Charity Governance Awards to run again in 2017
Melanie May | 14 June 2016 | News
The Charity Governance Awards will be open for entries from 6th October this year, following this year’s inaugural awards, the winners of which were announced last month.
This year saw six charities share in a £30,000 prize pot, each winning a £5,000 unrestricted grant.
Fundraising was a factor in many of the winning entries, including in the Improving Impact category, which saw winner Robert Thompson Charities rejuvenate its board and trustee focus and increase its annual income from £8K to over £23K, and in the Embracing Risk category where winner Scottish charity Healthy n Happy also increased its access to funding by taking on the challenge of becoming a Community Development Trust.
The six categories were:
Board diversity and inclusivity
• Winner – Leap Confronting Conflict
• Runners-up – Body & Soul; Heart n Soul
Improving impact – charities with 3 staff or fewer
• Winner – Robert Thompson Charities
• Runners-up – Scarborough & Ryedale Mountain Rescue Team; TalentEd
Improving impact – charities with 4-25 paid staff
• Winner – Sport 4 Life UK
• Runners-up – Kinship Care Northern Ireland; National Lobster Hatchery
Improving impact – charities with 26+ paid staff
• Winner – St Cuthbert’s Hospice
• Runners-up – Freedom from Torture; Money Advice Trust
Embracing opportunity and harnessing risk
• Winner – Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust
• Runners-up – Family Action; Royal Free Charity
Managing turnaround
• Winner – Mosaic Clubhouse
• Runners-up – Carers in Bedfordshire; Gloucestershire Deaf Association
The Charity Governance Awards are organised by The Clothworkers’ Company – a City Livery company that supports trusteeship initiatives – in partnership with not-for- profit consultancy NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), volunteer matching charity Reach, and recruitment specialists Prospectus.
Michael Jarvis, who presented the awards on behalf of organisers The Clothworkers’ Company, said:
“This inaugural year has demonstrated that sound governance can work in a variety of shapes or forms. But what they all have in common is that they are delivering the best possible impact on those for whom they seek to make a real difference. To continue our journey towards better governance, we will be running the Charity Governance Awards again in 2017. We would be delighted to hear from charities across the board, big and small, who are demonstrating great governance, when we open for entries this October.”
Picture: Charity Governance Awards winners 2016
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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.