Charities celebrate awards success
22 June 2006
Twelve charities are celebrating after winning various plaudits
at the Charity Awards 2006, hosted by Charity Finance magazine and
sponsored by CAF.
The Charity Awards, set up to "recognise and celebrate"
accomplishments in the leadership and management of charities, were
held last week at a ceremony to announce the winners and praise the
high calibre of all the entrants.
The overall winner was Hibiscus, a charitable project set up to
help the welfare of women prisoners which also scooped the accolade
of best charity in the Education and Training category for its
project Eva goes to Foreign, designed to discourage women from
becoming drug couriers.
Other charities receiving the highly-esteemed awards were London
Bombings Relief, winner of the award for Effectiveness, Speaking
Up, top in the Disability category and the Nationwide Foundation,
winner of the Grantmaking category.
Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a statement saying: "The
charities shortlisted for an award have recognised the importance
of delivering a quality service through good management and value
for money.
"By recognising their achievements, I hope these awards will
help to promote further good practice throughout the voluntary and
community sector."
In what was described by many as a very moving event, judges
chose what they felt were the charities making the biggest
contribution to their particular field according to criteria such
as innovation, sustainability, accountability and
effectiveness.
Editor of Charity Finance magazine, Ian Allsop, Director of the
Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Ian Bruce and Chief Executive of
Citizens Advice, David Harker, were among the judges.
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