It is people who are at the heart of the charity sector and who voluntarily or professionally go above and beyond to make a difference.
The Marsh Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions of these people who are committed to social, cultural and environmental causes.
The below portfolio of Awards recognise these contributions right across the sector, from volunteer carers to social anthropologists.
Marsh Palaeoart Award
The Award highlights the best piece of palaeontological artwork produced in association with a publication, press release, scientific paper or...
Marsh Volunteer of the Year Award with Home-Start
The Marsh Award for Volunteer of the Year winner is an individual chosen as an overall winner from the Marsh...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with Home-Start
We run Awards with Home-Start that recognises the work of volunteers from services all over the organisation. Home-Start provides a large...
Marsh Award for Business Services Volunteer of the Year
This Award recognises volunteers that are crucial to the central running of the organisation and those who provide assistance with...
Marsh Award for Volunteering in Support of Older People
This Award is run in partnership with Re-engage and recognises the contribution made by volunteers who support and care for...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with Dogs for Good
These Awards with Dogs for Good recognise volunteers who go above and beyond across a range of services that the...
Marsh Award for Fundraising Volunteer of the Year
This Award recognises an individual or group of volunteers who have demonstrated an exceptional level of support and commitment to...
Marsh Award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
This Award recognises an individual or group, working within Barnardo’s services, that has made an outstanding effort to recognise and...
Marsh Award for Children’s Services Young Volunteer of the Year
This Award recognises the contribution of a young person, up to the age of 25, who volunteers for Barnardo’s and...
Marsh Award for Children’s Services Volunteer Team of the Year
This Award is run in partnership with Barnardo’s and recognises volunteer teams who are dedicated to helping children, young people and...
Marsh Award for Children’s Services Volunteer of the Year
This Award is run in partnership with Barnardo's and recognises volunteers who are dedicated to helping children, young people and families...
Marsh Retail Volunteer of the Year Award
This Award recognises the hard work and dedication of those who give up their time to volunteer in one of...
Marsh Young Retail Volunteer of the Year Award
This Award recognises the hard work and dedication of people up to the age of 25 who give up their...
Marsh Awards for Volunteering with RBGK
These Awards celebrate some of the 800 volunteers at Kew for their outstanding commitment, innovation and passion while volunteering at...
Marsh Award for Entomology
The Marsh Entomology Award supports field-based ecology and recognises individuals working with any invertebrate family that have made outstanding contributions...
Marsh Staff Awards with the Wildlife Trusts
These 2 Awards are run in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts and recognises a member of staff from the Wildlife Trusts who has...
Marsh Award for ShipShape Volunteer Project
This Marsh Award is to help National Historic Ships celebrate and recognise volunteers working on vessels which are registered with...
Marsh Volunteer Team Award for Historic Vessel Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with National Historic Ships UK, the official voice for historic vessels in the United...
Marsh Volunteer Award for Historic Vessel Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with National Historic Ships UK, the official voice for historic vessels in the United...
Marsh Horticultural Science Award
This Award recognises a horticultural science PhD student who has made exceptional progress in their studies. The Award aims to enable the...
Marsh Heritage Crafts Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognises a heritage craftsperson who has demonstrated an outstanding contribution to their specific craft over 25 years...
Marsh Heritage Crafts Volunteer Award
This Award recognises some of the many people who do a tremendous amount of work on a voluntary basis for...
Marsh Heritage Crafts Trainee Award
This Award recognises trainees of crafts who are passionate about ensuring that traditional craft skills survive into the future, and...
Marsh Heritage Crafts Trainer Award
This Award recognises trainers of heritage crafts who ensure that traditional crafts skills of the highest standard are passed from...
Marsh Award for Heritage Crafts Maker of the Year
The Maker of the Year Award recognises a craftsperson who is amongst the most skilled in their craft and has...
Marsh Volunteer Award with Church Recording Society
This Award recognises the invaluable work and significant contribution of a volunteer in achieving the charitable objects of the Church Recording...
Marsh Volunteer Group Award with the Church Recording Society
This Award recognises a volunteer group that makes an outstanding and significant contribution to church recording. This Award celebrates the...
Marsh Peer Mentor Awards with We Are With You
These Awards were created to recognise the invaluable contributions that volunteers make to We Are With You's services across the...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with We Are With You
These Awards were created to recognise the invaluable contributions that volunteers make to We Are With You's services across the...
Marsh Award for Anthropology in the World
This Award is run in partnership with the Royal Anthropological Institute and recognises an outstanding individual based outside academia who...
