Charity Retail Awards shortlist 2023
30/05/2023 11:23
We are honoured to announce this year’s shortlist for the Charity Retail Awards, sponsored by 1st Waste Management. Huge thanks to our judges (listed below) for giving their time to this epic and difficult task!
The biggest thanks go to our members, those volunteers and retail staff, whether you are nominees, shortlisted, nominator or part of a team that has contributed to a nomination in any way – you are all amazing and we at the CRA salute you! This year’s task was particularly difficult due to the standard of entries.
Our newest member of staff, and manager of the Awards process, Kelly-Marie Marshall said: “It’s been an honour to oversee the awards nominations this year, I was blown away by both the volume, and quality of the entries! Thank you to everyone who submitted. The passion and dedication for our sector really shone through.“
Here’s the shortlist.
Campaign of the year
Derwen College, for Stitch O’Vintage
Oxfam, for Second Hand September
Shelter, for Scotland Re:Design
Equity, diversity and inclusion
Acorns Children’s Hospice
Isabel Hospice
Shelter
Retail employee of the year
Debbie Keys, ForSight
Amelia Wells, St Barnabas Hospice, Lincolnshire
Mark Jackson Hancock, The Hospice of St Francis
Environmental and sustainability
Barnardo’s for their Waste Initiative
Hospice in the Weald, for their Waste & Recycling initiative
Royal Trinity Hospice, for Sustainable 7
Leadership
Susan Cooper, Highland Hospice
Charlotte Greenwood, Isabel Hospice
Caroline Peach, St Barnabas Hospice, Lincolnshire
Most supportive chief executive
Alan Haynes, All Aboard Shops
Liz Booyse, City Hospice
Chris White, NCBI
Outstanding charity retailer
Acorns Children’s Hospice
British Red Cross
Salvation Army Trading Company
Shop of the year
The Air Ambulance Trading Company’s Alfreton shop
NCBI’s Finglas shop in Dublin
Scope’s Cambridge shop
Technology
DEBRA, for their Shopiago project
Salvation Army Trading Company, for Fibersort
TRAID, for their MicroMkt project
Volunteer of the year
Margaret Deering, NCBI
Emily Rich, St Giles Hospice
Cynthia Sweeney, Wakefield Hospice
Young volunteer of the year
Sam Antrobus, Barnardo’s
Molly Ridgway, Emmaus Mossley
Davinia Coldrick, Oxfam GB
Huge thanks to our esteemed judges:
| Dan O’Driscoll, Executive Coach and Consultant, Engagement Consultancy |
| Emma Thomas-Hancock, Director of Delivery, Volunteering Matters |
| Samantha Ward, Director of Services/Deputy CEO, Royal Voluntary Service |
| Denise Hayward, CEO, Volunteer Now |
| Sue Farrow, Business mentor and former Vice President for Retail at Burberry |
| Louise McGill, Senior Partnerships Manager, WorkNest |
| Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership |
| Omer Soker, Chief Executive, Charitable Recycling Australia |
| Craig Anderson, Chief Executive, Reuse Network |
| Robin Osterley, Chief Executive, Charity Retail Association |
| Debra Allcock-Tyler, Chief Executive, Directory of Social Change |
| Fiona Condron, Charities Partner, BDO |
| Angela Marcelle, Head of Retail, Octavia |
| James Watson O’Neill, Chief Executive, Sign Health |
| Caron Bradshaw, Chief Executive, Charity Finance Group |
| Toby Porter, Chief Executive, Hospice UK |
| Dr Esther Pugh, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Business, Leeds Beckett University |
| Estelle Bilson, Author and Influencer |
| Alison Heppenstall, Executive Director, Climate Action for Associations |
| Carolyn Mair, Fashion Business Consultant and Professor of Psychology for Fashion |
| Carole Simpson, Retail Consultant |
| Becca Caddy, Journalist and Author |
| Julia Hughes, Director, Hooli |
Main image: Mary’s Living & Giving, Chiswick