Awards

Now Open: The Business Charity Awards

The Business Charity Awards, now in their third year, are continuing to expand. Companies enter eighteen awards that recognise and reward the contribution they make to charities and voluntary organisations. Categories include Business Charity Champion, Charity Partnership, Corporate Foundation and Challenge Team.

The awards are decided by an expert team recruited by Third Sector and are presented at a gala dinner in a central London hotel in the spring. Huw Edwards, anchor man of BBC TV News, has been a popular choice as presenter for the first two years.

Third Sector Excellence Awards

The Third Sector Excellence Awards, now in their seventh year, are designed to showcase the talent, innovation and success of not-for-profit organisations, be they large or small, registered charities or social enterprises. They take place every autumn.

These awards have 23 categories that range from the prestigious Lifetime Achievement to Best Use of Digital Media and Charity Chair of the Year. Charities can enter free of charge, and an expert set of judges make the decisions. The black tie awards night with more than 500 guests is held at a top London hotel.

Britain's Most Admired Charities

Britain’s Most Admired Charities are a set of awards with a difference. There are only four categories; the candidates are selected by Third Sector with the advice of a ten-strong panel of experienced voluntary sector personalities: and the choice is made a vote of charity chief executives who read Third Sector.

The four awards,  now in their ninth year, are Most Admired Charity, Most Admired Chief Executive, Most Innovative Charity and Celebrity Charity Champion. Individual winners from recent years include James Partridge of Changing Faces, Shami Chakrabarti of Justice, Joanna Lumley and Sir Terry Pratchett.

The awards are presented at a champagne reception hosted by Barclays at their skyscraper headquarters in Canary Wharf. The event is attended by the chief executives who vote and other senior sector figures and has gained a reputation as a top networking event in the sector calendar.