Best Collaboration Initiative & Winners of the Supporter Achievement Award

This month, we have had the absolute pleasure of attending both the Welsh Sports Association Sports Industry Awards ceremony as well as the Action for Children Stephenson Awards 2023.

We often talk about our fundraising initiatives as we are very keen to raise awareness of the amazing charity work we support.

The WSA Awards ceremony held in Cardiff on 8^th June was the opportunity to recognise the role sport plays across society and it was a tribute to those who have made tremendous contribution to sport or to the community via sport. For us, it was a chance to come together with the Ospreys in the Community & Action for Children, to celebrate the best in sport & leisure and to share best practice as we were shortlisted for Best Collaboration Initiative.

This collaboration started back in 2019 when our CEO Simon Pritchard put forward the idea that as Ospreys commercial partner, Philtronics was keen to bring together all 3 parties to support Health & Wellbeing programmes across the region. Four years on and the results speak for themselves: we not only got shortlisted for the Best Collabotation Initiative, but we won it!

The honour was awarded to us for children’s mental health initiatives, Bouncing Back Plus and On Target! These programmes have been delivered to almost 40 primary and secondary schools in the Ospreys region with nearly 3,000 children benefitting from them.

On 19^th June, we also got invited to the Stephenson Awards as we were nominated for the Supporter Achievement Award alongside the Ospreys in the Community. This national event held at London’s De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms was organised to celebrate the shining stars in the Action for Children family. It was also the chance to hear stories from Action for Children staff, volunteers, supporters, and beneficiaries, as well as connect with other staff members across the nations.

As you can see from the picture, it was an incredible honour to be presented with the Award by Angela Rippon!

Both awards are proof that great things can be achieved when passionate people work together for a very worthy cause. We would like to thank everyone for supporting our fundraising efforts including our staff, supplier base and wider business network since the beginning of our partnership.

Big shout out to all the Action for Children and Ospreys in the Community staff who deliver these amazing Health & Wellbeing programmes!