Nominate your volunteering hero for a Platinum Champion Award

Do you know someone who has made an outstanding contribution to volunteering in Northern Ireland?

Royal Voluntary Service, together with its president HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, and in partnership with The Big Jubilee Lunch, have launched the Platinum Champion Awards to recognise and reward volunteers who have given their time to help others in their community.

The awards will celebrate the country’s volunteering spirit and the example set by HM The Queen, the first British Monarch to celebrate 70 years of service.

From those who have been volunteering for many years to those that stepped forward during the pandemic, the awards will recognize volunteers of all ages, from all corners of Britain and from a range of causes.

The Volunteer Award categories

There are 7 Platinum Champion Award categories including:

• Older people and dementia support
• Young people and children
• Crisis and welfare
• Community
• Mental health and companionship
• Physical health and disability
• NHS and social care

Ready to nominate someone special?

Click here to visit the Royal Voluntary Service website and fill in the nomination form. There is some important information you will need to provide about your nominee, so please fill in all sections of the form.  You can find out what makes a good nomination by reading the following guidance along with the terms & conditions of entry.

Entries close on 10 April 2022 at 23:59.

490 Platinum Champion winners will be carefully selected by a panel of judges and notified by Royal Voluntary Service no later than 2 June 2022. 70 Platinum Champions (with their plus one) will also be invited to attend the official Big Jubilee Lunch Event in London on Sunday 5 June, 2022.

The best of luck to you and your Platinum Champion nominee.