2009 Awards

We are delighted to announce the following voluntary organisations have won an award at the CSJ Awards 2009.

335 organisations applied for the national awards programme that rewards innovative and effective British poverty fighters. And on the evening there were 13 shortlisted organisations. The winners from the shortlisted charities were announced at the prestigious awards event in London on 1 July 2009 in front of an audience of celebrities, MP's and guests.

Below are the winners and the shortlisted poverty fighting organisations.

Nelson Trust - WINNER
Stroud

The Nelson Trust is a leading example of drug and alcohol abstinence based treatment. The charity works with some of the hardest-to-reach individuals, engaging them on a comprehensive programme that consists of treatment, education, training, employment and resettlement.
www.nelsontrust.com

Working Rite - WINNER
Edinburgh

Set up in response to the problem of worklessness and disengagement with education amongst young people, Working Rite has developed an innovative model that gives youngsters a step up into employment by pairing them with local tradesmen who give them paid work and mentoring support.
www.workingrite.co.uk

SPEAR Project at The St Paul’s Centre
London

SPEAR engages with disadvantaged and disaffected young people, many of whom have low self esteem and little aspiration. During the innovative 6 week course, pupils are given both the opportunity and the tools to find an alternative and positive path for themselves.
www.spearcourse.org

Building Young People's Potential
Cheshire

BYPP provides alternative education and wrap-around support for disadvantaged young people in Cheshire.
www.blacon.org.uk

Blue Sky Development & Regeneration - WINNER
Uxbridge

Blue Sky is a not-for-profit company established by the charity Groundwork Thames Valley. It was set up to give paid work to people coming out of prison, to enable them to move successfully into long-term employment.
www.blueskydevelopment.co.uk

Chance UK - WINNER
London

Chance UK is a registered charity that organises mentoring programmes for 5-11 year olds with behavioural difficulties who are at risk of developing anti-social or criminal offending behaviour later in life.
www.chanceuk.com

Positive Parenting Croydon
Croydon

Positive parenting Croydon is a growing charity that is focused on community transformation through the equipping and supporting of local parents. They use an effective mix of positive parenting training material from the national charity ‘positive parenting’ and local support and befriending groups to empower local parents to overcome challenging behaviours in their children.
http://jubilee.vakart.com/index.php?PageID=196

Young Disciples - WINNER
Birmingham

Young Disciples is a unique community based organisation that works hard to fulfil multiple objectives, such as community led advocacy strategy, informing the public on gang culture, reaching the 'hard to reach' children and providing quality and innovative service to young people at risk.
www.youngdisciples.co.uk

RAPt
London

RAPt (Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust) is a charity which helps people with drug and alcohol dependence move towards, achieve and maintain drug and crime-free lives.
www.rapt.org.uk

Straight Talking
London

With the aim of reducing the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the UK, Straight Talking uses a simple yet effective model to teach young people why not to get pregnant rather than how not to. The courses are delivered by teenage parents in schools around London.
www.straighttalking.org

U Too - WINNER
Swindon

U-Too is a small not-for-profit organisation which has been running courses for young mums-to-be, young mums and young dads-to-be across Swindon and Wiltshire for the last six years.

http://dads-matter-too.blogspot.com

Safeground
London

Using drama as a means of reaching out to prisoners, Safeground is best known for its two flagship courses operating in prisons around the country, ‘Family Man’ and ‘Fathers Inside’. During both courses prisoners gain confidence and re-build relationships with their families, with the latter programme focusing especially on how fathers can support their children through school.
www.safeground.org.uk

SOS Gangs Project at the St Giles Trust - WINNER
London

The project reaches out to young offenders, who are serving sentences for gang related crimes – mentors visit the young people in prison and work with them to identify and realise alternative aspirations and goals away from gang life.
www.stgilestrust.org.uk/what/208746/sos_gangs_project.html

Judging Panel

The judging panel comprises of senior figures from business, politics and the voluntary sector, and this year includes:

Camila Batmanghelidjh (Kids Company)
Rt Hon Frank Field MP (Labour MP and former Welfare Reform Minster)
Revered Luke Geoghegan
Bob Holman (Social Affairs Writing)
Rt Hon Theresa May MP (Shadow Cabinet Member)
Tim Campbell (Entrepreneur & winner of the apprentice 2005)
Tris Lumley (Senior Analyst, New Philanthropy Capital)

Previous Award Presenters

Guests have included politicians David Cameron MP (Con), Dr John Reid MP (Lab), David Blunkett MP (Lab), Boris Johnson (Con), Sir Menzies Campbell MP (Lib), Charles Kennedy MP (Lib), Clare Short MP (Lab), Frank Field MP (Lab), David Willetts MP (Con).

And celebrities June Sarpong, Olivia Colman, Richard Briers CBE, Simon Callow, Ruby Wax, James Fox, Jon Culshaw, Patsy Palmer, Dame Kelly Holmes, Julian Fellows, John Bird, Mark Nicholas, Tony Hadley, Keith Wood.

Sponsors
The Pears Foundation, JP Morgan Asset Management

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