prisons, provides free services, and runs legal awareness clinics for prisoners. It equips prisoners to represent themselves and each other in court procedures. Awards Justice Defenders and founder Alexander McLean have won several high-profile awards. In 2006, McLean was named the Charity Times Volunteer of the Year in the UK Charity Awards. The award was presented to McLean by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. In June 2007, McLean was named Alumnus of the Year by the University of Nottingham and the first Alumni Laureate at an alumni awards ceremony. In September 2007, McLean was awarded the Real World Graduate of the Year award. In November 2007, McLean was not only presented with the Beacon Prize for Young Philanthropists in recognition of his work, he was also named the Beacon Prize Overall winner. The honour came with a cheque for £30,000 for APP. In September 2008, Justice Defenders was a finalist in the "Best New Charity" category of the Charitytimes UK Charity Awards. In 2018, APP was a recipient of the Google Impact Challenge Award (Kenya). In 2020, McLean was given the 2020 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize. Also in 2020, McLean was recognized as a Qatar Foundation WISE Award winner, which recognizes and promotes six innovative projects from across the world that address global educational challenges. References External links www.basicneeds.org Development charities based in the United Kingdom Law in Africa