Attend the Scottish Charity Awards!

This year’s Scottish Charity Awards will take place online on 1 October and we’re inviting you to join us!

Find out more about our finalists for 2021, celebrate the work of the voluntary sector over the past 12 months and discover which nominees have won in each category – including the People’s Choice, which received 12,000 votes!

Book now at: https://scvo.scot/scottish-charity-awards/finalists-2021

The full shortlist includes: 

Campaign of the year 

• Save Your Outdoor Centres  
• Aberlour Children’s Charity – Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund  
• Care Home Relatives Scotland – Anne’s Law  
• Stop It Now! Scotland – Get Help or Get Caught  
• Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland – Long Covid Care Now  
• RSABI – #KeepTalking  

Volunteer of the year 

• Central and West Integration Network – Shawn Nicholas Fernandez  
• Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland – Douglas Sewell  
• Bridge Community Project – Alistair Brown  
• Carers Trust Scotland – Andrew Robertson, CBE  
• CACE (Cumbernauld Action on Care of the Elderly) – Bob MacKenzie  
• Edinburgh Tool Library – Rosie Sinclair  

Pioneering project 

• Macrobert Arts Centre – Create:Inclusion  
• The Louise Project  
• Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs – Click and Deliver Naloxone  
• PEEK Possibilities for Each and Every Kid – PEEKACHEW  
• Cyrenians – Emergency Food Provision – Covid-19  
• LGBT Youth Scotland – Pride & Pixels  

Employee of the year 

• Wheatley Care – Linda Walker  
• Harlawhill Day Care Centre – Fiona Mitchell  
• AbilityNet – Chris Grant  
• MOOD – Lorraine Jarvie  
• Carers Trust Scotland – Nicola Bell  

Community Action 

• Recovery Enterprises Scotland CIC  
• TripleTapTech  
• Glasgow Afghan United – Covid Response Project  
• Cumbernauld Resilience  
• The Flourishing Well  

Climate Conscious 

• LEAP – R:evolve Recycle  
• 2050 Climate Group – Young Leaders Development Programme  
• Forth Valley Sensory Centre – Making Sense of Energy Saving  

Trustee of the year 

• Fringe Society – Fiona Davis  
• Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust (KLCT) – Pamela Noble  
• Edinburgh School Uniform Bank – Julia Grindley  
• Cosgrove Care – Lilias Dunlop  
• Linkes (SCIO) – Robert Smith  

Digital citizens 

• Lead Scotland  
• People Know How  
• The Louise Project  
• Glasgow’s Golden Generation  
• One Parent Families Scotland – Edinburgh  

Charity of the year 

• Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity (ECHC)  
• WHALE Arts  
• Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (Scottish SPCA)  
• Scran Academy SCIO  
• West Lothian Foodbank SCIO  
• Cassiltoun Housing Association