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Awardees

On 2nd June we announced 241 voluntary groups selected to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2021.

164 of these groups also received a special designation for providing impactful support during the pandemic.

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  • Home-Start in Suffolk

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Family Support
    Ceremonial county: Suffolk
    https://www.homestartinsuffolk.org/
    Providing support and friendship to vulnerable families in Suffolk via 1:1 volunteering and groups.
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  • The Cotswold Canals Trust

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Environment
    Ceremonial county: Gloucestershire
    https://www.cotswoldcanals.org.uk/
    Regenerating a 36-mile canal corridor, engaging communities and reviving heritage and wildlife.
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  • 1279 (Melton Mowbray) Squadron, Royal Air Force Air Cadets

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Children and Young People
    Ceremonial county: Leicestershire
    https://www.raf.mod.uk/
    Providing life-skills training and challenging activities for young people.

  • 3D Drumchapel

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Family Support
    Ceremonial county: The City of Glasgow
    https://www.3ddrumchapel.org.uk/
    Journeying with families in North West Glasgow and supporting to develop strong family relationships.

  • 4Sight Vision Support

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Disability
    Ceremonial county: West Sussex
    https://www.4sight.org.uk/
    Making a positive difference for people living with sight loss in West Sussex.

  • 72 (Omagh) Squadron, RAF Air Cadets

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Children and Young People
    Ceremonial county: County Tyrone
    https://www.raf.mod.uk
    Playing a significant role in healing community divisions.

  • A Safe Space to be Me

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Ceremonial county: County Antrim
    https://www.asafespacetobeme.co.uk/
    Encouraging community cohesion through counselling, life coaching, work-shops and family support

  • Abberton Rural Training

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Education and Employment
    Ceremonial county: Essex
    http://www.abbertonruraltraining.org/
    Providing accessible land-based skills projects for vulnerable and isolated individuals and families.

  • Aberchirder and District Men’s Shed

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Loneliness and Befriending
    Ceremonial county: Banffshire
    https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC046623
    Providing a welcome community for people to meet, acquire shared skills and combat loneliness.

  • Aberdeen Cyrenians

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Homelessness
    Ceremonial county: The City of Aberdeen
    https://aberdeen-cyrenians.org/
    Tackling homelessness and helping those in crisis through poverty, abuse, addiction and mental illness.

  • Active and In Touch

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Loneliness and Befriending
    Ceremonial county: Somerset
    https://www.activeandintouch.org/
    Providing a much valued, inclusive befriending service to combat isolation and loneliness.

  • Acts of Kindness Community, Solent

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Loneliness and Befriending
    Ceremonial county: Hampshire
    https://www.aok.community/
    Providing support to vulnerable people through the provision of essentials and a befriending network.

  • Ageless Thanet

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Loneliness and Befriending
    Ceremonial county: Kent
    https://www.agelessthanet.org.uk/
    Promoting wellbeing and reducing loneliness and isolation in Thanet communities.

  • Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust Volunteers

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Health and Care
    Ceremonial county: Merseyside
    https://alderhey.nhs.uk/join-us/volunteering
    Providing services to improve experience and outcomes for children/young people, families and carers.

  • Allens Cross Community Garden

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Environment
    Ceremonial county: The West Midlands
    https://www.allenscrosscommunity.co.uk/
    Transforming lives, through cultivating an unused space to become a beautiful Community Garden.

  • Amerton Railway

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Sport and Outdoor Activities
    Ceremonial county: Staffordshire
    https://amertonrailway.co.uk/
    Promoting narrow gauge railways, with emphasis on Staffordshire, by operating a Narrow Gauge railway.

  • Andy’s Man Club, Halifax

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Ceremonial county: West Yorkshire
    https://andysmanclub.co.uk/
    Providing peer to peer talking groups for men.

  • Ards Peninsula First Responder Scheme

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Emergency Response
    Ceremonial county: County Down
    https://www.facebook.com/ArdsPeninsulaFirstResponders/
    Providing immediate medical assistance, pending the arrival of emergency response teams.

  • Arts 2 Heal

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Arts and Media
    Ceremonial county: Lancashire
    https://arts2heal.org/
    Transforming lives, providing mental health support and skill-building through an art-based approach.

  • Asylum Link Merseyside

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Asylum Seekers and Refugees
    Ceremonial county: Merseyside
    https://www.asylumlink.org.uk/
    Providing friendship and support for asylum seekers and refugees, specialising in destitution.

  • Atlas Women’s Centre

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Mental Health and Wellbeing
    Ceremonial county: County Antrim
    http://www.atlaswomenscentre.co.uk/
    Providing opportunities and vital support to improve wellbeing, increase skills and reduce isolation.

  • Bann Rowing Club

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Sport and Outdoor Activities
    Ceremonial county: County Londonderry
    http://www.bannrowingclub.org.uk/
    Providing an inclusive, successful, well-equipped centre promoting and developing rowing.

  • Barmouth Community First Responders

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Emergency Response
    Ceremonial county: Gwynedd
    https://www.facebook.com/BarmouthCFResponders/
    Saving and enhancing lives in Gwynedd as medical first responders ahead of the emergency services.

  • Barnes Children’s Literature Festival

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Children and Young People
    Ceremonial county: Greater London
    https://www.barneskidslitfest.org/
    Improving the lives of children and families through the promotion of literacy and literature.

  • BATIAS Independent Advocacy Service

    Year awarded: 2021
    Type of group: Disability
    Ceremonial county: Essex
    http://www.batias.com/
    Supporting people with learning disabilities to be heard, inspiring positive change to their lives.