Volunteer of the Year Award
Please complete the following nomination form for the Volunteer of the Year Awards
Nomination Form
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Volunteer of the Year Criteria
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- Can include emergency service volunteers
- The length of time carrying out voluntary work
- The level of commitment
- What difference their volunteering makes to the organisaton and wider community
- Overcoming barriers to enable volunteering activity
- What qualities they have shown
Community Learning Volunteer of the Year
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- has been an inspiration and positive role model for participants and peers
- has given up a substantial amount of time to volunteer to Community Learning
- has created a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for participation
- has made a positive impact on their wider community through Youth Work and/or Adult Learning
- has supported individuals or groups to overcome challenges and barriers
Young Volunteer of the Year Criteria
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- Can include emergency service volunteers
- The length of time carrying out voluntary work
- The level of commitment
- What difference their volunteering makes to the organisaton and wider community
- Overcoming barriers to enable volunteering activity
- What qualities they have shown
Regional Heros Criteria
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- Can include emergency service volunteers
- How they support their commumnity
- How they build our communities by their actions
- What difference their volunteering makes
Volunteer Team the Year Criteria
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- The difference their volunteering makes to the organisation and the wider community
- Level of commitment
- Length of time carrying out voluntary activity
- The qualities team members have shown
- Overcoming barriers to enable voluntary activity
- Can be one-off voluntary activity
Volunteer Organisation of the Year
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- The difference volunteering has made to the volunteers
- The difference volunteering has made to the organisation
- The contribution the organisation makes to the community with the support of volunteers
- How the organisation provide recognition and thanks to their volunteers.
Health & Wellbeing Volunteer
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- Length of time carrying out voluntary work which impacts positively on health and wellbeing
- Impact of their volunteering to health and wellebing of individuals and communites
- Encouragement of others in their community to positively impact health and wellbeing
Sports Volunteer of the Year
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- has been an inspiration and positive role model for participants and peers
- has given up a substantial amount of time to volunteer sport
- has created a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for participation
- has motivated others to stay active
- has made a positive impact on their community through sport/physical activity.
Young Sports Volunteer of the Year
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- has been an inspiration and positive role model for participants and peers
- has given up a substantial amount of time to volunteer sport
- has created a safe, inclusive and enjoyable environment for participation
- has motivated others to stay active
- has made a positive impact on their community through sport/physical activity
Lifetime Achievement Award
The criteria for this award this year will be considering the following:
- Can include emergency service volunteers
- The length of time carrying out voluntary work
- The level of commitment
- Impact of their volunteering on the organisaton and wider community
- Overcoming barriers to enable volunteering activity
- Personal Attributes