Lucy Mair Medal and Marsh Prize
The Lucy Mair Medal honours excellence in the application of anthropology to the relief of poverty and distress, and to...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with Butterfly Conservation
These Awards are run in partnership with Butterfly Conservation, and aim to recognise and celebrate the contributions of volunteers that...
Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture
This Award is run in partnership with the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) and celebrates excellence in contemporary sculpture....
Marsh Young Ornithologist of the Year
This Award is run in partnership with British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and recognises an individual (or group of people)...
Marsh Award for Local Ornithology
This Award is run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and is awarded to a bird club...
Marsh Award for Ornithology
This Award is run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and is awarded to an ornithologist who...
Marsh Volunteer Award with the Museum of London
This Award is run in partnership with the Museum of London and recognises the contributions made to the Museum by...
Marsh Award for Work Experience Student of the Year
This Award that is run in partnership with the Museum of London recognises a student who has shown dedication, enthusiasm and...
Marsh Young Volunteer Award with the Museum of London
This Award is run in partnership with the Museum of London and recognises the contributions made to the Museum by...
Marsh Award for Conservation Biology
Established in 1991, this Award is run in partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and recognises an individual...
Prince Philip Award and Marsh Prize
This Award is run in association with the Zoological Society of London and is directed towards under-19 year olds. It...
Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation
Established in 2005, this Award recognises an individual for their contributions of fundamental science to the conservation of marine and...
Thomas Henry Huxley Award and Marsh Prize
This Award is run in partnership with the Zoological Society of London and recognises a postgraduate research student whose thesis...
Marsh Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Fight against Modern Slavery
This Award is run in partnership with the Human Trafficking Foundation (HTF) and highlights the achievements of groups or individuals...
Marsh Award for Support Group Volunteer of the Year
This Award recognises support group volunteers who help promote rare breeds throughout the UK, put on shows and raise funds...
Marsh Award for Conservation in Genetic Bio-Diversity
This Award has been running since 1996 and recognises an individual or group who have made a significant technical and...
Marsh Lifetime Achievement Award with the RBST
This Award celebrates an individual for their outstanding and long term commitment to the RBST and to the conservation of...
Marsh Award for Terrestrial Conservation Leadership
This Award is run in partnership with Fauna and Flora International (FFI) and recognises an individual or organisation that is...
Marsh Award for Early Career Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with Fauna and Flora International and recognises conservation professionals in the early stages of...
Marsh Award for Marine Conservation Leadership
This Award is run in partnership with Fauna and Flora International and recognises people and organisations who are having a...
Marsh Volunteers for Museum Learning Award
These Awards are run in partnership with the British Museum and recognise the best and most innovative ways in which...
Marsh Young Volunteer Awards with RBGK
These Awards will recognise members of the Youth Explainer volunteer programme at Kew Gardens. The programme is for 14-17 year...
Marsh Volunteer Award with the Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC)
This Award recognises one volunteer from the organisations across the ASDC Network who has made an outstanding contribution to the...
Marsh Award for Volunteering with Pact
This Award is run in partnership with Pact and recognises volunteers who have gone above and beyond in their role...
Marsh Volunteer Team Award with the Canal & River Trust
This Award is run in partnership with the Canal and River Trust. The Award recognises 6 teams of volunteers throughout...
Marsh Volunteer Award with the Canal & River Trust
This Award is run in partnership with the Canal and River Trust. The Award recognises 6 volunteers throughout the UK...
Marsh Awards for Mental Health Peer Support: Sustaining Ourselves
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Creativity and Innovation
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Young People
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: In Connection
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Overcoming Barriers
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Community Archaeology Project of the Year
This Award is run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrates volunteer projects who carry out exceptional...
Marsh Award for Youth Archaeology Project of the Year
This Award is run in Partnership with the Council for Archaeology and recognises a project that has made an outstanding...
Marsh Community Archaeologist of the Year Award
This Award is run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrates individuals and groups who carry out...
Marsh Young Archaeologist of the Year Award
This Award is run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrates individuals and groups who carry out...
Marsh Award for Education in Botanic Gardens
The Award, run in partnership with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), recognises an individual in the early to mid-stages of...
Marsh Award for International Plant Conservation
This Award, run in partnership with Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) recognises an individual in the early to mid-stages of...
Marsh Volunteer Award for Marine Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts and recognises a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution...
