Vodafone UK Community Awards winners announced
Howard Lake | 1 December 2006 | Newswire
The dedicated support given to charities by Vodafone employees was recognised at The Vodafone UK Foundation Community Awards last night.
Newbury resident Robbie Coburn won the top individual accolade at the awards, the ‘Inspiring Others Award’ for her work with the Yaka Samaka School in Kenya. Robbie has supported the school for over 15 years, fundraising for better educational materials and mentoring many of the students through regular contact and twice yearly visits. The Individual Fundraising Award also went to her.
The Vodafone NAS Ambassador Team won the Inspiring Others Award in the team category. The 14-strong team have worked tirelessly over the past three years to create and raise awareness of The National Autistic Society, raising just under £20,000 for the charity.
Other award winners were recognised for their support of values particular to the The Vodafone UK Foundation’s flagship charity partners: Shelter, Samaritans and Youthnet. Run in conjunction with CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) the awards were all independently judged.
Over 270 nominations were received this year and as a result of the awards £35,100 will be donated to charity projects across the UK. Every charity that nominated a Vodafone employee or team was awarded an entry donation with further award donations for winning entries for the ten categories.
Sarah Shillito, Head of The Vodafone UK Foundation said,
I am very proud of the commitment shown to charities by Vodafone employees. The award winners show the variety of work employees choose to support and the difference that an individual can make to a cause they really believe in.â€
The finalists and charity partners celebrated last night at an Awards Ceremony and Dinner at Vodafone HQ with Martyn Lewis CBE as Master of Ceremonies.
Full list of award winners:
• Team Volunteering Award – Claire Carless and Group Legal Team from Newbury – Community LawWorks for Community Groups
• Team Fundraising Award – Vodafone Stoke – Donna Louise Trust and Good Cause Committee
• Individual Volunteering Award – Stuart Simpson from Glasgow for his work with Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
• Inspiring Others and Individual Fundraising Award – Robbie Coburn for work with Yaka Samaka School, Kenya
• Inspiring Others Award – Vodafone NAS Ambassador Team
• Samaritans Award – Alan Grapellini from Stoke
• Youthnet Award – Andrew Bagley from Newbury
• Shelter Award – Christina Rodriguez from Newbury
For more information about The Vodafone UK Foundation visit: www.vodafoneukfoundation.org
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.