The Benefact Group’s Charity Heroes Awards return for a second year, celebrating and supporting charities that work tirelessly to make positive change.
The awards are made up of six public categories and one Benefact Group colleague category:
- Trustee of the Year
- Climate Action Project
- Triumph through Adversity
- Fundraiser of the Year
- Charity Founder of the Year
- Partnership of the Year
WRS Insurance Brokers are delighted to be sponsoring the Triumph through Adversity Award, a category that sets out to celebrate a charity that has shown resilience by overcoming a challenge or difficulty it faced in the last year, coming out the other end stronger and still delivering amazing impact for its beneficiaries.
Now that the judging process has come to an end, we’re excited to announce who the finalists are:
Trustee of the Year
- Jan Kerr, Homelands Trust-Fife
- Jennie Henderson, Stepping Stones North Wales
- Mimi McCord, Heartburn Cancer UK
Triumph through Adversity
Climate Action Initiative
Fundraiser of the Year
- Jill McGrath, YMCA Tayside
- Martin Edwards, Julia’s House Limited
- Nic Clarke, Cancer Research Wales
Charity Founder of the Year
- Andrew Wallis, Unseen (UK)
- Jenny Rayner, The Lucy Rayner Foundation
- Maggie Darling, Smart Works Scotland
Partnership of the Year
- Berkshire Vision & Newbury Velo
- Teens Unite Fighting Cancer & Kinovo Limited
- The Anne Robson Trust & Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Colleagues’ choice
Congratulations to our finalists, and thank you to all the charities who entered the awards.
For more information on the awards, please visit the Benefact Group website here.
A winning event
Finalists will be invited to a lunchtime awards event on 20th November 2025 within the walls of the iconic Tower of London where the winners and runners-up in each category will be announced. Our guests will also have the opportunity to celebrate and connect with fellow change makers and hear from industry experts.
We will be inviting two people from each shortlisted charity to attend the awards luncheon.
The prizes
Winning charities in each category will be awarded £5,000 and runners up will receive £1,000.
About WRS
At WRS Insurance Brokers, we are specialists in Charity Insurance and Church Insurance, and our experienced team is passionate about the charitable sector. Our experience has taught us that one size certainly doesn’t fit all, and that every charity and not-for-profit organisation faces its own unique risks.
WRS is part of the Benefact Group, a charity-owned, international family of financial services companies that gives all available profits to charity and good causes.