The Students' Union, Royal Holloway, University of London has been shortlisted for a prestigious Third Sector Excellence Award in the category of Brand Development. The nomination follows the charity’s re-development of its branding and logo.

The Third Sector Excellence Awards have rapidly gained pre-eminence within the UK voluntary sector as "the Awards to win". Now in their eighth year, the Third Sector Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding work and innovation that takes place in charities and not-for-profit organisations. They aim to reward the work of both large and small organisations and the individual talents of staff and volunteers. Some previous nominees at this event include; Macmillan Cancer Support, Samaritans, NUS, Comic Relief, British Heart Foundation, the National Trust, British Red Cross, Crisis, Oxfam, Shelter, Kent Union, Help for Heroes, Amnesty International, Leeds Union, NSPCC as well as a host of other smaller charities.

The Third Sector Excellence Awards 2012 will be held on Thursday 27th September 2012 at the Lancaster London.

VP Communications & Campaigns, Sarah Honeycombe commented,

“We are delighted to have the hard work of the SURHUL team recognised by the Third Sector Excellence Awards. The calibre of previous winners and nominees is incredibly high and we are proud to be included in this year's shortlist. This logo was picked by students for students in August 2011 and we are pleased that its success is being recognised outside of Royal Holloway, University of London.”

General Manager Sean O'Donnell said: "The development of the rebrand was a major project for the organisation which was developed ‘in-house’ and conceived by our Marketing Co-ordinator Marek Nusl and we are delighted that we have been shortlisted for this important recognition. This nomination is testament to all of the hard work across the organisation to ensure the development and implementation of the SU branding over the past 18 months.

The full shortlist will be published in Third Sector magazine and also on the awards website at www.thirdsectorexcellenceawards.com|