# 19 charities win grant & strategic planning support from Weston Charity Awards

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/06/12/19-charities-win-grant-strategic-planning-support-from-weston-charity-awards/
- Published: 2020-06-12T08:00:10+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Nineteen frontline charities from the North of England, the Midlands and Wales
have won the 2020 Weston Charity Awards, which received a record number of entries
for its seventh year.**

The charities, which include [Grace House North West](http://www.gracehouse.co.uk/),
[Music Action International](https://www.musicaction.org/) (pictured), Manchester
Action on Street Health, and Plant Dewi, will receive a core grant of £6,500 on 
top of a year of tailored strategic planning support from a dedicated team of four
senior business and charity leaders.

Between them the winners provide services to 62,777 people and range in size from
£100,000 to nearly £2 million annual income. The people they support cope with a
range of issues such as domestic abuse, caring responsibilities and the risks of
working in the sex industry.

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Every one of the selected charities say their jobs have been made more difficult
by the impact of coronavirus on their beneficiaries or their ability to deliver 
services. Thirteen have continued to provide some socially distanced face-to-face
services. Five of the charities have moved services entirely online and one charity
has been unable to offer services to the public.

Philippa Charles, director of the [Garfield Weston Foundation](https://garfieldweston.org/),
which runs the awards with Pilotlight, said:

> “The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the most vulnerable in our communities hard – frontline
> charities in England are addressing increasing demands for their services with
> innovation, professionalism and determination; and they are doing so despite serious
> threats to their finances and operating models.”
> “As a Foundation we’ve needed to act swiftly to support frontline activities in
> the short term, but we continue to champion long-term planning for charities. 
> The support and experience of the [Weston Charity Awards](https://westoncharityawards.org/)
> puts charities in a really strong position to survive, adapt and thrive into the
> future.”

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