Run annually by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the Scottish Charity Awards celebrate the best of Scotland’s voluntary sector.
This year’s shortlist includes 42 individuals and organisations from charities and voluntary groups across the country following a record-breaking number of nominations.
Menopause Cafe has been recognised as a finalist in the Campaign of the Year category, one of ten categories that will be decided at an awards ceremony in June. While a judging panel will determine the winners of these ten distinct categories, members of the public can have their say by voting for their favourite overall entry in the People’s Choice Award – by visiting scvo.scot/vote – before 5pm on Tuesday 20 May 2025.
Menopause Café are asking everyone to kindly vote for them. By doing so it will help to make menopause part of everyday conversation.
Rachel Weiss from Menopause Café charity said “We are thrilled to have been shortlisted in our category. We created the world’s first menopause awareness ribbon. No one had produced a menopause ribbon that people could buy and wear to say that they supported people going through menopause and that they were open to talking about menopause.
It was a fantastic campaign – over a period of 6 months we designed and sourced the ribbon, set up an online shop and ran a marketing campaign in conjunction with Perth & Kinross Council and Grainger PR. Written like this it doesn’t seem like much work, but it certainly was!
We launched the ribbon in October to coincide with Menopause Awareness Month and World Menopause Day on 18th October.
We’d love to win the People’s Choice Award – menopause will affect 50% of the population so we need to talk about it as part of a normal, everyday conversation. Please vote for us!”
The 2025 Scottish Charity Awards winners will be announced at a celebratory awards ceremony in Glasgow on 19 June 2025.
Anna Fowlie, chief executive of SCVO, said: “This year’s shortlisting was as difficult as ever with the phenomenal work of the voluntary sector really demonstrated in our entries. Our finalists represent the very best of Scottish society, making life-changing impacts every single day in their communities.
“SCVO is delighted that we can again highlight their work at our awards ceremony, which will take place in June. Now it is down to the public. Our People’s Choice vote is open now, giving you an opportunity to get involved and pick your favourite finalist from all of our categories. Don’t miss out!” To view the full list of finalists, visit the SCVO website.
