Finalists 2024

Partnership of the Year

Edinburgh Tool Library and LGBT Health and Wellbeing

ETL’s mission is to ensure everyone in the city has affordable access to tools, and the knowledge to use them. As they approach their 10th birthday, the library now boasts an inventory of over 2000 tools, and provides over 50 hours of community outreach teaching per month. LGBT H...

Larkhall & District Volunteer Group (LDVG) & Heart of Africa (HoA)

LDVG Lunch clubs were previously catered by local authority kitchens. We were faced with regular complaints about the poor standard of food and lack of choice. Funding enabled LDVG to partner with Heart of Africa (HoA) to pilot a new lunch club from 2021-2023. HoA prepare...

SOHTIS (Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland) and Simon Community Scotland

SOHTIS and Simon Community Scotland have joined in an innovative partnership committed to reducing human trafficking in Edinburgh. Evidence shows a strong correlation between homelessness and human trafficking and this joint post is seeing transformational change in the lives of...

Special Olympics Grampian Area, Special Olympics GB and Inclusive Skating

In partnership with Special Olympics GB and Inclusive Skating, Special Olympics Grampian delivered the first ever Special Olympics GB National Winter Games. Held in Folgaria Italy, the event, predominately delivered by volunteers, provided 5 days of competition for 74 athletes...