A WORCESTER domestic abuse charity has been selected to receive a prestigious award.
YSS, which has been supporting vulnerable young people, adults and families for the past 30 years, is one of 17 winning charities from across the UK to win a Weston Charity Award 2017.
As a result of winning the award, the charity will now get help in developing new funding sources, boost its leadership skills and how to cope with the increasingly complex needs of its users.
The charity will also receive unrestricted funding and support from a team of senior business leaders.
Lorraine Preece, Chief Executive of YSS, said: “For more than 30 years, YSS has been supporting people with multiple and often complex needs – from young carers to adults in the criminal justice system – to help them achieve their potential.
“We are delighted to have been chosen as a recipient of the Weston Charity Awards, which not only gives us recognition but also the opportunity to work strategically with Pilotlight.
“This will enable us to build on our existing strengths, increase effectiveness and encourage innovation to ensure that YSS is fit for purpose long into the future.”
Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation, Philippa Charles, said: “We are living through a period of unprecedented change. Charities must be resilient and sustainable if they are to support people through such disruptive times.
“The better prepared charities are the better placed they are to deliver the support needed. It is quite literally a case of adapt or die.
“This is why the Weston Charity Awards help charities become stronger, more effective and fit for the future.”
