By Paul McGill from NICVA
Published on 08 Jun 2007
Help the Aged and New Lodge Forum were the winners of the overall categories at the 9th Annual SCOPE Awards. The Awards aim to improve the quality of publications, websites, promotional concepts and campaigning and to celebrate their successes.
Comedian Nuala McKeever (middle) presents the SCOPE Communication awards to Seamus Lynch, Help the Aged, and Katrina Newell, New Lodge Forum
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Devolution of power in Northern Ireland is a great achievement but the voluntary and community sector must make it work for them, the editor of SCOPE said today.
Speaking at the presentation of the SCOPE Communication Awards to 16 voluntary and community groups at NICVA, Paul McGill noted that 101 pressure groups are up at Stormont making their case.
"Voluntary groups need to campaign with the people they represent, lobby politicians, get on the media and push our priorities up the agenda. One thing that doesn’t change with devolution is that a problem is not a problem until it is made public and there is pressure to solve it.
We cannot begin to achieve a fair, just, harmonious and sustainable Northern Ireland unless we expose the injustices and inequalities and failures of policies and public services and force Ministers to take them seriously and act on them.
So communicating well and campaigning actively will be even more important in the coming years as the Executive and Assembly decide their priorities and allocate their limited funding."
The Award Ceremony
About SCOPE
SCOPE is a monthly social policy magazine published by the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action.
Awards were presented in nine different categories. Comedian Nuala McKeever presented the awards to the winners. This year the awards are sponsored by GPS Colour Graphics, Iconi Software and Weber Shandwick.
Overall winners
- Help the Aged (large organisation category)
- New Lodge Forum (small organisation category)
Annual Report
- Winner – Advice NI;
- Runner up – Help the Aged.
Promotional Concept
- Winner – New Lodge Forum (for ‘RE:New’ materials)
- Runner up – Employers for Childcare (for ‘When I grow up ...’)
GPS Colour Graphics Award for Excellence in Magazine/Newsletter
- Winner – NIPPA (for Early Years newsletter);
- Runner up – Help the Aged (for Senior Agenda magazine).
Information Leaflet
- Winner – Barnardo’s (for ‘Family Ties’);
- Runner up – Triax Helios Project (for women in building trades)
Training Materials
- Winner – WRDA (for ‘Community Direct’ pack);
- No runner up was awarded in this category
The ICONI Award for Excellence in Websites
- Winner – Disability Action;
- Runner up – Culture NI
Formats for people with special needs
- Winner – Gingerbread (for multi-lingual information leaflets);
- Runner up – Ulster Cancer Foundation (for Smokebusters pack in Irish)
Publication (other forms)
- Winner – Wheelworks (for RESPECT);
- Runner up – Sticky Fingers (for Paint, Paper, Play)
The Weber Shandwick Award for Excellence in Campaigning
- Winner – Action Cancer (for ‘Get a grip’);
- Runner Up – Rethink (changing perspectives on mental illness).
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