Suffolk Family Carers has been awarded a prestigious national prize for its work in supporting young carers.
We are pleased to announce that our Young Carers Schools Award initiative took the top spot in the Social Care, Advice and Support category at this year’s Charity Awards.
Our Young Carers School Award, helps to identify young carers at schools and colleges across Suffolk and provides them with a range of support and services.
The Charity Awards shortlist is chosen by an independent panel of expert judges, themselves all eminent figures in the charity sector. The judges score each entry against six Hallmarks of Excellence before coming together – by videolink, this year –for two days of challenge and discussion to select the winners.
An online ceremony took place on 10th June to announce the winners. This saw a celebration of the best organisations and projects from within the charity sector across the UK. The full ceremony can be viewed at https://the-charity-awards.evessiocloud.com/thecharityawards2021/en/page/home, with the Social Care, Advice and Support category awarded being presented at 1:02:43 into the video
Kirsten Alderson, Suffolk Family Carers Chief Executive Officer said:
“The team and I are thrilled to have been declared the winner of this award category, and in particular to see the acknowledgment for our Young Carer School Award. “The award is testament to the incredible amount of energy and commitment which the team at Suffolk Family Carers put in to ensuring we build great relationships with schools across our county, and that we support as many children and families as need us.”
Matt Nolan, chief executive of Civil Society Media which organises the Charity Awards said
“For 21 years the Charity Awards have been recognising and celebrating the fantastic work that large and small charities do up and down the UK every day of the week. After putting the awards programme on ice last year while we waited to see how the pandemic played out, we felt the time was right again to recognise charities and celebrate their great work. Suffolk Family Carers is an outstanding example of charities’ vital role in identifying needs among specific communities, and designing and delivering services to meet those needs. They thoroughly deserve this award.”
