# VSO & Tennis2Be win NCVO photography competition

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/24/vso-tennis2be-win-ncvo-photography-competition/
- Published: 2017-04-24T09:00:26+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Tennis2Be have won NCVO’s annual voluntary
sector photography competition.**

 

The [NCVO](https://www.ncvo.org.uk/) competition, sponsored by [Pureprint](http://www.pureprint.com/)
and now in its seventh year, celebrates the work of charities across England, and
challenged NCVO members to submit entries demonstrating the difference their organisation
makes.

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Entries were judged in two categories, one for staff, volunteers and service users
of charities, and one for professional photographers. Andrew Aitchison won the professional
category for [VSO](https://www.vsointernational.org/) (main image) with his image
of a paediatrician nurse volunteering with a newborn in Tanzania. Sophie Grant won
the open category for [Tennis2Be](https://www.tennis2be.com/) with her photograph
of young girls from the Bengali community taking part in a tennis programme.

 

 

Francis Augusto was runner-up in the professional category with his picture of a
gymnastics class in action at one of [London Youth](http://londonyouth.org/)’s community
centres. Julie Lankshear, from Caring Canines, was runner up in the open category
for her portrait of a young boy and a dog at one of the project’s dog-assisted therapy
groups.

 

Shortlisted and winning images were exhibited at NCVO’s Annual Conference on 20^(
th) April. Prizes awarded include tickets to NCVO’s Annual Conference, Samsung tablets
and £500 of credit for the winning charities to have their work professionally printed
by Pureprint.

 

The competition received over 80 entries, and the winners were picked by a judging
panel comprised of Peter Kellner, chair of NCVO, Giselle Green, media coordinator
for [Constructive Voices](https://www.ncvo.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/constructive-voices-for-charities),
and Daniel Regan, award winning professional photographer and winner of NCVO’s 2016
photography competition.

 

Peter Kellner, chair of NCVO, said:

 

> “NCVO’s photo competition celebrates the charities up and down the UK who work
> every day on making a difference. The work of the charity sector is so diverse,
> and that was reflected in the great range of entries we received from organisations
> eager to demonstrate the difference their hard work makes in their communities.
> In newspapers, it is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. The wonderful
> entries to our competition show that, in our world, each picture represents a 
> thousand inspiring deeds.”

 

Main image: VSO by Andrew Aitchison

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