The Daily Telegraph Year" in 2004 for its coverage of the Iraq War. The paper also won "Columnist of the Year" three years' running from 2002 to 2004: Zoë Heller (2002), Robert Harris (2003) and Boris Johnson (2004). In 1979, following a letter in "The Daily Telegraph" and a Government report highlighting the shortfall in care available for premature babies, Bliss, the special care baby charity, was founded. In 2009, as part of the Bliss 30th birthday celebrations, the charity was chosen as one of four beneficiaries of the newspaper's Christmas Charity Appeal. In February 2010 a cheque was presented to Bliss for
Auditory Verbal UK Auditory Verbal UK Auditory VerbalUK is an award-winning national charity that delivers Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) to deaf babies and children aged 0 – 5 years to enable them to listen and talk. AVUK advocates that with access to hearing technology every deaf child should have the opportunity to listen and talk. AVT enables children who are deaf to learn to listen and speak without the need to rely on lip reading or sign language. Auditory verbal therapists at AVUK work with families on a one-to-one basis, giving parents and carers skills to help their child make progress. There have