QAVS Congratulations!

Congratulations to 13 volunteer groups in N Ireland that have been awarded the Queens’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022.  The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest civil Award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities.  Their work, along with 231 other Awardees from across the UK, reminds us of all the ways in which fantastic volunteers working to make life better for those around them.

We are very pleased that volunteers are getting recognition and we send our congratulations to:

• Ballymaconnelly Renewal Group
• Carrick Connect
• EMSONI – Ethnic Minority Sports Organisation Northern Ireland
• Home-Start Lisburn/Colin
• Hope House Ireland
• Knockmany Running Club
• Lagan Search and Rescue
• Monkstown Community Association
• Multi-Ethnic Sports & Culture NI (MSCNI)
• Newmills Wildlife Gardening Club
• The Cithrah Foundation
• The River Bann and Lough Neagh Association Company
• Whiteabbey Community Group

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

 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/  Nominations for the 2023 awards close on 15 September 2022.

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