# The Grand Appeal wins Fundraising Team of the Year at Charity Times Awards

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/03/grand-appeal-wins-fundraising-team-year-charity-times-awards/
- Published: 2016-10-03T09:24:11+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

The Grand Appeal has won Fundraising Team of the Year (with an income over £5m) at last month’s Charity Times Awards for its Shaun the Sheep fundraising sculpture trail.   The trail raised more than £1m for Bristol Children’s Hospital and children’s hospitals and hospices across the UK, attracting over 1m visitors keen to track down the 70 sculptures dotted around the city. The Grand Appeal also won Highly Commended in the Fundraising Technology category, for its Shaun in the City: Sheep Spotter app. Advertisement   The app was developed with Aardman’s digital team and topped the official App Store chart within 24 hours of launching. Voted one of the best apps of 2015 by Google, it was downloaded more than 80,000 times in total, with The Grand Appeal receiving proceeds from every purchase.   The Grand Appeal is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, and has generated £40million for Bristol Children’s Hospital during this time.   Bowel Cancer UK won Charity of the Year, for championing early diagnosis of bowel cancer and improving access to best treatment and care for all those closely affected by the disease. It was also shortlisted for the Charity Times Awards Campaigning Team of the Year for its Never Too Young campaign, which aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care of people under the age of 50 with bowel cancer.   Winners included:       Charity of the Year: with an income of more than £10 million   Refuge   Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million – £10 million   Bowel Cancer UK   Highly commended: Signhealth   Charity of the Year: with an income of less than £1 million   Tyne Gateway Trust   Outstanding Individual Achievement   Tony Elischer   Best New Charity   The Tutor Trust   International Charity   BRAC   Change Project of the Year   Parkinson’s UK   Campaigning Team of the Year   Diabetes UK   Fundraising Team of the Year with an income under £5m   Community Foundation for Calderdale   Fundraising Team of the Year with an income over £5 million   The Grand Appeal   Best Use of Technology   Autism East Midlands   Best Use of the Web   Shelter   Fundraising Technology Award   Cancer Research UK   Highly commended: The Grand Appeal   Community Award   For Jimmy   Highly commended: Newham All Star Sports Academy   Corporate Community Local Involvement   Bank of New York/BNY Mellon/Community Links   Corporate National Partnership Champion   Missing People & Outsmart   Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Financial Institution   Place2Be & Bank of America Merrill Lynch   Highly commended: The Prince’s Trust & NatWest   Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer   Oxfam & Waterstones   Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year   Samaritans, Network Rail & Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group   Cross-sector Partnership of the Year   The Scout Association, Canal & River Trust, Alzheimer’s Society, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Guide Dogs, Mind, and Water Aid   Picture: Suzanne Maverick and Kate Jones from The Grand Appeal receiving their Charity Times Award Care2 Award open for nominations (30 January 2017) 2017 Stephen Lloyd Awards open for entries (16 February 2017) New IDPE Development Awards celebrate schools’ fundraising & engagement (6 March 2017)