# 2016 Local Business Charity Awards open for entries

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/10/2016-local-business-charity-awards-open-entries/
- Published: 2016-08-10T10:30:23+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The third annual [Local Business Charity Awards](http://www.localbusinesscharityawards.co.uk/)
have opened for nominations.**

The awards, founded by Jelf Insurance Brokers in 2014, recognise the support given
by local businesses and individuals to local Gloucestershire charities.

The categories in 2016 remain unchanged from last year:

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The Corporate Award, will be given to a local Gloucestershire business, nominated
by a local Gloucestershire charity, who the judges feel have gone the ‘extra mile’,
either through time given, services provided or financial support to the charity.
The charity will receive a prize of £1,000.

The Team Award will go to a local Gloucestershire business, nominated by a local
Gloucestershire charity, who used a team of their employees at one specific event
i.e. a garden makeover, bike ride, marathon etc, to support the charity. The charity
will receive a prize of £1,000.

The Individual Award, with the prize of a £250 weekend away, will be given to an
individual from a Gloucestershire company, nominated by a local Gloucestershire 
charity, in recognition of their personal dedication and contribution to the charity.

Entry to the awards is free and the closing date for entries is Friday 21 October
2016. Finalists will be announced on Thursday 3rd November 2016, with the finals
taking place on Thursday 17^(th) November 2016.

A number of changes have been made to this year’s entry criteria and full information
on these and how to enter can be found at: [www.localbusinesscharityawards.co.uk](http://www.localbusinesscharityawards.co.uk).

Phil Barton, group CEO of Jelf, said:

> “We founded the awards in 2014, to highlight the work done by Gloucestershire 
> businesses who support a wide variety of home-grown charities. Every year we are
> impressed by the dedication and commitment of companies and individuals and we
> are really looking forward to reading their stories again this year.”

Main picture (left to right): Joint winners of the 2015 Corporate Award, members
from The Nelson Trust and The Churn Project with their nominators, Tessa Webb (Nelson
Trust), Julie Weir (Lister United Communications), Richard Snell (Lister United 
Communications), Alisa O’Connor (Churn), Sue Vizor (Havas Helia), Jo Partridge (
Churn Project), Jenny Simpson (Havas Helia), Phil Barton (Jelf). Picture by Daniel
Day, McPherson Stevens.

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