The winners of the North East Charity Awards were announced at a glittering ceremony on 6th October 2016, with over 400 guests attending. The winners and runners up are as follows:
Outstanding Charity Support – by large companies
Winner - Elddis Transport
P&G
Cummins Ltd
Outstanding Charity Support – by small to medium-sized companies
Winner - SOS Group Ltd
Potts Print UK Ltd
Darlington Building Society
Individual Charity Supporter of the Year
Winner - Angela Conway
Ivan Hollingsworth
Uniquely North East Award
Winner - The Percy Hedley Foundation
Daft as a Brush
Cancer Patient Care
The People’s Kitchen
Outstanding Social Enterprise
Winner - Food Nation
Shared Interest Society
Northern Rights CIC
Charity Leader of the Year
Winner - Des Bustard – The Percy Hedley Foundation
Mandy Taylor - Streetwise Young People’s Project
Nida Muzaffar - Peace of Mind
Champion Volunteer of the Year
Winner - Allison White
Joanna Dailey
Harry Mercer
Young Charity Champion of the Year
Winner - Harriotte Lane
Benjamin, Jonathan & Matthew Maley
Bobbi Potts
Philanthropy Award
Winner - Jonathan Ruffer
Tony & Anne Platten
Graham Wylie
Small Charity of the Year
Winner - Open Clasp Theatre Company
STAMP Revisited
North East Circus Development Trust (Circus Central)
NE Charity of the Year
Winner - Children North East
Changing Lives (The Cyrenians)
St Oswald’s Hospice
View photos of the winners and runners-up from the ceremony.