The Queens Award For Voluntary Service
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen’s coronation. 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. Each group is assessed on the benefit it brings to the local community and its standing within that community. Take a look at the guidance notes for further conditions and information https://qavs.culture.gov.uk/guidance-notes
Nominations open on 1st April and must be submitted on line by midnight on 13th September 2019 to make sure your nominated group is considered for the 2020 awards. The Award recognises the vital role played by the hundreds of thousands of unacknowledged heroes of the voluntary and community world and emphasises the importance of continuing recognition of their work. The Award covers groups operating in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
The Awards Office send nominations to Lieutenancy offices in October for assessment, before the Awards Office judge each nomination. The awards are announced annually on 2 June. This date was chosen, as it is the anniversary of the Coronation. The Lord-Lieutenant presents the awards on behalf of Her Majesty The Queen.
For comprehensive details on the award and how to nominate somebody for their voluntary work visit the following webpages:
https://www.gov.uk/queens-award-for-voluntary-service/overview
QUEEN’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICES WINNERS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY
Since 2013, one of the core roles of the West Midlands Lieutenancy has been to promote the QAVS across the county. This has resulted in significantly more West Midlands voluntary organisations being awarded this prestigious accolade.
List of winners:
2018:
Beacon Centre for the Blind
Birmingham Youth Sports Academy
Broad Street Meeting Hall ltd
Compton Bereavement Visitors
Coventry Resource Centre for the Blind
Enterprise Club for Disabled People
Godiva Trust
Langar Aid Coventry
Midland Langar Seva Society
Positive Participation Ltd
Positive Youth Foundation
Priory Park Boxing Club
Seeds of Hope
Solihull Bereavement Counselling Service
Spotlight Youth Productions
Stourbridge Street Pastors
The Manor Farm Community Association
Wolverhampton Wheelers Cycling Club
2017:
Access to Business (A2B)
Ashmore Park Community Association
Bilston Town Community Football Club
Coventry Muslim Forum
European’s Welfare Association CIC
Fastaid Black Country
Hope Community Project
Interfaith Wolverhampton
Jai Jashn Dance
Savers
The Glebe Centre
The Haven Wolverhampton
White House Cancer Support
2016:
Aspiring Future CIC, Wolverhampton www.aspiring-futures.co.uk
Carriers of Hope, Coventry www.carriersofhope.org.uk
Coffee Tots, Coventry www.coffeetots.co.uk
Coventry City Centre Poppy Appeal
Ekta Unity Group, Coventry www.ekta-unity.org
FastAid, Solihull www.fastaid.org.uk
Good Shepherd Ministry, Wolverhampton www.gsmwolverhampton.org.uk
Holford Drive Community Sports Hub, Birmingham
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Solihull www.madhatterscharity.com
Masjid E Zeenat Ul Islam, Coventry www.masjidzeenatulislam.org
Narthex Sparkhill, Birmingham www.narthex.org.uk
Positive Images Festival, Coventry www.positiveimagesfestival.co.uk
Radio Plus 101.5 FM, Coventry www.radioplus.org.uk
Sikh Union Coventry www.sikhunion.org
Solihull Branch of Parkinson’s UK www.solihullparkinsons.org.uk
The Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association www.penmuseum.org.uk
The Erdington Asian Women’s Society, Birmingham
The Knowle Society, Solihull www.knowlesociety.org.uk
The What Centre, Dudley www.thewhatcentre.com
Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club www.wolvesandbilstonac.co.uk
237th Birmingham (1st Castle Bromwich) Scout Group, Solihull
Apni Zaroorat Community Network (AZCN), Dudley
Black Country Food Bank, Dudley
Coventry & District Samaritans
Dudley Asian Women’s Network (DAWN)
Happy Hours, Dudley
Rowheath Pavilion, Birmingham
Sant Nirankari Mission, Walsall
Solihull Cancer Support Group
The Feast, Birmingham
Wednesbury Celebrates, Walsall
The 64th Birmingham Scout Group, Birmingham
Coventry City Mission, Coventry
Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, Coventry
Heath Town Senior Citizen’s Welfare Project, Wolverhampton
Hope Centre, Block 11, Andrew Road, Dudley
LGBT Network, 4 Salop St, Wolverhampton
New Heights Warren Farm Community Project, Birmingham
Phoenix Swimming Club for Disabled People, Coventry
Power Pleas Trust, Wolverhampton
Service User Involvement Team, Wolverhampton
Troop Aid, Solihull
2013:
Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Volunteer Service
www.bwnft.nhs.uk/jobs-and-volunteering/volunteering-for-us
Side by Side Theatre Company, Dudley www.sbstcs.org
South Staffordshire Narrowboats, Wolverhampton www.ernestthomas.co.uk