Greenpeace UK, Action for Children & Charity Checkout among National Fundraising Awards winners
Melanie May | 2 July 2019 | News
Greenpeace UK, Action for Children, Manchester Foundation Trust Charity, and Charity Checkout are among this year’s National Fundraising Awards winners.
The National Fundraising Awards ceremony took place last night (1 July) in London, on the first evening of the 2019 Fundraising Convention. They were presented by comedian Francesca Martinez, with Chair of the IoF, Amanda Bringans, the keynote speaker.
Celebrating excellent fundraising and best practice, this year awards included special recognition for Gary Richardson who was presented with ‘Convention Superstar’ for his commitment to the Fundraising Convention over the past 20 years, while Mark Astarita OBE won the Lifetime Contribution to Fundraising Award.
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Amanda Bringans, chair of the IoF, said:
“It is a huge privilege to attend Awards at the start of my third year as Chair of the Institute of Fundraising. Tonight is about celebrating some of the best fundraising and fundraisers in the world. The work done by all of us in this room – fundraisers from around the UK – helps make the world a better place. Our work has never been so crucially needed.”
Howard Lake, Chair of the National Fundraising Awards added:
“The awards celebrate the best of the best in fundraising and we’ve had a superb field of entries for the 2019 applications, covering a range of vital causes and fundraising fields. A massive congratulations to everyone; our award winners, all the nominees – and to our 20 Years Convention Superstar Gary Richardson!”
Winners and runners-up in full:
Rising Star
Winners: Helen Maguire, Claygate Recreation Ground Trust
Regional Campaign of the Year
Winners: Chester Zoo, Me, You & the Zoo Auction
Charity-Business Partnership of the Year
Winners: Missing People and Deliveroo, Ride to Find
Young Fundraiser of the Year
Winners: Emma Powell (Winner), Anna Hadley (Highly Commended)
Congratulations @actnforchildren for winning our first ever #ChangeCollective award #IOFAwards pic.twitter.com/DN0s1rFOPm
— Ceri Edwards 🌈 (@jceriedwards) July 1, 2019
The #ChangeCollective Award
Winners: Action for Children
And the winner of the #IoFAwards Legacy Campaign of the Year is @royalmarsden with their Give Back to the Future campaign – congratulations! pic.twitter.com/6vd0HWVwUM
— Chartered Institute of Fundraising (@CIOFtweets) July 1, 2019
Legacy Campaign of the Year
Winners: The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, Give Back to the Future
Fundraising Campaign of the Year
Winners: Greenpeace UK, Rang-tan Palm Oil Campaign
And the winner of the #IoFAwards Fundraising Charity of the Year, sponsored by @BlackbaudEurope is Manchester Foundation Trust Charity – congratulations pic.twitter.com/8wEqZlYXk1
— Chartered Institute of Fundraising (@CIOFtweets) July 1, 2019
Fundraising Charity of the Year
Winners: Manchester Foundation Trust Charity
Fundraising Event of the Year
Winners: Tommy’s, London Landmarks Half Marathon 2018
Individual Giving Campaign of the Year
Winners: WaterAid, #Untapped
Innovation in Fundraising
Winners: War Child UK, Armistice 2018
Most Committed Company to the Sector
Winners: Charity Checkout
Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year
Winners: Lisa Stephenson, Maggie Keswick Jencks Cancer Caring Centres Trust
Best Supporter Experience
Winners: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Because of You – Direct Mail Campaign
Best Use of Insight
Winners: Marie Curie, with REaD Group, Natural Data Insight & Caversham Analytics, The Big SHIFT: Making the Future of Fundraising at Marie Curie
Fundraiser of the Year
Winners: Suzie Rees, East African Playgrounds
Finally, a truly incredible award – the #IoFAwards Lifetime Contribution to Fundraising. This year the winner is @AstaritaMark – congratulations Mark! pic.twitter.com/oGmMw5bsJn
— Chartered Institute of Fundraising (@CIOFtweets) July 1, 2019
Lifetime Contribution to Fundraising
Winner: Mark Astarita OBE
20 Years Convention Superstar – Gary Richardson
WATCH: Mark Astarita accept his Lifetime Achievement for Fundraising Award
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.