# Winner of Politician of the Year award to receive £3,000 to donate to local charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/11/24/winner-of-politician-of-the-year-award-to-receive-3000-to-donate-to-local-charity/
- Published: 2021-11-24T00:37:46+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Civility in Politics Awards are back for a second year “to shine a spotlight
on those in politics who behave with courtesy and decency to one another”. They 
include a £3,000 prize for a winner to donate to a charity within their constituency.**

In partnership with the Jo Cox Foundation, the aim of the awards is to provide recognition“
for something that is too rare right now – working across the aisle”. 

The awards were set up in the face of a fractured political atmosphere in the UK,
characterised by hostility.

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## Four awards

The awards are made in four categories and are given to political figures who demonstrate
different aspects of civility.

‘**Politician of the Year**’ is open to people who hold elected office.

‘**Bridge-Builders of the Year**’ is open to two or more people who have worked 
across divides.

‘**Campaigner of the Year**’ is open to individuals and organisations who are not
elected.

This year there is a new award, the **Daniel Stevenson award**, which is open to
nominations from politicians to celebrate the contributions of an elected politician
in a different party to themselves.

The awards are open to nominations for people beyond Westminster and at any level
of government

## Donation to charity

The winner of ‘Politician of the Year’ will receive a **£3,000 prize** for them 
to donate to a charity within their constituency. In 2020, the judges gave the award
jointly to Steve Baker and Ken Clarke, who gave it respectively to a local Women’s
Aid and a local Maggies. 

The organisers state that “we hope that the chosen organisation will communicate
that they received these unrestricted funds thanks to their representatives’ civil
behaviour.”

## Nominations are open

Nominations to the Civility in Politics Awards are now open via a [form](https://forms.gle/YoJiA1zymC3MvoLw6).
A shortlist will be announced in January, along with an award ceremony in January
2022.

The [Civility in Politics Awards Steering Group and Judges](https://www.civilityinpolitics.org/who-we-are)
come from a cross (and no) party background, with a broad range of views on Brexit
both during the referendum and since. They, and all the judges, are donating their
time in kind.

Launching the awards, the Steering Group said:

> “We came together as a cross party group to create reward and acclaim for thoughtful,
> reflective public debate that reaches across the aisle and seeks to improve civil
> discourse. In an environment where belligerent tribalism could triumph, we believe
> that politicians have a particular responsibility to resist that”.

 * **[Do politics and fundraising mix?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/05/06/do-politics-amp-fundraising-mix/)(
   6 May 2010)**
 * **[Jo Cox MP appeal is “largest and fastest growing UK campaign” on GoFundMe](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/06/19/jo-cox-mp-appeal-largest-fastest-growing-uk-campaign-gofundme/)(
   19 June 2016)**
 * **[Scholarship for campaign bootcamp launched in memory of Jo Cox MP](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/23/scholarship-campaign-bootcamp-launched-memory-jo-cox-mp/)(
   23 February 2017)**