Voluntary or community sector projects with an annual income of over £500,000

Joint winner
Barton Hill Settlement: The Barton Hill together Project

Barton Hill SettlementThe Judges were impressed at this front line approach to tackling community tensions in an area where demographic change has happened so quickly.  They were especially impressed at the development of the Play Rangers Scheme and investment in training for local residents so they could become ‘community bridge builders’.  The Judges thought this project could easily be transferred to other areas facing similar issues and that the intercultural dialogue initiated and embedded by this work would have long term impact.

 

Joint winner
Early Years, the organisation for young children: Media initiative for children

Early Years, the organisation for young childrenThe Judges felt that the Media Initiative was a really solid piece of work addressing a wide range of intercultural issues, in the challenging context of tackling bigotry in Northern Ireland. The project has received significant funds, which might not make it a suitable project to transfer to other parts of the UK.  But the emphasis placed on evaluation and research embedded into the project will provide significant learning for all communities.  The Media Initiative’s focus on very young children was welcomed by the Judges as innovative and valuable to long term intercultural dialogue.  The Judges highlighted the need for the Media Initiative to really consider how it could widely share the findings of evaluation.

 

Commended project

St Peter's Youth: 'Grow your own' scheme

St Peter's YouthJudges welcomed SPY’s investment in training and qualifications. They felt that it had significant impact across a range of issues and created meaningful intercultural dialogue between people from different backgrounds.  The project was viewed as having long term sustainability with the potential for other areas to adopt similar approaches.

 

 

Short list

Future Projects: Future radio

Future ProjectsJudges were impressed at the level of volunteers involved in this project and good evaluation of the impact of participation on volunteers.  They also thought this project was especially important given the challenges faced in building intercultural dialogue in Norwich.  They did feel that the project should consider evaluating the impact on radio listeners and whether it was supporting intercultural dialogue beyond those volunteers involved.

 

Valleys Kids: Ubunto - operation Zulu

Valleys KidsThe Judges felt that the project organisers deserved real credit for taking an innovative approach to raise cultural awareness in an area with limited diversity.  Participating children had clearly enjoyed and benefited from the experience with potential for long terms broadening of cultural horizons.