The Grand Appeal wins Fundraising Team of the Year at Charity Times Awards

The Grand Appeal has won Fundraising Team of the Year (with an income over £5m) at last month’s Charity Times Awards for its Shaun the Sheep fundraising sculpture trail.

The trail raised more than £1m for Bristol Children’s Hospital and children’s hospitals and hospices across the UK, attracting over 1m visitors keen to track down the 70 sculptures dotted around the city. The Grand Appeal also won Highly Commended in the Fundraising Technology category, for its Shaun in the City: Sheep Spotter app.

The app was developed with Aardman’s digital team and topped the official App Store chart within 24 hours of launching. Voted one of the best apps of 2015 by Google, it was downloaded more than 80,000 times in total, with The Grand Appeal receiving proceeds from every purchase.

The Grand Appeal is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year, and has generated £40million for Bristol Children’s Hospital during this time.

Bowel Cancer UK won Charity of the Year, for championing early diagnosis of bowel cancer and improving access to best treatment and care for all those closely affected by the disease. It was also shortlisted for the Charity Times Awards Campaigning Team of the Year for its Never Too Young campaign, which aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment and care of people under the age of 50 with bowel cancer.

Winners included:

Charity of the Year: with an income of more than £10 million
Refuge

Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million – £10 million
Bowel Cancer UK
Highly commended: Signhealth

Charity of the Year: with an income of less than £1 million
Tyne Gateway Trust

Outstanding Individual Achievement
Tony Elischer

Best New Charity
The Tutor Trust

International Charity
BRAC

Change Project of the Year
Parkinson’s UK

Campaigning Team of the Year
Diabetes UK

Fundraising Team of the Year with an income under £5m
Community Foundation for Calderdale

Fundraising Team of the Year with an income over £5 million
The Grand Appeal

Best Use of Technology
Autism East Midlands

Best Use of the Web
Shelter

Fundraising Technology Award
Cancer Research UK
Highly commended: The Grand Appeal

Community Award
For Jimmy
Highly commended: Newham All Star Sports Academy

Corporate Community Local Involvement
Bank of New York/BNY Mellon/Community Links

Corporate National Partnership Champion
Missing People & Outsmart

Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Financial Institution
Place2Be & Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Highly commended: The Prince’s Trust & NatWest

Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer
Oxfam & Waterstones

Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year
Samaritans, Network Rail & Rail Industry Suicide Stakeholder Group

Cross-sector Partnership of the Year
The Scout Association, Canal & River Trust, Alzheimer’s Society, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Guide Dogs, Mind, and Water Aid

Picture: Suzanne Maverick and Kate Jones from The Grand Appeal receiving their Charity Times Award

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