Five Lamps are celebrating after being shortlisted by The Centre for Social Justice in their Awards 2011 and also in The Royal Bank of Scotland’s SE100 Index 2011
Centre for Social Justice
Five Lamps were represented by Sue Westerman, Five Lamps’ Head of Programmes and Mark Thompson, Five Lamps’ Employability Team Leader at the Centre for Social Justice Awards on 6 July 2011.
The Centre for Social Justice Awards recognise some of the best examples of active British citizenship, social action and commitment to community and society.
The Rt. Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP, Founder and Patron said
“Tonight we are honouring outstanding examples of local charities and voluntary groups that work with individuals and families that are blighted by extreme poverty and social isolation. These local groups are finding innovative ways to engage with people that other agencies have failed to help, and are leading their clients from a place of dependence and despair to a place of independence and resilience.”
Sue and Mark also met David Blunkett and Ian Duncan Smith who both professed their awareness of Five Lamps and our great work.
Congratulations must also go to our colleagues at Hope North East, based in Middlesbrough who were also shortlisted for their outstanding work with customers overcoming their drug and alcohol addictions.
Five Lamps were recognised as a Shortlisted Prize Winner and received £1,000 donation from a sponsor, QuestAgency. Our thanks must go to A4e who sponsored our accommodation costs in London.
We are currently consulting with staff for ideas on what we should do with the £1,000 award.
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s SE100 Index 2011
Five Lamps were shortlisted for the Impact Champion Award at The Royal Bank of Scotland’s awards presentation on 11 July 2011.
The RBS SE100 Index is it’s second year and aims to track the success of social businesses across the UK by examining both their growth and the impact that they have made.
Five Lamps were one of only 11 social enterprises out of the 409 listed to score 5/5 for impact.We are currently awaiting our position in RBS’ Growth index when the full listing is published.
The Impact Champion Award went to our good friends at The Wise Group.