CHARITY TIMES AWARD WINNERS 2008

The 2008 Charity Times Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London Open to all UK-based or UK-registered charities Andrew Holt, editor of the Charity Times magazine Compere for the evening, Fred McCauley Winners: Cathy Elliott, Julian Rathbone and Mike McKillop Winner: Stephen Bell, chief executive of Tyneside Cyrenians, with his team Winner: Sue Cooper, deputy head of business banking at Triodos Winner: Peter Golden on behalf of Inclusion Trust Winner: Caroline Lambie, web communications manager from MENCAP, with her team Winner: James Redhead, development director of Charity Technology Trust Winners: Sarah Quelch and Lynn Goh from Battersea Arts Centre Winners: The Tyneside Cyrenian team with Awards host Fred MacAulay Colleagues collecting on behalf of Georgie Fienberg, international director of Afrikids Winners: Andrew Wilkie and Mark Robinson from the Prison Radio Association Winner: Mark Cann, director of The British Forces Foundation Winner: Fiona Dawe from YouthNet Winners: the team from Live Life Then Give Life Winners: Chloe Darlington and Mike Marshall from Get Connected Winner: Andrew Rich, partner and head of charities group at HW Fisher Sarah Quelch and Lynn Goh with NCVO’s Richard Piper

The Charity Times 2008 Awards were a huge success, with over 450 people attending this year’s event.

Tyneside Cyrenians were the proud winners of The Charity of the Year Award.

Tyneside Cyrenians CEO Stephen Bell said: “Being Charity of the Year is an outstanding accomplishment and we are so pleased that our continued efforts and outstanding services have been recognised.”

Georgie Fienberg was the proud winner of the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award.

Georgie could not attend the ceremony, but she told Charity Times: “I was absolutely stunned to hear that, at the Charity Times Awards, I was given the award for Outstanding Individual Achievement. This is something that never even crossed my mind as a possibility but I’m delighted and feel extremely honoured to have received it – thank you all so much.”

Mark Cann was also a popular choice for Charity Principal of the Year. Cann, CEO of the British Forces Foundation, commented: “The award meant so much to me, but more to the very small but very dedicated team that work for the BFF.”

The awards recognise outstanding achievement in the varied fields of management, honouring the individuals and teams among you who set the professional standards by which your peers can benchmark themselves.

This year’s judging was very tough as the calibre of entries was exceptionally high. A big congratulations therefore should go to all the winners and those who were shortlisted.

The full list of Charity Times winners were:

Best Charity to work for: Youthnet

Charity of the Year: Tyneside Cyrenians

Best New Charity: Prison Radio Association

Charity Principal of the Year: Mark Cann, British Forces Foundation

Outstanding Individual Achievement: Georgie Fienberg, AfriKids

Finance Team of the Year: Inspire

Fundraising Team of the Year: Ryde Inshore Rescue

Campaigning Team of the Year: Live Life Then Give Life

Highly Commended: Fatherhood Institute

Trustee Board of the Year: CHICKS

Best Use of Technology: Inclusion Trust

Best Use of the Web: Mencap

Highly Commended: Arthritis Care

Corporate Partnership of the Year: Battersea Arts Centre/Provident Financial

Corporate Community Involvement: Get Connected/eatsleepthink

Banking Services: Triodos Bank

Investment Management: Rathbone Investment Management/Community Foundation for Merseyside

ICT Services: Charity Technology Trust

Accountancy Services: HW Fisher & Company