Down to Earth project wins major award

A Quaker Social Action project has won a Third Sector Award

by Tara Craig 9th October 2015

Quaker Social Action’s Down to Earth project has been named ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ at the 2015 Third Sector Awards.

Down to Earth is the first and only project in the UK to give immediate practical support to people on low incomes who are planning funerals. The Quaker Social Action (QSA) initiative won in a strongly contested category against much larger charities, such as Cancer Research UK, Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, and Sova, which works to keep people away from crime.