Hubbub Foundation UK, Create (Arts) and Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex were among the big winners at the Charity Times Awards 2020, which was celebrated online last night.

Hundreds of people tuned in to see AAKSS crowned the Charity of the Year (income over £10m), while Hubbub Foundation UK took home the prize for Charity of the Year (income of £1-5m) and Create (Arts) topped the under £1m category.

This year, consultant Martha Awojobi was presented with the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award.

Awojobi has played a vital role in challenging the charity sector on its lack of diversity, particularly at leadership level and was praised for her role in curating the first ever BAME fundraising conference.

She has been hailed as one of the leaders of the ‘black revolution, sweeping across our sector’, and was described by judges as a ‘total game-changer’ at a critically important time for both the sector, and society as a whole.

ClientEarth CEO, James Thornton was named Charity Leader of the Year for demonstrating 'outstanding leadership of a globally and ever more vital charity'. Judges said they were 'totally in awe of his work' and were 'overwhelmed with admiration'.

Vision Foundation CEO, Olivia Cunro was named Rising Leader of the Year, hailed as ‘one to watch by the judges. The panel was impressed with her ability to keep beneficiaries at the heart of the transformation of her charity, whilst navigating some complex challenges to help move the organisation forward.

The award for Supporting Executive of the Year was given to Navjeet Sira of the Change Foundation. Judges said she has grown up in the organisation she works for and has continued to 'completely transform it'.

Now in their 21st year, the awards attracted hundreds of high quality entries, which were then evaluated by an expert independent judging panel.

In addition to the charity of the year and individual categories, the awards as always set out to recognise a variety of fields of charity management, celebrating the best standards of leadership and professionalism.

The full list of winners and highly commended entrants is available below.

The winners

Charity of the Year: with an income of less than £1 million
Highly commended: We Belong
WINNER: Create (Arts)

Charity of the Year: with an income of £1 million - £10 million
Highly commended: Trees for Cities
WINNER: Hubbub Foundation UK

Charity of the Year: with an income of more than £10 million
WINNER: Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS)

Trustee Board of the Year
WINNER: Prism the Gift Fund

Campaign of the Year
Highly commended: Greenpeace UK and Aardman Animations
WINNER: Stroke Association

Fundraising Team of the Year
WINNER: WaterAid

Change Project of the Year
WINNER: SJOG

Charity with the Best Social Media Presence
WINNER: Guide Dogs

PR Team of the Year
WINNER: Glass Door Homeless Charity

Best Use of Technology
Highly commended: The Internet Watch Foundation
WINNER: The Film and TV Charity

HR Management Award
WINNER: YMCA Humber

Property Innovation Award
WINNER: YMCA Humber

Corporate Community Local Involvement
WINNER: St Clare Hospice and Weston Homes

Corporate National Partnership Champion
Highly commended: Into University and Mills & Reeve
WINNER: Royal British Legion Industries (RBLI) and Barratt Developments

Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Retailer
Highly commended: NSPCC and Lidl GB WINNER: Cancer Research for Children and Young people and TJX Europe (TK Maxx)

Corporate National Partnership of the Year with a Financial Institution
WINNER: Career Ready & Citi Group

Charity Collaboration of the Year
WINNER: British Lung Foundation and the Taskforce for Lung Health

Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year
WINNER: Scope Charity, SGN, UK Power Networks, npower and Together Energy

Charities’ Bank of the Year
WINNER: Charity Bank

Investment Management Award
WINNER: Brewin Dolphin

Boutique Investment Management Award
WINNER: James Hambro & Partners

Supporting Leader of the Year
WINNER: Navjeet Sira, The Change Foundation

Rising Leader of the Year
Highly commended: Alex Feis-Bryce, Survivors UK
WINNER: Olivia Curno, Vision Foundation

Charity Leader of the Year
WINNER: James Thornton, Client Earth

Outstanding Individual Achievement
Martha Awojobi

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