Entries Open for Charity Governance Awards 2019: Celebrating Outstanding Governance in Charities of UK

Deadline: 22 January 2019

Entries are open for Charity Governance Awards which is an exciting not-for-profit initiative created to celebrate outstanding governance in charities both small and large.

These awards are exclusively dedicated to charity governance.

Award Categories

Board Diversity and Inclusivity
Embracing Digital
Embracing Opportunity and Harnessing Risk
Improving Impact – charities with 3 paid staff or fewer (including charities with no paid staff)
Improving Impact – charities with 4–25 paid staff
Improving impact – charities with 26 paid staff or more
Managing Turnaround

Award Amount

The winning charity in each category will receive £5,000.

Eligibility Criteria

Entries are welcome from any registered charity, big or small, that meets the following criteria.
Charities must:
- be registered in the UK by the Charity Commission (or the equivalent in each devolved nation)
- have been established before 31 December 2015
- only submit one entry across all seven awards
Entries must:
- cover activities undertaken in the last five years (2013-2018)
- focus on the work of the main board, not sub-committees
- be submitted by a trustee, employee or volunteer of the charity
- be signed off by the charity’s CEO or chair of the board