The fundraising efforts of a Golders Green charity have been recognised with two national award nominations.

Jewish Care, the largest health and social care charity for the UK's Jewish community, is one of six finalists for The Fundraising Charity of the Year award, alongside Friends of the Earth and Islamic Aid-to be handed out by Professional Fundraising magazine on May 21.

The charity's appeal for dementia care, produced by the agency Cascaid, has also been nominated for the Best Charity Appeal award by Precision Marketing magazine, to be announced on April 29.

Richard Franklin, the charity's director of fundraising, was honoured to be considered for the national awards.

He said: "The nomination is a significant achievement and national acknowledgement of the progress Jewish Care's fundraisers have made in recent years working with the community, for our community.

"We are delighted to be considered in such high esteem as the other companies nominated, and it is testament to the company that we are keeping. None of it would be possible without the support of the community."

The charity, based in Golders Green Road, looks after the elderly, frail, sick and vulnerable members of the Jewish community through its wide range of care services. The organisation runs 70 centres and specialist services throughout London and the South-East, caring directly for nearly 7,000 people every week.

Plans to build a new £40 million "care campus" development in Golders Green Road are currently underway to meet the changing needs of the community with "cutting-edge" services.

Jewish Care's chief executive, Simon Morris, said: "These nominations reflect the high levels of professionalism and commitment that exist across Jewish Care - in fundraising and marketing - as well as in the provision of services.

"Our vision is that Jewish Care can be the best provider of health and social care services in the country and that we can meet the community's growing care needs."