The 2021 round of the annual Weston Charity Awards is now open for applications from registered charities that are working in the fields of youth, welfare or community and are based in the North of England, the Midlands or in Wales.

The Weston Charity Awards are run by the Garfield Weston Foundation in partnership with Pilotlight, a UK registered charity that facilitates experienced and senior business leaders to mentor charities to help them to become more efficient, effective and sustainable. The Awards exist to celebrate and support great frontline charities and help them to develop, raise their profiles, become more sustainable and face the future with greater confidence.

Applications are invited from registered charities that are ambitious and working to alleviate disadvantage in the areas of: youth (provision of services for up to 25’s including advice, guidance, work experience, training and coaching); welfare (helping vulnerable individuals, including adults experiencing exclusion, social or economic hardship or homelessness, offenders, providing support for older people and disabled) or community (including volunteering work, practical projects to improve the area, running community centres, providing a range of services to the local population and especially those who may be vulnerable or in need).   To be eligible, charities must have an annual income of less than £5 million and at least one paid full-time member of staff in a leadership position. They must be based in the North of England, the Midlands or in Wales.

The 20 winning charities will receive:

• A year of support from Pilotlight.
• An unrestricted cash contribution of £6,500 to support the work with Pilotlight, this includes travel expenses to meetings.
• Access to a network of local charities working with Pilotlight.
• Three ‘connect’ sessions with other Award Winners across the year.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 8 January 2021. Details at: https://westoncharityawards.org/ 

Weston Charity Awards