Awards

The Consumers' Association has won the Charities Award in the New Media Age Effectiveness Awards 2003.

The organisation won for its endowmentaction.co.uk campaign implemented by agency Green Cathedral. "This is a good example of what other charities should be doing," said the judges. "The CA has managed to explain complex information in a way that's accessible to all."

The Institute of Sales Promotion (ISP) has launched the third annual Cause Related Marketing (CRM) Competition with new charity partner, Wallace & Gromit's Children's Foundation.

The Royal Albert Hall's Web site is site of the week in this week's New Media Age.

The site scores 79/100 for content, usability, branding and monetisation, head of the two other sites inspected on the magazine's back page.

Telephone fundraising agency The Phone Room has been nominated for Best Call Centre in the European Call Centre Awards 2003 presented by Call Centre Focus Magazine.

The awards celebrate excellence in all areas. With over 350 entries this year, the awards are highly respected and sought after in the call and contact centre industry.

Nominations for the new Beacon Prize close in five weeks' time.

Charitable organisations across the UK have just one month left to enter the new Charities' Online Accounts Awards and win £2,000.

A new annual awared scheme has been launched to recognise the voluntary efforts of funeral directors in supporting their local communities.

The SAIF Community scheme has been established by the National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors (SAIF) and is open to any of their 700 members.

Entry forms for the Professional Fundraising and Institute of Fundraising Awards 2003 are now available.

This year's winning entries will be celebrated at an awards ceremony which will be held at the Institute of Fundraising
National Fundraisers Convention on Monday 7 July. A special awards brochure will also be produced and will be available on the night.

If so BT is encouraging you to enter the Broadband Britain Challenge which aims to find the UK's "best and brightest" broadband users.

BT is looking for impressive, pioneering or original uses of broadband by individuals and organisations.

What would you do with £500 if you were given it for free? Keep it or donate it? Giving Nation is launching a viral e-mail campaign to help find out.

Giving Nation will be giving away £500 to two lucky winners, one 11-16 year old and one teacher, to spend during G-Week, 23-27th June. They will then get to spend the cash as the majority of voters in their category voted.