# Charity Governance Awards to run again in 2017

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/14/charity-governance-awards-run-2017/
- Published: 2016-06-14T09:45:31+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The [Charity Governance Awards](http://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk) will
be open for entries from 6^(th) October this year, following this year’s inaugural
awards, the winners of which were announced last month.**

 

This year saw six charities share in a £30,000 prize pot, each winning a £5,000 
unrestricted grant.

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Fundraising was a factor in many of the winning entries, including in the Improving
Impact category, which saw winner [Robert Thompson Charities](http://www.robertthompsoncharities.co.uk/)
rejuvenate its board and trustee focus and increase its annual income from £8K to
over £23K, and in the Embracing Risk category where winner Scottish charity [Healthy n Happy](http://www.healthynhappy.org.uk/)
also increased its access to funding by taking on the challenge of becoming a Community
Development Trust.

 

The six categories were:

 

**Board diversity and inclusivity**

 

• Winner – Leap Confronting Conflict

 

• Runners-up – Body & Soul; Heart n Soul

 

**Improving impact – charities with 3 staff or fewer**

 

• Winner – Robert Thompson Charities

 

• Runners-up – Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team; TalentEd

 

**Improving impact – charities with 4-25 paid staff**

 

• Winner – Sport 4 Life UK

 

• Runners-up – Kinship Care Northern Ireland; National Lobster Hatchery

 

**Improving impact – charities with 26+ paid staff**

 

• Winner – St Cuthbert’s Hospice

 

• Runners-up – Freedom from Torture; Money Advice Trust

 

**Embracing opportunity and harnessing risk**

 

• Winner – Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust

 

• Runners-up – Family Action; Royal Free Charity

 

**Managing turnaround**

 

• Winner – Mosaic Clubhouse

 

• Runners-up – Carers in Bedfordshire; Gloucestershire Deaf Association

 

The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company – a City
Livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – in partnership with not-for-
profit consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), volunteer matching charity Reach,
and recruitment specialists Prospectus.

 

Michael Jarvis, who presented the awards on behalf of organisers The Clothworkers’
Company, said:

 

> “This inaugural year has demonstrated that sound governance can work in a variety
> of shapes or forms. But what they all have in common is that they are delivering
> the best possible impact on those for whom they seek to make a real difference.
> To continue our journey towards better governance, we will be running the Charity
> Governance Awards again in 2017. We would be delighted to hear from charities 
> across the board, big and small, who are demonstrating great governance, when 
> we open for entries this October.”

 

 

 

_Picture: Charity Governance Awards winners 2016_

 * **[Lords Select Committee inquiry into charitable sector opens](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/27/lords-select-committee-inquiry-charitable-sector-opens/)**(
   27 July 2016)
 * **[New 1 October deadline for submissions to Select Committee on Charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/09/new-1-october-deadline-submissions-select-committee-charities/)**(
   9 September 2016)
 * **[Charity Governance Awards return for second year with £35k prize pot](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/14/charity-governance-awards-return-second-year-35k-prize-pot/)**(
   14 October 2016)

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