About the awards
Created to support ambitious charities working in the fields of Community, Welfare and Youth. Following the successful pilot in 2014, they now amplify the impact of charities across the North of England, the Midlands, and Wales, and charities working in the field of environmental action.
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Applications for the Weston Charity Awards 2025 are now open! The Awards offer a package of support worth over £22,000 to up to 22 charities every year. Deadline for applications: 5pm Wednesday 8 January 2025.
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2024 Award Winners
Accommodation Concern
Accommodation Concern, founded in 1987, works to prevent and relieve poverty and homelessness in Northamptonshire.
Battle Scars
Battle Scars is a 100% survivor led and run charity supporting anyone affected by self-harm.
Bradford Organic Communities Service Ltd
Bradford Organic Communities Services (BOCS) is an environment charity active across Bradford from 2004.
Buxton Civic Association Limited
Buxton Civic Association (BCA) is a volunteer led environmental heritage charity, caring for the natural and built heritage of the small rural town
Carers Trust Heart of England
Carers Trust Heart of England exists to support unpaid carers of all-ages and to provide care and support in the community for people who have care
Caring and Sharing Rochdale
Caring and Sharing Rochdale is a registered charity that provides practical support and empowerment for people from marginalised backgrounds, with
Community Solutions North West Ltd
Community Solutions (CS) is a community hub at the heart of the community supporting vulnerable, isolated, and disadvantaged people to improve thei
Doddridge Centre Limited
Doddridge Centre is a community hub working within Northampton town centre offering a variety of support and services to those who live in poverty
Eating Distress North East
Eating Distress North East is a specialist mental health organisation working in North East England.
Foresight (North East Lincolnshire) Limited
A local charity which works to improve the overall quality of life for disabled people their families and carers by offering a range of user-led se
Fumble
Fumble supports young people and the trusted adults around them, through its programmes and resources.
Handcrafted
Handcrafted aims to empower those who have been disadvantaged or faced social exclusion due to crime, alcohol or substance abuse, poor mental or ph
Hope Housing
Hope Housing provides supported accommodation for the homeless.
Lincolnshire Action Trust
Lincolnshire Action Trust works with people directly and indirectly impacted by the justice system in Lincolnshire and surrounding counties.
Martineau Gardens
Martineau Gardens is a well-established, highly respected charity and an urban community garden operating for over 25 years serving its local and wider communities.
New Heights - Warren Farm Community Project
New Heights Charity grew out of local people's commitment to provide services to meet the needs of vulnerable adults and children in the Kingstandi
Northern Heartlands
Northern Heartlands is a charity based in County Durham bringing the creativity of artists together with individuals, community groups, schools and
Ricnic
RicNic is a theatre charity which aims to empower young people by providing free access to theatre arts projects.
Students Organising for Sustainability UK
SOS-UK is a charity created by the student movement in 2019 in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis.
Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel
Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel is a network of African communities in Wales applying the lived experiences, skills, capacity and knowledge found within
The Peter Pan Centre
The Peter Pan Centre works to give children with special educational needs and disabilities the best start in life and their families the support t
The Sanctuary Trust
The Sanctuary trust aims to relieve and prevent homelessness, by addressing the many underlining reasons why people become homeless, whilst taking
Veterans in Communities
Veterans in Communities (VIC) exists to enable ex-forces personnel, emergency services personnel and their families to be a part of their local com
Welsh Dee Trust
The Welsh Dee Trust is an environmental charity with the objective of ensuring a river Dee free of pollution and full of wildlife.