# Greenpeace UK, Action for Children & Charity Checkout among National Fundraising Awards winners

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/02/greenpeace-uk-action-for-children-charity-checkout-among-national-fundraising-awards-winners/
- Published: 2019-07-02T07:05:03+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

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. Advertisement   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   Applications open for Fundraising Convention 2020 speakers (2 September 2019) Applications now open for Fundraising Convention 2020 volunteers (24 January 2020) Ticket prices drop for July’s Fundraising Convention (10 June 2020)