The CSJ awards show what’s going right in Britain

The (other) big awards ceremony yesterday was that held by the Centre for Social Justice. CoffeeHousers will be familiar with the problem: if you want to donate to a charity, which ones are actually helping society rather and which wasting their money on tedious political campaigns? Name recognition tends to drive donations, and the CSJ awards (which I had the honour of being involved in) are aimed at giving more profile to small charities. And cash awards for each. It was a brilliant evening. God knows there’s plenty going wrong with this country, but this was an evening dedicated to what’s going right. Here were a few of the winners.

JAN Trust is run by a few staff and 25 volunteers who help women (especially BAME women) who arrive in Britain without much knowledge of the country. Some may think it’s their bad, they should get out more. But woman – especially Muslim women – can find themselves emigrating to Britain and holed up in a pretty enclosed (ie, ghettoized) community.