The Charity Awards 2007 Gala Dinner Representatives of the shortlisted charities joined hundreds of voluntary sector luminaries and celebrities at a sparkling gala presentation dinner on Thursday 21 June at Battersea Park Evolution. They enjoyed a drinks reception, three-course dinner and entertainment by comedian Dara O’Briain.  After dinner, O’Briain and various celebrity guests revealed which organisations had won each of the ten categories before announcing that Storybook Dads had won the overall award for excellence in charity management and Sir Roger Singleton had been honoured for his outstanding achievement in the sector. Charity Awards 2007 Special Event Report The Charity Awards 2007 Special Event Report is downloadable here as a pdf.  If any of these files fail to open, you may need to install or upgrade Adobe® Reader®, which is available free from Adobe's website by clicking here Charity Awards Special Event Report part 1  (3.1 mb) Charity Awards Special Event Report part 2  (2.7 mb) Charity Awards 2007 Event photos
Winner Storybook Dads with John Low and Ed Miliband (left) and Kate Adie (right)	Paralympian Ade Adepitan with singer Nicole Russo
Sir Roger Singleton, winner of the 2007 award for outstanding achievement, with Lord Kinnock	Journalist Kate Adie; Charity Commission chief executive Andrew Hind; TV gardener Monty Don and Mencap chief executive Dame Jo Williams
Compere: Comedian Dara O’Briain	Lord and Lady Adebowale
Awards judges Citizens Advice chief executive David Harker and clerk to the trustees of the City Parochial Foundation Bharat Mehta, with their partners Diane Summers and Sally Mehta	Psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud and ex Chelsea and Juventus footballer Gianluca Vialli
Leonard Cheshire director general Bryan Dutton and Lord Morris	Newsreader George Alagiah
Actress Zoe Wanamaker and NSPCC chair Sir Chris Kelly	Incoming CAF chief executive John Low, news correspondent Kate Adie and former minister for the third sector Ed Miliband
Acevo chief executive, Stephen Bubb	Rob and Dame Jo Williams, chief executive, Mencap, with Mind chief executive Paul Farmer