Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Presentations

Congratulations to the following organisations, who were recently presented with their Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Awards.

• EMSONI – Ethnic Minority Sports Organisation Northern Ireland
• Home-Start Lisburn/Colin
• Newmills Wildlife Gardening Club

The above three organisations were part of a group of 13 volunteer groups in Northern Ireland awarded the Queens’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2022.

Hope 4 ME & Fibro Northern Ireland also received their Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service recently and they were part of a group of 15 volunteer groups in Northern Ireland to receive the award in 2021.

The prestigious award is given for exceptional volunteer activity that is making an impact in the community.  It is the highest civil Award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities.  It is the MBE for volunteer groups.  Any group doing volunteer work that provides a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the Award.

More information on the recipients and the Award can be found at https://qavs.dcms.gov.uk/

Alternatively, you can contact Sandra Adair who is the NI Representative for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service and can be contacted at qavs-ni@adairi.plus.com.

Do you involve volunteers?  Are they making an exceptional impact on a local community?  You could be awarded a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service next year!  Full details on how to nominate are available at https://qavs.dcms.gov.uk/

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