Charlton Athletic Community Trust’s (CACT) annual award ceremony took place at the House of Lords on Thursday, October 24th, hosted by CACT Vice President Lord Michael Grade of Yarmouth.
The University of Greenwich sponsored the Young Participant of the Year (Under 18) Award.
Lord Grade spotlighted that CACT has achieved the largest turnover in the organisation’s 32-year history, which has allowed for a record committed spend of £6.8m on charitable work within the community. Lord Grade also highlighted Charlton Athletic’s achievement of being named as EFL Community Club of the Year for the 2023-24 season,
Various partners, stakeholders and sponsors of both Charlton Athletic and CACT were in attendance inside the Cholmondeley Room at the House of Lords along with representatives of the University of Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, London Borough of Bexley and Kent County Council.
Award categories and their winners were:
Young Participant of the Year (Under 18) Award (sponsored by the University of Greenwich): Leland Walmer
Participant of the Year (Over 18): Mark Hawkins
Programme of the Year: CACT’s Youth Engagement Buses
Partner of the Year Award: Champions 4 Change (C4C)
Sir Maurice Hatter Outstanding Contribution to the Community: Lesley White.
The Outstanding Staff Contribution award: Matt Phillips.
