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The following categories are open for entry. Please remember that the closing date for these Awards is 11 March 2010. Any projects submitted should have taken place between 1 July 2008 and 31 January 2010. The criteria for each category tell you what the judges will look for in the winner of the award:
Event
Awarded to the company that has organised or sponsored the fundraising event that has done the most to benefit a charity or charities.
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When did the event take place?
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What was the nature of the event?
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How much did it cost to organise and run?
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How were the costs covered?
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How many of the company’s staff were involved?
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How much money was raised for the charity or charities?
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What was the company’s turnover in the year concerned?
UK Project
Awarded to the company that has made the biggest difference to a charity’s beneficiaries through involvement with one of its UK projects.
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What is the name and location of the project or service supported?
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What does the project or service do and how does it help the charity or its beneficiaries?
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How was the project or service selected?
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What did the company do to support the project or service?
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How many company staff were involved in helping the project or service?
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How was the success of the company’s involvement measured, and what was the result?
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What continuing involvement, if any, does the company have with the project or service?
Overseas Project
Awarded to the company that has made the biggest difference to a UK-registered charity’s beneficiaries through involvement with one of its non-UK projects.
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What is the name and location of the project or service?
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What does the project or service do and how does it help the charity or its beneficiaries?
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How was the project or service selected?
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What did the company do to support the project or service?
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How many company staff were involved in helping the project or service?
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How was the success of the company’s involvement measured, and what was the result?
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What continuing involvement, if any, does the company have with the project or service?
Challenge Team
Awarded to the company staff whose involvement in a fundraising challenge anywhere in the world has achieved the most for a UK charity.
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Who was in the challenge team?
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What was the challenge?
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What charity or charities did they support?
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How was the challenge funded?
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What support did the company provide for the team?
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How much money did the challenge raise?
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How was its success measured, and what was the result?
Employee Engagement
Awarded to the company that has done the most to engage its workforce in efforts to help charity.
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How did the company ask and encourage staff to get involved?
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How many employees were asked to get involved?
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How many employees got involved?
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What did they do?
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Which charity or charities benefited, and how?
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Were the staff engaged in a one-off project, or is it continuing?
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How was the scheme promoted in the company?
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What types of goods were sought for donation?
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How many staff were asked to take part in the scheme?
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How many employees took part?
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What was the quantity of goods donated, and what was their sale value, if known?
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What were the costs of collecting and distributing the goods, and how were the costs met?
Outstanding Individual
Awarded to the employee who has devised the most innovative or productive way for his or her company to support charity.
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Who is the individual?
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What did he or she propose?
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In what way was it unusual or innovative?
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How productive or effective was the initiative?
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How were the effects measured, and what were the results?
Charity Partnership
Awarded to the best example of collaboration between a company and a charity to achieve mutual benefit.
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What did the partnership involve?
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What were the aims of the partnership?
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How did the partnership benefit the company?
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How did the partnership benefit the charity or charities?
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How many staff were involved and in what way?
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What financial support did the company give to the partnership?
Media Partnership
Awarded to the partnership between a corporate media brand and a charity that has done the most to raise the charity’s profile.
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Who were the partners?
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How did the partnership come about?
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What did the partnership aim to achieve?
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How did the partnership benefit the charity?
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How long did or will the partnership continue ?
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How were the communications benefits of the partnership measured and what were the results?
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How much money has been raised for the charity through the partnership?
Cause-related Marketing
Awarded to the cause-related marketing campaign that has done the most to benefit a charity.
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What was the campaign?
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Why and how was the cause chosen?
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Who was the target audience of the campaign?
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What did the campaign aim to achieve?
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How was its effectiveness measured and what were the results?
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How did the cause or charity benefit?
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How did the company benefit?
Affinity Marketing
Awarded to the company that has implemented the best affinity marketing scheme with a charity.
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Why were the corporate and charity brands seen as a good match?
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Which of the company’s products or services were marketed by the charity?
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What were the advantages for the charity and its beneficiaries?
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How did the partnership benefit the company?
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How was the success of the partnership measured and what were the results?
Employment Scheme
Awarded to the company that has done the most to help a charity by offering employment, training, work experience or other benefits to its beneficiaries.
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What is the scheme, when did it start and how does it work?
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Which charity beneficiaries are helped by the scheme?
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How many people were employed, trained or given work experience through the scheme?
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How many of those employed were still employed by the company after 12 months?
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How many of those trained or given work experience have gone on to find work?
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How much did the company spend on the scheme?
Corporate Foundation
Awarded to a philanthropic foundation set up by a company that has done the most to benefit the voluntary sector.
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What are the goals of the foundation?
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How does the foundation support the voluntary sector?
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How much funding does the foundation get from the company?
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How much of this funding is given to the voluntary sector and in what form?
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What have been the most noteworthy projects supported by the foundation?
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How do the foundation’s governance arrangements ensure it is independent from the company?
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What representation does the company have on the foundation’s board?
Social Investment
Awarded to the company that has implemented the most effective social investment initiative.
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What form did the company’s social investment take?
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How did the company decide where and how to make the investment?
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Which charities or voluntary organisations benefited from the investment and in what way?
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What benefits did the company get from the initiative?
Business Charity Champion
Awarded to the business leader who has done the most to harness corporate support for charity.
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Who is the person and what is their job?
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What has he or she done to make their company more supportive of charity?
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What efforts has he or she made to encourage business in general to do more for charity?
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What personal involvement or support does he or she give to charity - for example, as a trustee or philanthropist?
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