2025 Winners
Large Community Group Award - Blue Watch Youth Centre
Small Community Group Award - Action on Dementia
Large Group Partnership Award - Lambton Street Community Youth Hub
Small Group Partnership Award - Connor Brown Trust
Large Group Community Places and Spaces Award - The Fans Museum
Small Group Community Places and Spaces Award - St Luke's Neighbourhood Trust
Large Group Health and Wellbeing Award - Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen
Small Group Health and Wellbeing Award - Sunderland Grieving Parents
Large Group Influence and Collaboration Award - Sunderland Minster
Small Group Influence and Collaboration Award - Unity in the Community
Large Group Culture, Heritage and Arts Award - Theatre Space North East
Small Group Culture, Heritage and Arts Award - Southwick Village Green Preservation Society
Large Group Sports Award - Weights and Cakes
Small Group Sports Award - Wearside Wildcats
Large Group Trustee of the Year Award - Paul Gowland, Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen
Small Group Trustee of the Year Award - Jennie Morris, Just Let Your Soul Grow
Large Group Young Volunteer of the Year - Luke Pemberton
Small Group Young Volunteer of the Year Award - Charlotte Stephanie Emery
Large Group Volunteer of the Year Award - Suesie Gibson, Tesco Community Champion
Small Group Volunteer of the Year Award - Rosie Scott
Environmental Award - Just Let Your Soul Grow
Cohesion Award - Friends of the Drop In
BAME Champion Award - Folasade Fasoyiro
VCAS Open Arms Award - Jan McCone, Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen
Lifetime Contribution Award - Jacky Worthington, Moorsley Hut
2025 Highly Commended
Large Community Group Award - Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre
Small Community Group Award - Let Your Soul Grow
Large Group Partnership Award - International Community of Sunderland
Small Group Partnership Award - Sunderland Heaven Branch
Large Group Community Places and Spaces Award - Pallion Action Group
Small Group Community Places and Spaces Award - Roker Life
Large Group Health and Wellbeing Award - Veterans in Crisis, Leanne Prinsloo
Small Group Health and Wellbeing Award - Creative Minds Counselling and Fulwell Community Library
Large Group Influence and Collaboration Award - Sunderland All Together Consortium
Small Group Influence and Collaboration Award - Washington Youth Council
Large Group Culture, Heritage and Arts Award - The Fans Museum
Small Group Culture, Heritage and Arts Award - BEE Enchanted and Donnison School Heritage Centre
Large Group Sports Award - The Fans Museum
Small Group Sports Award - St Peters Sport and Cycle Hub
Large Group Trustee of the Year Award - Justin Watson, Sunderland All Together Consortium
Small Group Trustee of the Year Award - Pauline Hilton, Hendon History Group
Large Group Young Volunteer of the Year - Anna Oakes, Ajlal Azhar, Blake Henderson, Elliott Milburn
Small Group Young Volunteer of the Year Award - Bobby Hudson, Adam Clemente
Large Group Volunteer of the Year Award - Wendy Coakley, Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen
Small Group Volunteer of the Year Award - Cheryl Ann Galloway
Environmental Award - Doxford Park Secret Garden
Cohesion Award - Unity in the Community
BAME Champion Award - Kumareswaradas Ramanathas, Zaf Iqbal, Abu Shama