Subscribe to Whizz-Kidz NewsWhizz-Kidz nominated for national award
We are proud to announce Whizz-Kidz has been nominated for an excellence award in the disability category of The Charity Awards 2010.
The star-studded awards ceremony in London on 10 June is hosted by comedienne Jo Brand, and attended by celebrities including Greta Scacchi, Lynda Bellingham, Jon Snow and Peter Bowles. It is sponsored by the Charities Aid Foundation, The Leadership Trust and The Times, is the most high-profile event in the charity calendar.
Writing in Society Guardian on Wednesday 26 May, Martin Brookes argues that charities need to prove their impact is sustainable and “scalable”; in other words, can charities’ local projects be repeated on a national scale and make a measurable impact?
Whizz-Kidz has always aimed to work jointly with local NHS wheelchair services. We know have a strategy which is based on developing and building collaborative partnerships with the NHS, bringing together expertise and resources to deliver better and more effective services to disabled young people around the country.
One such model is our ground-breaking pilot partnership with Tower Hamlets wheelchair services.
The Charity Awards 2010 is organised by the Civil Society magazine group, which publishes titles including Charity Finance and Civil Society Fundraising. Daniel Phelan, organiser of the Charity Awards 2010 comments: “The Charity Awards recognise and reward the fantastic work that takes place within the voluntary sector right across the UK and beyond. It’s so important that we acknowledge the achievements of voluntary organisations because it applauds the people who are least likely to expect any recognition but most likely deserve it. We are proud to announce Whizz-Kidz has been nominated for an excellence award in the disability category”
Most important to us is the recognition of the pioneering work we are carving out with our partners in the NHS, and at local Primary Care Trust level. And it is incredibly topical, as right now the new coalition Government is heralding a ‘Big Society’ where charities, public bodies and ordinary people work together to create better local communities.
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