News of the win was announced by Bear Grylls via the CSJ’s website and its social media platforms on Monday 14th September, during the first ever digital awards week. You can watch the announcement here.

The CSJ Awards – in partnership with The Telegraph – is an annual, high profile award ceremony that honours the best grassroots, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across the United Kingdom. The Work and Welfare award is designed for organisations who help people to get back onto their feet and into work.

Jericho CEO, Richard Beard said “We couldn’t be more thrilled to win the Centre for Social Justice’s Work and Welfare award. Our burgeoning relationship with the CSJ will support our mission to ensure the issues that affect people with barriers to employment and social inclusion are heard and represented at the highest level. This will ultimately mean that we can make an even greater impact above and beyond the individual lives of the people JERICHO was established to support”.

Founded in 1993, Jericho actively supports people who are marginalised by society and barriers to employment, to find work and the personal fulfillment they deserve. Believing in a just society where everyone has a chance to prosper and our model is straightforward and sustainable, they operate a number of not-for-profit social enterprises which offer great products and services with the added benefit that each time customers are supporting life-changing job opportunities for people who need them most.