Well done to all the charities that have been shortlisted as finalists in the Steve Morgan Foundation 2024 Awards.
The Awards celebrate the fantastic work of the organisations and people within our family of charities, recognising the valuable contribution they make towards changing lives for good.
This year, prize money of more than £100,000 will be awarded for outstanding service delivery and commitment across eight award categories. The winning charity of each award will receive £10,000 with £2,000 for the two other finalists in each category.
Charities that are currently receiving funding from the Steve Morgan Foundation were invited to enter the awards, and our Trustees have had the extremely difficult task of whittling down over 100 entries to just three finalists in each award category.
The Foundation’s founder and Chair of Trustees, Steve Morgan, commented:
“It was fantastic to read about all the amazing work that is being done for our communities within our family of charities and every entry we received was worthy of recognition. The standard of entries to this year’s awards has been extremely high and it was certainly no easy task to select the finalists. I look forward to congratulating our finalists in person next month at the awards presentation and celebrating all the fantastic achievements.”
The Steve Morgan Foundation 2024 Awards finalists:
Individual Awards
Charity Leader of the Year
Deryn Basnett, The Martin Gallier Project
Kim Steele, Pure Insight
Kathy Wright, Maggie’s, Wirral Centre
Volunteer of the Year
Janet Heath, NEO Community
John Mcateer, Sean’s Place
Ben Meadows, Cerebral Palsy United FC
Young Volunteer of the Year (under 21)
Rebecca Clark, Pure Insight
George Cole, Wirral Society of the Blind & Partially Sighted
Milly Holmes, CREDU
Community Impact Awards
Best small/medium charity or social enterprise (t/o less than £1m)
Breckfield & North Everton Neighbourhood Council
CELLS Project
Imagine If Trust
Best large charity or social enterprise (t/o more than £1m)
End Furniture Poverty
Everton in the Community
The First Step
Other awards
Disruptor for good
Down Syndrome Cheshire
Everton in the Community
Open Door Charity
Partnership of the year
JDRF & Diabetes UK delivering ‘The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge’
Koala Northwest delivering ‘Wirral Family Toolbox Alliance’ in partnership with – Shaftesbury Youth Club, WEB, Caritas, The Foundation Years Trust, Involve NW, and Ferries Family Groups
Right to Succeed delivering ‘Cradle to Career’ in partnership with over 100 organisations
In addition to the above finalists, there will also be a discretionary award given for Outstanding Contribution. The winner of this award will be personally selected by Steve Morgan from the entries received across all award categories.
The Steve Morgan Foundation 2024 Conference & Awards
Presentations of the awards will take place at our Conference and Awards celebration event at Carden Park Hotel, Cheshire on Monday 22nd April 2024.
The Steve Morgan Foundation Conference & Awards is a day for the charities and organisations we support and partner with. There will be a series of workshops hosted by some of our strategic partners and associate charities covering topics such as The Value of Community, Living Your Brand Values, Planning for Organisational Growth and Place-based Change, as well as inspirational keynote speeches.
We look forward to announcing the award winners and sharing their stories, along with photos of the event.
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