Awards 2025
Our 2025 awards recognise the hard work and dedication of individuals, groups and organisations who make a positive difference to the lives of older people in communities across Scotland.
Find out more about each of our winners.
Member Group of the Year 2025
This year’s Member Group of the Year is Urram, an inspirational charity which plays an essential role on the Arnamurchan, Ardgour and Morvern peninsulas by providing older people with opportunities for companionship, connection, activities and support.
Volunteer of the Year 2025
Volunteer of the Year Brian Monnier is described as caring, committed and “the linchpin who keeps the Dumfries and Galloway Hard of Hearing Group viable”, providing a vital service to help people manage their hearing aids and to keep them functioning.
Fundraiser of the Year 2025
Nicola Whyte from Bridge of Don has raised a total of £3246 through her voluntary efforts as charity champion at Scotrail’s Aberdeen travel shop, including running 22 fundraising events and showcasing remarkable drive, enthusiasm, and creativity.
Campaigning and Influencing Award 2025
Lochaber Action for Moss Park, a community-wide campaign to save the last care home in Lochaber from closure, has won Age Scotland’s Campaigning and Influencing award.
Best Working Partnership Award 2025
A thriving intergenerational project between Oakwood Primary school in Easterhouse and the Daffodil Club charity for older people has won this year’s Age Scotland award for best working partnership.
Services for Older People Award 2025
A Highland community organisation has been honoured with Age Scotland’s Services to Older People Award for the innovative and inclusive support it provides to older people in one of the country’s most rural areas.
Inspiration Award 2025
A pioneering support group for older prisoners at HMP Shotts to help them prepare for life outside prison has won Age Scotland’s Inspiration Award.
Community Champion 2025
Bridget Donnelly has been named as Age Scotland's first ever Community Champion for her work supporting older people in the community, in particular in a retirement housing complex in Greenock.