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HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!!
TO all the 2020
winners and finalists
North East Charity of the Year 2020
Winner:
Bright Futures
Highly Commended:
If U Care Share Foundation
VODA
Charity Champion of the Year
Winner:
Keith Farquharson
Highly Commended:
MD Mominul Hamid
Wayne Mundey
Outstanding Charity Support by Large Companies
Winner:
Newcastle Building Society
Highly Commended:
JT Dove Ltd
Sofology
Uniquely North East Award
Winner:
Durham Wildlife Trust
Highly Commended:
Equal Arts
Foundation Futures
Outstanding Charity Support by Small to Medium-sized Companies
Winner:
Applebridge Family
Highly Commended:
Muckle LLP
SOS Group Ltd
Outstanding Social Enterprise Award
Winner:
Media Savvy CIC
Highly Commended:
The Ouseburn Trust & Victoria Tunnel
Safer Communities
Corporate Charity Ambassador of the Year
Winner:
Sharon Brown – Morrisons West Denton
Highly Commended:
Dave Meldrum – Meldrum Construction
Young Charity Champion of the Year
Winner:
Mia Morris
Highly Commended:
Oscar Slacke
Emelia-Paige Williams
Charity Leader of the Year
Winner:
Bob Eldridge MBE – Newcastle Homeless Commission
Highly Commended:
Paul Bott, SJOG
Fareeha Usman, Being Woman Charity
Small Charity of the Year
Winner:
Easington Lane Community Access Point
Highly Commended:
Beach Access North East
Berwick’s Cancer Cars
Download the special awards brochure here
Twitter – @NECharityAwards
Instagram – necharityawards
Facebook – @NECharityAwards
LinkedIn – North East Charity Awards
The North East Charity Awards are returning this year, but as with many events in 2020, we are going virtual! With the continuing restrictions and social distancing measures, we’ve unfortunately had to put a stop to the normal Gala Awards Dinner that has become a highlight of the North East’s events calendar.
However, we are determined to still celebrate and recognise the work of our North East charities and social enterprises, together with the businesses and individuals that support them. They deserve it – now more than ever.
Building on the huge success of the last five years of these high-profile awards, and in partnership with our associate sponsor, Brewin Dolphin, we’re awarding winners across all ten of the usual award categories in a special Awards Event to be held across social media on Thursday 3rd December 2020.
The Awards are designed to recognise the hard work and innovative thinking by our local charities and individual fundraisers, increase awareness of our local charities, celebrate those who work tirelessly to support the many good causes in our region and also celebrate the local businesses and individuals who help support the work of our charities.
Twitter – @NECharityAwards
Instagram – necharityawards
Facebook – @NECharityAwards
LinkedIn – North East Charity Awards
#NECharityAwards
The Event
The Awards
Date:
Thursday 3rd December
Venue:
Across social media – #NECharityAwards
Twitter – @NECharityAwards
Instagram – necharityawards
Facebook – @NECharityAwards
LinkedIn – North East Charity Awards
Timings:
A warm welcome from 6.45pm
We start to announce the winners for each category from 7pm over social media
To download the special Awards Brochure click here
Production Notice during COVID-19:
All Government guidelines have been followed during the production of the content for this virtual event.
Our Sponsors
Headline Sponsor
Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin have a large team of investment management and financial planning experts based at their office in Newcastle city centre. From here, they offer an extensive range of investment management advice that spans portfolio creation, ISAs and other tax-efficient investments, charity fund management, pensions and the mitigation of inheritance tax. Their highly qualified and experienced financial planning team can also help you to develop a sound strategy for managing your financial affairs and safeguarding your long-term wealth.
Time Central
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4SR
0191 279 7300
[email protected]
Categories
We’d like you to tell us your story... Below is a full list of the categories for 2020 together with a brief description on each award and some helpful tips on what the judging panel may be looking for. You’ll see that some categories are specifically focused towards the corporate sector, and the others are more charity focused. The judges have many entries to read so make your nomination concise - keep your answers as short as possible but make sure you get all your relevant points in! And remember, you can either nominate others or nominate yourselves for these awards.
The Judges
Our judging panel is made up of key representatives from the North East corporate and voluntary sectors. The panel met (virtually!) in early November to discuss all the entries and had the hard task of deciding on their top three contenders for each award category.
Jeffrey Ball
Brewin Dolphin
Carol Botten
VONNE
Hugh McGouran
Tees Valley Community Foundation
Sandra King
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Prof Sir Alan Craft
Emeritus Professor of Child Health at Newcastle University
Michelle Cooper
County Durham Community Foundation
Nitin Shukla
Connected Voice
Kate Welch OBE DL
ACEVO
Jo Curry OBE
Sir James Knott Trust
Contact Us
For more information on the Awards, please contact Lesley Hampson on the contact details below. You can also follow the awards on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram #NECharityAwards
