Sky Badger's Awards
Guardian Charity Award November 2014
Sky Badger was chosen as one of the five charities honoured by The Guardian’s prestigious award. From over 1,200 entries, the five winners were chosen based on their innovation, impact and sustainability. The Guardian Charity Awards champions charities that are making a significant contribution to improving social wellbeing in the UK. They give a much-needed boost to organisations that often get overshadowed by the big players in the voluntary sector and who struggle to get the profile and funding they need to move forward.
“We were all completely flabbergasted when we found out that we’d won. Having The Guardian believe in what we’re doing is like rocket fuel in our engines. Between the confidence boost and the incredible award package…wow, it’s going to be an awesome year.” Naomi Marek, Chief Executive Sky Badger
Each winning charity will receive a prize fund of £5,000 in addition to the following prizes from the awards' supporters: one year free NCVO membership; resources and training from The Media Trust; a tailored package of support from the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) including assessment, and an iPad from Jigsaw24.
Charity Times Award 2014
Best Use of the Web - Shortlisted
Now in it’s 15th year, the Charity Times Awards continue to be the pre-eminent celebration of best practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector, aiming to honour outstanding professionals in the many and varied fields of charity management. The Charity Times Awards continue to be the pre-eminent celebration of best practice in the UK charity and not-for-profit sector.
The category ‘Best Use of the Web’ is awarded to those who demonstrate innovative and effective use of the web within the 2013-14 period, taking into account of Web 2.0 technologies, accessibility issues, usability, and how well the website furthers the organisation's goals.
Mumpreneur Awards 2014
The Mumpreneur Awards 2014 in association with Amazon are the UK’s first national business awards dedicated solely to parents in business. Now in its sixth year, the awards have been a platform for many Mumpreneurs to enhance their business, and continue to grow even through this uncertain economic climate. The Champion Award is open to charities and non-profit organisations who are working for the good of others. It celebrates those who have helped, encouraged or assisted others.
PwC Social Entrepreneurs Club Awards 2014 - Shortlisted
This year, we launched our inaugural Social Entrepreneurs Club Awards, recognising club members for their excellence in social impact and sustainability and helping them to extend their projects and impact with a £5,000 award for each category. The awards celebration is being held in Brigade, which is based at The Fire Station, our exciting social enterprise hub in London.
Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland
Social Entrepreneurs Programme 2014 Scale Up Award Winner
The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) was founded in 1997 by Michael Young who believed that "Everybody has the capacity to be remarkable".The Lloyds Banking Group Social Entrepreneurs Programme offers a year of fully-funded training and development to the winning applicants, to help them start up and grow. Winners will have the opportunity to attend a School for Social Entrepreneurs. Each winning Scale Up participant receives a fully funded place on a 14 day course, a £15,000 grant and a mentor from Lloyds Bank or Bank of Scotland.