# ActionAid, Bliss & Jigsaw4U among 2018 Charity Governance Awards winners - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/06/01/actionaid-bliss-jigsaw4u-among-2018-charity-governance-awards-winners/ - Published: 2018-06-01T09:49:13+01:00 - Author: Melanie May ** This year’s Charity Governance Awards winners have been announced, with ActionAid, Bliss, and Jigsaw4U among the winners.** The [UK Charity Governance Awards 2018](http://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk) were announced on 24 May at an event at Clothworkers’ Hall, London. Seven charities share the £35,000 prize pot, each winning a £5,000 unrestricted grant. [ActionAid](https://www.actionaid.org.uk/) won the Board Diversity & Inclusivity award, for reshaping its board to be 69% female with a mix of young people and representatives from countries where the charity works. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Premature baby charity Bliss won the Embracing Digital award for its online overhaul, which yielded strong results for public engagement and income. Jigsaw4U won an Improving Impact award after a new board helped double the number of children and young people receiving the charity’s emotional support services. **Full list of winners** Board diversity and inclusivity * Winner – [ActionAid](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/action-aid/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [Disability Direct](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/disability-direct/?landing=shortlist); [MindOut](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/mindout-2018/?landing=shortlist) Embracing digital * Winner – [Bliss](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/bliss/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [Hestia](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/hestia/?landing=shortlist); [NAVCA](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/navca/?landing=shortlist) Embracing opportunity and harnessing risk * Winner – [Missing People](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/missing-people/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [EVA Women’s Aid](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/eva-womens-aid/?landing=shortlist&doing_wp_cron=1525981908.7770020961761474609375); [Family Fund](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/family-fund/?landing=shortlist) Improving impact – charities with 3 staff or fewer * Winner – [Home-Start Slough](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/home-start-slough/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [Arch-Way Project](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/archway-project/?landing=shortlist); [Thornham Village Hall and Playing Field](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/thornham-village-hall-playing-field/?landing=shortlist) Improving impact – charities with 4-25 paid staff * Winner – [Jigsaw4U](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/jigsaw4u/?landing=shortlist) * Runner-up – [Sport 4 Life UK](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/sport-4-life-uk-2018/?landing=shortlist) Improving impact – charities with 26+ paid staff * Winner – [Families for Children](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/families-for-children/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [Greenhouse Sports](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/greenhouse-sports/?landing=shortlist); [Willen Hospice](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/willen-hospice/?landing=shortlist) Managing turnaround * Winner – [The Brain Charity](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/the-brain-charity/?landing=shortlist) * Runners-up – [Autism Together](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/autism-together/?landing=shortlist); [St John’s Hospice North Lancashire and South Lakes](https://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk/short-list/st-johns-hospice-north-lancashire-south-lakes/?landing=shortlist) Michael Howell, Chair of the Trusteeship Committee of the award organisers [The Clothworkers’ Company](https://www.clothworkers.co.uk/), said: > “Promoting and celebrating excellence in charity governance is as important now > as it ever was. With the charity sector continuing to struggle with recruitment > of new trustees and erosion of public trust, our winning charity heroes are really > raising the bar – resulting in a boost not just for their own beneficiaries, but > the whole sector.” Case studies of all the winners and runners-up are shared on the [Awards website](http://www.charitygovernanceawards.co.uk) under a new section ‘Best practice advice and resources’.   ** **Image: 2018 Charity Governance Awards winners. Photo by Kate Darkins Photography. * **[Charity Governance Awards 2019 offer £35,000 prize pot](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/28/charity-governance-awards-2019-offer-35000-prize-pot/)**( 28 September 2018) * **[Only half of small charities confident in identifying & tackling risk](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/12/04/half-small-charities-confident-identifying-tackling-risk/)**( 4 December 2018) * **[Five-year Commission inquiry into The Cup Trust concludes trustee responsibility](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/01/18/five-year-commission-inquiry-cup-trust-concludes-trustee-responsibility/)**( 18 January 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)