Marsh Young Volunteer Award for Marine Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with the Wildlife Trusts and recognises a young volunteer who has made an outstanding...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with the Kent Wildlife Trust
This Award is run in partnership with the Kent Wildlife Trust, who have a team of around 1000 volunteers helping...
Marsh Award for Wildlife Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with the Environmental Investigation Agency and recognises the work of an EIA local partner...
Marsh IHBC Award for Community Contribution
This Award celebrates the contribution of a retired IHBC for their contributions to civic and heritage projects and encouraging the preservation...
Marsh IHBC Award for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills
This Award is designed to recognise the contribution of an individual for their significant learning in traditional building activities and...
Marsh Refugee Volunteer Awards
These Awards are run in partnership with the Refugee Council and recognise five volunteer-led projects which provide services to refugees...
Marsh Group Award for Volunteering with The Arts Society
These Awards recognise volunteers from some of The Arts Society’s 365 local societies across the UK, who have worked...
Marsh Award for Arts Society Committee of the Year
This Award was set up to recognise the collective and voluntary achievements of committee members who have established and driven...
Marsh Individual Awards for Volunteering with The Arts Society
These Awards recognise volunteers from some of The Arts Society's 365 local societies across the UK, who work to help...
Marsh Award for Early Career Conservators
This Award recognises emerging conservation professionals and their early career contribution to the practice of conservation. The Award is open...
Marsh Award for Conservation in Action
This Award recognises the achievements of conservators and heritage scientists working to enhance public engagement with historic objects and collections....
Marsh Award for Research in Conservation
This Award recognises conservators and heritage scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to research in the field of conservation....
Marsh International Lecture Award with the British Art Medal Society
The Marsh International Lecture Award with the British Art Medal Society recognises eminent medal artists from around the world, most likely...
Marsh Award for the Encouragement of Medallic Art
This Award, run in partnership with the British Art Medal Society (BAMS), recognises an individual or organisation that has made...
RAI and Marsh Short Film Prize
This Award is for the most outstanding short film on social, cultural and biological anthropology or archaeology. We have partnered...
Marsh Director’s Choice Publication Award
The Marsh Director’s Choice Publication Award celebrates the best scientific publication of the year relating to Botanical Science, and can be given...
Marsh Botany Award
This Award recognises an individual's lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution in the field of botanical research and conservation. Nominations for...
Marsh Award for Fundraising Volunteer of the Year with the Churches Conservation Trust
The Award recognises someone who has made a particularly valuable contribution to the Churches Conservation Trust in a fundraising capacity....
Marsh Regional Volunteer Awards with the Churches Conservation Trust
The Awards recognise groups and individuals, from regions around the UK, who work with the Churches Conservation Trust to conserve,...
Marsh Award for Volunteer Team of the Year with the Churches Conservation Trust
The Award celebrates the achievements of a volunteer team or friends group who have carried out successful projects, events or activities...
Marsh Award for Digital Volunteer of the Year with the Churches Conservation Trust
The Award recognises someone who has made a particularly valuable contribution to the Churches Conservation Trust in a digital capacity,...
Marsh Award for Achieving Impact Through Innovation
This award is to recognise a volunteer or community member who has made a difference to a particular church or...
Marsh Award for Ecologists in Africa
The Marsh Award for Ecologists in Africa aims to celebrate the significant scientific achievements of African ecologists and raise their...
Marsh Ecology Book of the Year Award
This award aims to recognise the contribution authors make to ecology. Books can have a major impact in ecology, but...
Marsh Award for Climate Change Research
This Award recognises an ecologist from anywhere in the world who has made an outstanding contribution to climate change research....
Marsh Ecology Award
The Marsh Ecology Award is run in association with the British Ecological Society to recognise outstanding achievements and contributions to...
Marsh Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Engagement
This Award, run in partnership with Engage, annually celebrates the achievements of individuals working in learning and education within gallery...
Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize
This Award is presented in partnership with the Zoological Society of London and recognises the best zoological project by an...
Marsh Award for Excellence in the Conservation of a Public Sculpture or Fountain
This Award is run in partnership with the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) and recognises the conservation or repair...
Marsh Award for Outstanding Contribution to Wetland Conservation
This Award is run in association with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and recognises an individual who has achieved something...
Marsh Award for Outstanding Contribution to International Wetland Conservation
This Award is run in association with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and recognises a local citizen of a developing country...
Marsh WWT Staff Award for Outstanding Contribution to Wetland Conservation in the UK
This Award recognises staff throughout the WWT that are dedicated to the protection and transformation of wetlands areas. This winners of...
