.
The Garfield Weston Foundation expanded the Weston Charity Awards to reach more organisations after a successful first year working with charities in the North East. The Foundation says the response from charities across Yorkshire, the
The winning charities all work in the areas of youth, welfare and community. They include:
• Action Foundation – provides housing and support for those on the margins of society including vulnerable young people in Tyneside.
• Gateway into the Community – provides social, leisure and developmental activities to people with learning difficulties in Hexham, Northumberland.
• Hospice at Home Carlisle and North Lakeland – provides free specialist nursing care for patients at the end stages of their lives who wish to remain in their own homes.
• Ocean Youth Trust North – offers young people and adults the chance to develop their skills and confidence through the experience of sailing.
• Stick ‘n’ Step is a Wirral-based charity that provides advice, support and activities for children with Cerebral Palsy and their families.
What they’ll receive
The charities now have access to a team of senior business leaders through Pilotlight, which has been bringing together top business talent with small charities for over ten years.
The Garfield Weston Foundation’s Director, Philippa Charles, said:
“We’ve had an amazing response from charities across the North which are tackling some of the toughest challenges such as youth unemployment, mental health issues and homelessness. The twelve winning charities are not only doing great work but are ambitious with their plans – we are looking forward to supporting them to achieve their goals.”
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Simone Spray, Chief Executive of 42nd Street, which has supported young people across Greater Manchester for over 30 years, said that being chosen as a winner of the Weston Charity Awards couldn’t have come at a better time:
“This is a very important year for us at 42nd Street; we have seen a 100% increase in the number of young people needing our service over the last two years and the issues that they are facing are increasingly complex and difficult, set against a challenging and changing political and financial We are determined to continue to meet the needs of young people that need us and the coaching, capacity building and expertise offered by Pilotlight could not have come at a more critical time.”
Further expansion of the Awards
Having expanded the awards to reach charities across the North of England, the Garfield Weston Foundation hopes the awards might develop further and eventually cover the rest of the country.
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