The 50+ Awards 2012
The 50+ Awards 2012 are organised and presented by the 50+ Show, and are solely based on the internet nominations and votes of those who are aged 50+.
The 50+ Awards showcase the best that life has to offer for those who are 50+.
Following a public nomination phase, shortlists of the most nominated in each category are available below. Voting is now open: Voting closes on 30 June.
Three lucky voters will be selected at random after the voting closes on 30 June, to receive one of three £50 vouchers.*
The winners of the 50+ Awards will be announced and the prizes presented at the 50+ Awards Gala Awards Reception on 13 July at Olympia. For more information on the 50+ Awards, sponsorships and tickets for the Gala Awards Reception, please see below.
Thanks for voting!
Dr Robert McCaffrey, Show Director
50+ Awards shortlists:
Sector: Travel - UK
Best 50+ UK holiday provider
Ramblers Countrywide Holidays
SAGA
Shearings
Simply Groups
Warners
Best 50+ UK day out
Black Country Living Museum
Isle of Wight
Kew Gardens
London
National Trust
Best 50+ UK theatrical show
Jersey Boys
Les Miserables
Mama Mia
Phantom of the Opera
War Horse
Best 50+ UK destination
Cornwall
Edinburgh
Isle of Wight
London
York
Best 50+ UK hotel group
Best Western
Hilton
Premier Inn
Travelodge
Warners
Best 50+ UK coach company
Eurorider
Glenton
Just Go
National Express
Shearings
Sector: Travel - Overseas
Best 50+ overseas holiday provider
Ramblers Worldwide Holidays
Saga
Simply Groups
Thomas Cook
Thomson
Best 50+ cruise provider
Cunard
Fred Olsen
P & O
Ramblers Cruise & Walk Holidays
Saga
Best 50+ overseas destination
Australia
Cyprus
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
Best 50+ overseas hotel group
Best Western
Hilton
Marriott
Saga
Sol Melia
Best 50+ Airline
British Airways
Easyjet
Emirates
Monarch
Virgin
Best 50+ tour operator
Ramblers Worldwide Hoidays
Saga
Simply Groups
Thomas Cook
Thomson
Best 50+ travel agency
Co-op Travel
Saga
Thomas Cook
Thomson
Trailfinders
Best 50+ adventure travel provider
Exodus
Explore
Ramblers Worldwide Holidays
Saga
Trailfinders
Best 50+ health tourism destination
Bath
Cyprus
Isle of Wight
Malta
Spain
Sector: Charity
Best 50+ medical charity
British Heart Foundation
Cancer Research UK
Macmillan
Medicin Sans Frontieres
Red Cross
Best 50+ non-medical charity
Age UK
Castlehaven Community Association Help Elderly Local People Scheme
RNLI
RSPCA
Salvation Army
Vegetarian for Life
Sector: Living
Best 50+ housing provider
Barratts
Charles Church
Churchill Retirement Living
Mccarthy & Stone
Best 50+ assisted living provider
Age UK
Churchill Retirement Living
McCarthy & Stone
Sunrise
Sector: Media
Best 50+ Newspaper
Express
Guardian
Mail
Mature Times
Telegraph
Times
Best 50+ Magazine
Choice
Good Housekeeping
Prima
Saga
Yours
Best 50+ TV Channel
BBC 1
BBC 2
BBC 4
Channel 4
ITV 1
ITV 3
Best 50+ radio station
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 4
Classic FM
LBC
Smooth
Best 50+ website
Grannynet.co.uk
laterlife.com
MoneySavingExpert.com
Saga.co.uk
SavistaMagazine.com
silvertraveladvisor.com
TheRetirementCentre.com
Best 50+ dating site
yoursdating.co.uk
sagaconnections.co.uk
match.com
eharmony.com
50plussinglesdating.com
Best 50+ campaign
Greenpeace
Fairtrade
Co-op bank
Avaaz
38 degrees
Best 50+ ad campaign
Age UK
Compare the Market.com
Dove
isme
M&S
Specsavers
Best 50+ personality
Bruce Forsyth
Helen Mirren
Joanna Lumley
Judi Dench
Julie Peasgood
Sector: Products
Best 50+ digital camera
Canon Ixus
Fuji Finepix
Nikon Coolpix
Panasonic Lumix
Sony Cybershot
Best 50+ computer
Acer Aspire
Apple Ipad
Dell inspiron
HP Touchsmart
Sony Vaio
Best 50+ mobile phone
Apple iPhone
Blackberry Storm
Doro Phoneeasy
Nokia 700
Samsung Galaxy
Best 50+ beauty product
Boots No 7 protect and perfect night cream
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm
Clinique Repairwear
Nivea cream
Oil of Olay
Best 50+ health product
Boots multivitamins
Centrum Silver Multivitamin
Healthspan Vitamin B6 supplements
Holland & Barrett cod liver oil
Holland and Barrett glucosamine sulphate
Best 50+ financial product
Britannia fixed term ISA
National Savings ISA