Marsh Lepidoptera Publication of the Year Award
This Award run in partnership with the Butterfly Conservation aims to recognise the important contribution that authors make to Lepidoptera...
Marsh European Lepidoptera Award
This Award is run in partnership with Butterfly Conservation and recognises the efforts of those whose work has had a...
Marsh Lepidoptera Award for Lifetime Achievement
This Award is run in partnership with Butterfly Conservation and recognises an individual who has shown long-term, exceptional commitment to...
Marsh Church and Community Volunteer Awards
These Awards are run in partnership with The National Churches Trust and recognise volunteers across the UK who have had...
Marsh Award for International Arts Society Committee of the Year
This Award was set up to recognise the collective and voluntary achievements of committee members who have established and driven...
Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology
This Award is run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and celebrates an important contribution which takes...
Marsh Heritage Crafts ‘Made in Britain’ Award
This Award recognises individual craftspeople and small manufacturers who are making great quality British products, using locally sourced materials and...
Marsh Marjan Award
This Award is run in partnership with the Marjan Centre for the Study of War and the Non-Human Sphere within the Department...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with the Museum of London 2021
The year, the Awards were altered to fit the around volunteering around the pandemic. This Award is run in partnership...
Marsh Recovery Awards with We Are With You
These Awards recognise the hard work, dedication and outstanding contributions that people in recovery have made to raising awareness, supporting...
Marsh Award for International Ornithology
This Award is run in partnership with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) and recognises an individual scientist whose work...
Marsh Award for Promotion of Lepidoptera Conservation
This Award is run in partnership with Butterfly Conservation and recognises people or organisations who have made outstanding and unprecedented...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with St Mungo’s
This Award is run in partnership with St Mungo’s and recongises some of the organisation’s hundreds of volunteers who support...
Marsh Award for Young Volunteer of the Year with the Churches Conservation Trust
The Award celebrates the achievements of young volunteers who strive to keep their local churches open and make them a...
Marsh Awards for Community Archaeology 2021
This year, the Marsh Awards for Community Archaeology recognised projects that have helped people to keep participating in archaeology safely...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Doing it for Ourselves
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Innovative Peer Support
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Peer Support in Marginalised Groups
These Awards are run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners and recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Award for Volunteer Team of the Year
This Award is run in partnership with Barnado's. This Award recognises the hard work and dedication of those who give...
Marsh Volunteer Team Award with the Museum of London
This Award is run in partnership with the Museum of London and recognises the exceptional contributions of some of the...
Marsh Book of the Year Award for Earth Sciences
This Award is for an academic book, published in the previous year, by UK or International authors. The winning book...
Marsh Mineralogy Award
The Marsh Award for Mineralogy aims to recognise individuals (or groups of individuals) based in the UK who have made...
Marsh Palaeontology Award
The Marsh Award for Palaeontology aims to recognise individuals (or groups of individuals) based in the UK who have made...
Marsh Volunteer Award for Engaging the Public in Historic Vessels
This is Award for an individual volunteer or a group of volunteers who have made a significant contribution to a...
Marsh Award for Early Career Research in Archaeology
This Award is run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and recognises an individual who has made an...
Marsh Award for Community Archaeology
This Award is run in partnership with the Council for British Archaeology and celebrates individuals and groups who carry out...
Marsh Awards for Innovative Projects
These Awards are run in partnership with The National Churches Trust and recognise congregations running innovative community project in church...
Marsh Volunteer Awards with the Royal Opera House
This Award is run in partnership with the Royal Opera House and recognises the efforts of volunteers who have demonstrated...
Marsh Award for Community Wetland Conservation Champion
This Award is run in association with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and recognises an individual whose sustained activities have...
J.O. Westwood Medal for Excellence in Insect Taxonomy & Marsh Prize
The MCT previously partnered with the Royal Entomological Society to Award the J.O. Westwood Medal and Marsh Prize. The J.O....
Marsh Award for Early Career Entomologist
This Award was run in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society and recognised an individual who has made an outstanding...
Marsh Award for Insect Conservation
This Award was run in partnership with the Royal Entomological Society and recognised an outstanding contribution to the field of...
Marsh Award for Volunteering with Royal Museums Greenwich
This Award is run in partnership with the Royal Museums Greenwich and recognises the outstanding contributions made by volunteers across...
Marsh Award for Human Rights Activism
These Awards were run in partnership with Amnesty International from 2014-2019. This Award is run with Amnesty International UK...
