This year, the Association is very grateful to Corporate College (Derby College), for sponsoring our awards, which aim to recognise, celebrate and motivate performance in the charity retail sector.
A slide show of our winners is below. Please abide by our website terms of use.
The Awards were announced by Mike Southon (pictured right), business speaker and author of 'The Beermat Entrpreneur' and 'Sales on a Beermat'. Awards were presented by Kath Schofield, Director for Retail/Business & Administration at Corporate College (Derby College) and Sue Azzopardi, Head of Trading at British Red Cross and Chair of the Association of Charity Shops.
Young Volunteer of the Year: Rosie Kilburn of British Red Cross
3 runners up:
Richard Deane of Naomi House Children's Hospice
Joanne Nunn volunteer shop manager of Save the Children
Carl Grant of St Andrew’s Children’s Hospice
Highest Average Volunteer Hour Contribution per shop per week: Cancer Research Wales (225 hours)
Innovation: CLIC Sargent
2 runners up:
St Catherine's Hospice, Preston
St Gemma's Hospice
Most Supportive Supplier: eProductive
Nominated by St Giles Hospice
eBay for Charity Excellence: Sense Trading
Most Valuable Item donated to a charity shop: Oxfam
First printing of the first Sherlock Holmes novel ‘A Study in Scarlet' at auction for £15,500
Most Unusual Item donated to a charity shop: St Luke's Hospice, Sheffield
Two coffins
Shop Team of the Year: The Trussell Trust, Salisbury Re-store Shop team
2 runners up:
British Red Cross, Market Deeping shop team
Cancer Research UK, Edinburgh Morningside shop team
Highest Average Profit per shop per week
10 shops and under: Force Cancer Charity
11-20 shops: Compton Hospice
21-100 shops: St Peter's Hospice
More than 100 shops: Oxfam
WOW! Factor Awards:
Best Shop Interior: St Peter's Hospice, North View shop
Best Shop Window: Cancer Research UK, Penarth shop