National Savings Premium bonds
Platinum Portfolio Builder
Saga Fixed Rate ISA
Best 50+ car
Ford Focus
Honda Jazz
Kia Rio
Toyota Yaris
Vauxall Astra
Best 50+ clothing retailer
Bon Marche
Debenhams
John Lewis
M & S
Slaters
Sector: Retailing
Best 50+ bed retailer
Bensons
Dreams
John lewis
Sealy
Tempur
Best 50+ furniture retailer
DFS
Harveys
Ikea
John Lewis
M & S
Best 50+ Supermarket
ASDA
Morrisons
Sainsbury's
Tesco
Waitrose
Sector: General
Best 50+ Product design
Apple iPhone
Cuisinart Soup Maker
Dignity commode
Serious Readers Alex lamp
Stressless recliner chair
Best 50+ employer of those aged 50+
Asda
B & Q
Ramblers Worldwide Holidays
The NHS
Waitrose
Best 50+ small business (fewer than 50 employees)
Mercurio Bike Travel
Mostly Media
Ruby Slippers
Simply Groups
The Chocolatier
Sector: Service provision
Best 50+ continuing education provider
Open Age
Open University
Richmond Adult & Community College
Strathclyde University
University of London
University of the Third Age
Workers Education Association
Best 50+ ready-meal provider
M & S
Oakhouse Foods
Tesco
Waitrose
Weight Watchers
Wiltshire Farm Foods
Best 50+ healthcare provider
AXA PPP
Boots
BUPA
Holland and Barrett
NHS
Simply Health
Best 50+ genealogy services provider
Ancestryco.uk
FindMyPast.co.uk
GenesReunited.co.uk
MyHeritage.com
ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk
Society of Genealogists
Best 50+ broadband provider
BT
Virgin Media
Talk Talk
Sky
AOL
Best 50+ legal services provider
Age UK
Citizens Advice Bureau
Moore Blatch
Solicitors for the Elderly
Best 50+ financial services provider
Barclays
Hargreaves Landsdown
Nationwide
Prudential
Saga
St James Place
Best 50+ insurance provider
Avanti
Aviva
LV
Prudential
RIAS
Saga
Best 50+ electricity provider
British Gas
E.ON
EDF
npower
Scottish Power
Best 50+ gas supplier
British Gas
E.ON
EDF
npower
Scottish Power
Best 50+ telecomms supplier
BT
O2
Sky
Talk Talk
Virgin Media
Information on 50+ Awards sponsorship and 50+ Awards Gala Reception tickets.
*The three lucky winners in the nominations draw were Mrs K. Hocking, Mrs H. Cole and Mr I. Gardiner.
Timetable:
1 February: Nominations open
14 February: Nominations close
20 February: Announcement of short-lists
1 March: Voting opens
30 June: Voting closes
13 July: 50+ Awards presentations in London
50+ Awards rules
The 50+ Awards referee is Dr Robert McCaffrey, 50+ Show director: No correspondence is to be entered into and 'the referee's decision is final.'
The awards nominations and voting will be audited.
Individual awards cannot be sponsored, but awards sectors can be sponsored: companies will be allowed to augment their list on the awards homepage, but the nomination and voting forms on the internet will be free of advertising.
Inclusion in the nomination process and voting process is free.
The order of nominees on the voting forms will be randomised.
Companies may be nominated for, and be included in, the shortlist for more than one award.
More than five nominees may be included in a category if there is a tie in the number of nominations.
All categories must have at least three different nominated companies to be considered valid prior to public voting.
If insufficient nominations are received for any category, the referee reserves the right not to open voting for the category and to make no award in that category.
For the correct management of the 50+ Awards Ceremony, the 20 awards categories with the largest total number of votes will be publicly awarded at the 50+ Awards in July: Other 50+ Award winners will be publicly announced and may be privately awarded during the 50+ Awards Ceremony. These categories will be declared after the closure of voting and the final tally of votes.
It is noted that companies are likely to seek to have themselves nominated, and if shortlisted to encourage their customers to vote for them, and since it is impossible to 'police' this behaviour, it is - for the avoidance of doubt - explicitly allowed.
Companies that have been shortlisted are allowed to use the following graphic on their literature or web sites until 13 July 2012 - web links must link to http://www.50plus-Awards.com:
