Michael Whippman Award 2011 - the winners

Michael Whippman Award 2011 - A Place to Stay
Michael Whippman Award 2011 - Homeless Bob
Michael Whippman Award 2011 - Homeless Photography
Michael Whippman Award 2011 - 150 Voices
Michael Whippman Award 2011 - Hidden Homeless Foundation
Michael Whippman Award 2011 - Not just pounds & pence

The entries for this award were all of an extremely high standard and showed some really innovative and emotive use of social media. We were really inspired by what these campaigns are achieving and the power that they have to engage with the wider public and raise or challenge the profile of homelessness in society.

We are pleased to announce that the prize winners, decided by a public vote on Facebook, Twitter and a website poll, and announced at our Annual Conference on 13th July, are as follows:

THE SHORTLIST...


150 Voices      Hidden Homeless   Urban Street Dance   


Homeless Photography      Homeless Bob      Not Just Pounds & Pence

 

About the Award 

The Michael Whippman Award is an award scheme with a difference.  With a focus on the contributions of homeless people themselves, the Michael Whippman awards scheme was set up to challenge stereotypes about who is and can become homeless, whilst also showing homeless people that anything is possible. This year the award was focused on finding the best example of an existing campaign or initiative using social media:

  • raises the profile of homeless people and homelessness amongst the public
  • broadens the public’s understanding of homelessness
  • involves homeless people and empowers them to make a contribution.

This year's award was kindly sponsored by appiChar Ltd. appiChar is a leading provider of Managed IT Services and IT Consultancy to the charity and not-for-profit sector.  appiChar's IT solutions provide efficient, reliable, appiLogoNew_0.jpgsustainable and secure IT infrastructures enabling organisations to concentrate purely on supporting their clients while utilising their IT effectively. More information on appiChar is available at: www.appichar.co.uk.

shortlisting criteria used:

  • extent to which those wirh an experience of homelessness were involved in setting up the campaign
  • level of involvement of homeless people in the ongoing running of the campaign
  • degree to which the campaign is developing the personal skills of the homeless people involved
  • level of engagement from the wider public with the campaign
  • degree to which the campaign has raised the profile of homelessness amongst the public.