VOLUNTEER SECTOR CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR
Our agenda-setting campaign work, along with that of NCVO,
was marked several months later, in November 2012, when the two
organisations won the prestigious Public Affairs News ‘Voluntary
Sector Campaign of the Year’ award.
The judging panel said: “The campaign to persuade the Government
to drop its planned cap on tax relief for charitable donations has
been one of the biggest co-ordinated campaigns across the voluntary
sector in years.
“George Osborne's surprise announcement in this year's [2012]
Budget to cap unlimited tax reliefs – including on donations to
charity had an estimated potential cost of £500m a year.
"The campaign placed the charity tax issue as a key public policy
issue and delivered a complete reversal of the planned cap. It used
techniques of social and traditional media, research and lobbying
in an innovative way to provoke unprecedented public debate about
the benefits of philanthropy across many sectors of society."
A spokesperson said: “It's excellent that CAF and NCVO have been
recognised for their work leading the voluntary sector’s campaign
against the proposed charity tax.
“By working together, the two organisations were able to lead the
charity sector and persuade the Government to drop the proposed
charity tax, which would have cost charities hundreds of millions
of pounds a year.
“It’s a great honour that experts from across the world of public
affairs have recognised the effectiveness of our work in helping to
lead this critically important campaign.”