Marsh Award for Endangered Crafts
This Award recognises a practitioner of one of the 62 crafts currently listed in the ‘critically endangered’ or ‘endangered’ categories...
Marsh Award for Peacemaking and Peacekeeping
The Award recognises an individual from outside the UK who is making an impactful contribution to peacemaking and peacekeeping in...
Marsh Award for Work with Children Affected by Parental Imprisonment (CAPI)
This Award recognises individuals, groups, or volunteer-led projects, providing support to children with a parent in prison and helping to...
Marsh Award for Traditional Building Skills
This Award was run in partnership with English Heritage and had two categories. The Award for an individual craftsperson recognised...
Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Fountains
This Award is run in partnership with the Public Statues and Sculpture Association (PSSA) and is offered for a fountain...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Peer Support: Workplace or Organisation
These Awards were run in partnership with Mind and wider Peerfest partners to recognise excellence in peer led support for...
Marsh Leadership Volunteer Award with the Canal and River Trust
This Award recongises volunteers with the Canal and River Trust who willingly take the lead and ensure a great service...
Marsh Impact Volunteer with the Canal and River Trust
This Award recongises volunteers with the Canal and River Trust who have made a significant impact through their dedication, ability...
Marsh Specialist Volunteer Award with the Canal and River Trust
This Award recognises those who volunteer with the Canal and River Trust within specialist teams such as engineering, hydrology, and...
Marsh Ambassadorial Volunteer Award with the Canal and River Trust
This Award recognises those volunteering with the Canal and River Trust in customer facing roles, engaging with the public and promoting...
Marsh First World War Commemoration Award
This Award is run in partnership with Civic Voice. It recognises the outstanding contribution made by an individual in England...
Marsh Young Civic Volunteer Award
This Award is run in partnership with Civic Voice and recognises the outstanding contributions made by a young volunteer to...
Marsh Award for Carers
This Award, run in partnership with Carers Trust, celebrates carers and former carers who volunteer their time to support others in...
Marsh Award for Outstanding Achievement in Work with Children and Families
This Award recognises an organisation or individual that has made a significant achievement in work with children and families in...
Marsh Award for Innovation and Dedication
This Award recognises those working with a Barnardo’s service, who have shown determination to overcoming discrimination and finding new ways...
Marsh Civic Volunteer Award
This Award is run in partnership with Civic Voice and celebrates the outstanding contribution made by an individual volunteer to...
Marsh Award for Civic Societies
This Award, run in partnership with Civic Voice, recognises the outstanding contributions made by a civic society to the civic...
Marsh Refugee or Asylum Seeker Achievement Award
This Award highlights the achievements of an individual linked to the Refugee Council who has made an outstanding contribution to...
Marsh Awards for Community Activism in Combatting Modern Slavery
The Awards celebrated groups and individuals who raise awareness of modern slavery through community and innovative events, and encouraging inter-organisational...
Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation
This Award was run in partnership with the English Speaking Union and recognised translators from around the world who have...
Marsh Biography Award
This Award was presented to the author of the best biography by a British author, written in the previous two...
Marsh Award for Long-Term Commitment to the British Museum
This Award recognised an individual who has made a significant contribution to the British Museum through their efforts as a...
Marsh International Animal Welfare Award
This Award was run in partnership with World Animal Protection, an organisation working directly with animals, local people and organisations...
Marsh Awards for a Beautiful and Litter Free Countryside
This Award was run with the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and recognised volunteers who worked to reduce litter...
Marsh Award for Music Education
This Award recognised people who have made outstanding contributions to help support the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s education...
Marsh Heritage Volunteer Manager Award
This Award was run in partnership with the National Trust and recognised a Volunteer Manager who had made an innovative...
Marsh Heritage Volunteer Award
This Award was run in partnership with the National Trust and recognised the contribution of volunteers who work tirelessly to...
Marsh Awards for a Beautiful Living Countryside
This Award recognised volunteers from the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) who have helped to action the...
Marsh Award for Mental Health Work
This Award, run in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness, recognised an outstanding contribution by an individual working or volunteering in...
Marsh Award for Local Mental Health Hero
This Award was run in partnership with Mind and recognises a group and an individual who are making an active...
Marsh Media Award – Reducing Stigma for Prisoners’ Families
This Award was run in partnership with Action for Prisoners’ Families, a membership organisation for the families of prisoners and...
Marsh Award for Voluntary Work with Prisoners’ Families
This Award was run in partnership with Action for Prisoners’ Families, a membership organisation for the families of prisoners and...