Nominations are now open for the 2021 Charity Governance Awards, it is an exciting not-for-profit initiative created to celebrate outstanding governance and trusteeship in charities across the UK, allowing large and small not-for-profit organisations to inspire and learn from one another.

For 2021, the Charity Governance Awards will recognise inspirational success stories of charity boards responding to the COVID-19 crisis from the frontline of the pandemic with a new category, ‘COVID-19: Embracing Opportunity and Harnessing Risk’. It is one of five categories in the Charity Governance Awards 2021 programme. Charity boards demonstrating outstanding governance and trusteeship in areas including diversity, digital and improving impact are urged to share their own examples of best practice.

Prize Information

The winner of each category will receive a £5,000 unrestricted grant as a prize. Runners-up will receive cash prizes for the first time (£1,000 each).

Eligibility 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 2017
  • only submit one entry across all five awards
• Entries must:
  • cover activities undertaken in the last five years (2015-2020)
  • 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

For more information, visit Charity Governance Awards.