[cma-l] The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (UK wide)

[Tamar Millen]

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

deadline: 30 September 2010

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to
volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their
local communities. Find out what work the award is given for, who
decides on the nominations, and when the announcement of winners is
made.

You can nominate any volunteer group if you know about the work they
do. However, you can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for
example if you are a volunteer or a staff member.Any group of two or
more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or
environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the
award. In order to be nominated, volunteer groups should do work that:

• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and
the people who benefit from it
• is run locally

Also, volunteer groups should have been running for three years or
more. Any member of the public can nominate a volunteer group working
in the local community, even if you benefit from its work. You can’t
nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a
volunteer (including trustees) or a paid staff member.

More: www.direct.gov.uk

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Tamar Millen
Arts Coordinator
Community Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX

0114 2795219

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