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At the end of the NCVO annual conference for Trustees on Monday 31st October 2011, the first annual Winifred Tumim memorial prize for best practice in charity governance was announced. The award was open to application from all charities in England and Quaker Social Action came second to Girlguiding Anglia.

QSA chair of trustees Joycelin Dawes (pictured left) attended on our behalf:

"Our application focused on using the NCVO Code of Good Governance to improve service user engagement, communication and overall governance, leading into ongoing governance development to explore QSA’s Quaker identity today. The award highlights transparency, accountability, effectiveness and increasing the public benefit of our work."

Thank you to the support we have received in developing our governance from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, the Baring Foundation and facilitators Nic Hinrichsen and Cliodhna Mulhern.