VAL Awards Winners by Years and Category:

City Charity of the Year

2019 - The Bridge Homelessness to Hope
Small City Charity - Sound Café Leicester
2022 - Eyres Monsell Club for Young People
2023 - Big Difference Company
2024 - Leicester hospitals' Charity
2025 - Wesley Hall Community Centre

Volunteer-Led Organisation

2019 - Woodhouse & Woodhouse Eaves Good Neighbour Scheme
2022 - We Care UK
2023 - Feed the Need Coalville
2024 - HAB Anti-Bullying & Mental Health
2025 - Saffron Acres Project

Trustee of the Year

2019 -  Linda Jones (VASL)
2022 - Ian Knight, Menphys
2023 -  Eileen Richards
2024 - Usha Mehta, Jain Samaj Europe
2025 - Jay Webb, The Bridge East Midlands

County Charity of the Year

2019 - Bodie Hodges Foundation
Small County Charity - The Well Harborough 
2022 - Hope Against Cancer
2023 - Helping Hands Community Trust
2024 - Voluntary Action South Leicestershire
2025 - Wesley Hall Community Centre

Charity & Business Partnership

2019 - Caterpillar UK Limited
2022 - N/A
2023 - Pedestrian 
2024 - LLR MIND
2025 - Falcon Support Services and BOAL

Volunteer of the Year​

2019 - Emma Hallam
2022 -  Praful Thakrar, Shreejidham Haveli
2023 - Jas Kainth
2024 - Jasu Tailor, Leicester Community Links
2025 - Dorothy Tomlinson, Hope Against Cancer

Social Enterprise of the Year

2019 -  Dear Albert
2022 -  Action Trust/ Action Homeless
2023 -  Team Hub CIC
2024 -  Coalville CAN
2025 -  The Vayyu Foundation

Fundraiser of the Year

New Category from 2023:
2023 - Chris Shaw
2024 -  Emily Corrigan, Living Without Abuse - LWA
2025 - Liam Hopkins, Leicester Leicestershire and Rutland  MIND

Inspiring Leader of the Year

2022 -  Dr. Iris Lightfoote, The Race Equality Centre
2023 - Jaimini Bharakhada, BNCHA 
2024 - Danny Aldred, Pedestrian
2025 - Donna Hodges, Bodie Hodges Foundation

Charity of the Year​

Lifetime Achievement Award

2019 – Woodhouse and Woodhouse Eaves Good Neighbourhood Scheme

2022 – Eyres Monsell Club for Young People

2023 –  Helping Hands Community Trust
2024 – Leicester Hospitals’ Charity
2025 – Saffron Acres Project

2019 –  Rick Moore

2022 – Kathryn Burgess and Priya Thamotheram

2023 – Keval Liles MBE
2024 – Khudeja Amer-Sharif
2025 – Christina Wigmore