** Business Charity Awards 2012 Winners**

The Winners

Business Charity Champion Ian Church

For the business leader who has excelled in promoting corporate support for charities

Business of the Year Travis Perkins

For a business that has excelled in helping the community by embedding a culture of supporting charitable causes

Charity Partnership Network Rail with Samaritans

For the best partnership between a company and a UK charity in sectors other than financial, professional, retail, leisure or FMCG

Charity Partnership: Retail and Leisure Tesco with the Alzheimer’s Society

For the best partnership between a company in the retail, leisure or FMCG sector and a UK charity

Charity Partnership: Finance and Professional HSBC with WWF, Earthwatch, the Smithsonian and The Climate Group

For the best partnership between a company providing financial or professional services and a UK charity

Charity Partnership: Short Term The Co-operative Group with Mencap and Enable Scotland

For the best partnership between a company and a charity that has lasted up to a year and a half

Charity Partnership: Small Businesses Quality Solicitors with Barnardo’s

For the best partnership of whatever duration between a business with a turnover of less than £6.5m and a UK charity

Affinity Marketing The Gro Company with the Foundation for the Study of Infant Death

For a company that has successfully marketed products or services in conjunction with a charity

Cause-related Marketing Miko Coffee with the World Land Trust

For a marketing partnership that has used a company’s products to promote or raise funds for a charity

Corporate Foundation The Co-operative Foundation

For a philanthropic foundation set up by a company that has given outstanding support to the charity sector

Challenge Team British Gas with the Make-A-Wish Foundation: Kilimanjaro Climb

For a staff team from a business that took part in a successful fundraising challenge to benefit a UK charity

CSR Team Barclays

For a corporate social responsibility team that has increased the charitable activities of the business

Employee Engagement Barclays

For a company that has adopted policies to significantly increase charitable donations or activities by its workforce

Employment Scheme Pret A Manger: the Simon Hargraves Apprenticeship Scheme

For a company that has offered employment, work experience, training or other support to a charity’s beneficiaries

Outstanding Employee Kate Neville

For an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to charity with the support of his or her employer

Single Project Sainsbury’s with FareShare: 1 Million Meal Appeal

For a company that has successfully backed a specific project run by a UK charity

Overseas Project Barclays with Care International and Plan UK: Banking on Change

For a company that has successfully helped the beneficiaries of a UK charity in a project outside the UK

Community Impact Investec Bank with the Bromley by Bow Centre

For a business that has provided vital support to a charitable project that has made a social impact in its community