# New categories announced as 2019 National Fundraising Awards open for entries

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/02/27/new-categories-announced-as-2019-national-fundraising-awards-open-for-entries/
- Published: 2019-02-27T12:03:31+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Institute of Fundraising has opened entries for its 2019 National Fundraising
Awards, and announced four new awards.**

The [National Fundraising Awards](http://nationalfundraisingawards.org.uk/) are 
now in their 29th year, and the four new categories have been created to highlight
and celebrate diversity and excellence across the fundraising community.

The new awards:

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#### Fundraising Campaign of the Year

This new award will recognise an outstanding fundraising campaign that the judges
think deserves the merit of being the best of the year. The judges will be open 
to submissions that are multi-channel or discipline specific. It could, for example,
be an individual giving, legacy or digital campaign or focus on fundraising from
a specific audience. It will clearly demonstrate excellence, creativity and innovation
and closer connect supporters with beneficiaries.

#### The #ChangeCollective Award

For an individual or organisation that has championed equality, diversity and inclusion
in their fundraising or within their fundraising workforce. Building on the values
set out in the Institute of Fundraising’s Manifesto for Change, this new award celebrates
the work an individual or organisation has done to promote equality, diversity and
inclusion in their fundraising activity, campaigns or organisational ways of working.

#### Regional Campaign of the Year

For a charity that has demonstrated an innovative approach to regional fundraising.
This may be for any type of activity used to raise charitable income on a specifically
regional basis and may include events, volunteer-led fundraising, legacy or corporate
partnerships. Nominations may be for a campaign conceived in, or targeted at, a 
particular geographical area, or a national campaign rolled out regionally.

#### Achievement in Philanthropy

This Award recognises outstanding examples of philanthropy by an individual or organisation
or a team that has achieved considerable and recognisable philanthropic impact. 
Entries for this Award are encouraged from trusts and foundations, philanthropy 
and major donor fundraising teams or individual fundraisers. Individual philanthropists
can also be nominated for their philanthropic impact.

The [full list of categories](http://nationalfundraisingawards.org.uk/entries) is
available on the awards site, and the winners will be announced at a ceremony held
at the Brewery in London on Monday 1 July, during the IoF’s Fundraising Convention.
Entries are open until 27 March.

Katie Johnson, Head of Events and Communities at the [IoF](http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/)
said:

>  “I’m delighted to announce the opening of entries for 2019 National Fundraising
> Awards, and I’m pleased to reveal the new awards that will really help us celebrate
> the incredible work that fundraisers have done over the past year. Here at the
> IoF, we’re anticipating the 2019 awards to be the biggest and best yet.”

UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake is Chair of the Awards Judging Panel. He commented:

>  “Fundraisers are incredible people, raising vital funds for their charitable 
> causes with often limited resources. Large and small charities show fantastic 
> creativity, engaging all kinds of donors, to enable their essential work to continue
> and grow. The National Fundraising Awards are the opportunity to shine a light
> on those that make the very best fundraising happen. The judging panel and I look
> forward to seeing your entries.”

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