# Nichols Group offers £20,000 award to support positive change

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/09/29/nichols-group-offers-20000-award-to-support-positive-change/
- Published: 2026-09-29T16:49:21+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Nichols Award 2027 will recognise individuals, community projects, small businesses
and social enterprises which are making a meaningful difference with a prize fund
of £20,000.**

Announced by the transformational change consultancy the Nichols Group, entries 
to the award will open tomorrow on **30 September 2026**.
The prize will enable 
the winner to help grow its work, extend its reach and take its impact even further.

The last recipient of The Nichols Award in 2022 was **The Washing Machine Project**,
a UK-based social enterprise tackling the often-overlooked burden of washing clothes
by hand. Its off-grid manual washing machine has helped transform the lives of tens
of thousands of families across 13 countries.

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Entrants will be assessed against three core criteria:

 * **Vision** – thinking differently and demonstrating creativity, innovation and
   an entrepreneurial spirit.
 * **Values** – being driven by a clear set of values, whether focused on sustainability,
   community, wellbeing, diversity or another area of positive change.
 * **Impact** – delivering, or having already delivered, meaningful change.

[Applicants can enter themselves or nominate another individual or organisation](https://www.thenicholsaward.com)
whose work they believe deserves recognition and financial support.

**Kathryn and Frances Nichols**, Directors of Nichols, said:

> “At The Nichols Group, we have always believed that people are the most powerful
> force for change. Every day, individuals and organisations are coming up with 
> new ideas, challenging convention and finding ways to make a real difference, 
> often without the recognition or support they deserve.
> “The Nichols Award is about celebrating that work and giving people the opportunity
> to take it even further. We are incredibly excited to see the ideas and stories
> that are nominated this year.”
> ![The Nichols Award logo](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2026/09/nichols-
> award-logo-1200x456.webp)
> Image: Nichols Group

## About the Nichols Group

Led by sisters Frances and Kathryn, the Nichols Group is an independent company 
of strategic change makers, “bringing vision to reality”. For over 50 years, the
company has worked in partnership with clients on major programmes, complex projects
and business change initiatives across sectors including regeneration, infrastructure,
technology and the environment.

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   9 May 2017)**