Community / Volunteering award winners announced
A HOST of local volunteers have been honoured in Voluntary Action Shetland’s (VAS) annual awards.
A total of 76 adults and one group received the Willin Haands award for outstanding volunteering in their communities.
Meanwhile 24 children aged 11 or under received a Peerie Trows award for their volunteering efforts.
The volunteering awards complement the national Saltire Awards scheme, which VAS delivers annually to recognise young people aged 12 to 25.
The awards are nomination-based, with well over 100 nominations received.
VAS said feedback and comments on Facebook posts about the award winners have been “overwhelmingly positive towards the amazing voluntary services the recipients provide for Shetland”.
The awards recognise both formal and informal volunteering and aim to highlight the importance of community-led volunteering in Shetland.
Themes varied widely from lifetime commitments, the running and support of various groups, trustees, fundraising and sports to redd-ups, grass-cutting and building maintenance.
VAS said it received nominations from the length and breadth of Shetland.
VAS youth volunteer development worker Lavinia Schmidt, who was invited to meet some of the award winners, said: “I was just delighted to visit some of the fantastic volunteers ‘in action’.
“One of my first visits was to the Cunningsburgh nursery where we surprised Diane, a grandparent of a former pupil, who continues to provide singing, music and movement sessions to the kids every week which was just heart-warming to see.
“Amongst others, I also spent a morning at Bressay parkrun and Speldiburn Cafe, followed by a coffee afternoon at the Clickimin pool to visit the Shetland ACSC/ Hurricanes and their youngest volunteer ‘tank-helpers’.”
| WILLIN HAANDS AWARD (26+) | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Name | Last Name | Where Volunteer |
| Karl | Bolt | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Pauline | Gilfillan | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Cheryl | Graham | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Karen | Hay | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Alan | Lindsay | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Danielle | McPhee | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Joanne | Middleton | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Alan | Murdoch | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Niall | O’Rourke | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Zuzanna | O’Rourke | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Jimmy | Ridland | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Bethene | Smith | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Ashlea | Tulloch | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Isobel | Watt | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Nala | Williamson | Shetland Befriending Scheme |
| Kaylee-Ann | Best | Ability Shetland – Boccia helper |
| Davie | Gardner | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Joyce | Henderson | Ability Shetland – Former Trustee / helper |
| John | Keppie | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Dougie | Leask | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| May | Macdonald | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Jack | McEvoy | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Karen | McKenzie | Ability Shetland – Fundraiser/Helper |
| Sophie | Moar | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Anita | Sinclair | Ability Shetland – Trustee |
| Avril | Starmore | Ability Shetland – Boccia leader |
| Wendy | Borrill | Bressay Parkrun – Co-Director |
| Kathy | Kelly | Bressay Parkrun – Speldiburn Cafe |
| Noel | Kelly | Bressay Parkrun – Speldiburn Cafe |
| Mairi | Thomson | Bressay Parkrun – Co-Director |
| Ann | Thomson | Bressay Parkrun, Shetland Link Up and Open Door Drama |
| Louis | Keogh | COPE Ltd. |
| George | Leask | COPE Ltd. |
| Fiona | Nicolson | COPE Ltd. |
| Tom | Nicolson | COPE Ltd. |
| Peter | Van Mill | COPE Ltd. |
| Angela | Abrew | RNID |
| Gino | Abrew | RNID |
| Joan | Bailey | RNID |
| Mike | Breimann | RNID |
| Holly | Leask | RNID |
| Fern | Johnson | Shetland Heart Screening |
| Andrea | Laurenson | Shetland Heart Screening |
| Janice | Armstrong | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Jennie | Atkinson | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Maureen | Bell | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Mary | Blance | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Christine | Carter | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Karen | Eunson | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Jenny | Leask | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Marion | Ockendon | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Hazel | Tindall | Shetland Library Talking Newspaper Volunteers |
| Charlotte | Allam | La Leche League Shetland – Breastfeeding support |
| Julie | Anderson | Community Volunteer – Community Shop |
| Katie | Boyes | Open Door Drama |
| Archie | Fulton | Voluntary Action Shetland / Market House Handyman |
| Diane | Garrick | Cunningsburgh Nursery |
| Annette | Gear | Community Volunteer – Badminton |
| Rebecca | Grant | Community Volunteer – various |
| Barry | Henry | Community Volunteer – Outdoor Upkeep |
| Rosalind (Rosie) | Jamieson | Royal Voluntary Service – lunchclub |
| Stephen | Jennings | Archaelogy Shetland – Community Volunteer |
| Fabien | Kuntz | Community Volunteer / Wild Skies Shetland |
| Jane | Logan | Shetland Museum and Archives |
| Kate | Lonsdale | Community Volunteer – Yell |
| Ruby | Moir | Community Volunteer – Hymhus |
| Alison | Morrison | Community Volunteer – Community shop |
| David | Nodroum | Shetland Bike Project and Shetland Community Connections |
| Dawna | Phillips | Community Volunteer – Defib Fundraising |
| Barry | Smith | Community Volunteer – various |
| Malcolm | Smith | Community Volunteer – supporting others |
| Elinor | Thompson | Shetland ACSC |
| Jill | Thomson | Community Volunteer – Yell |
| Hannah | Unwin | Aith Girlguiding |
| ShetlandPeerieMakkers | Volunteers | ShetlandPeerieMakkers |
| David | Womersley | Ability Shetland Helper – Van Help |
| PEERIE TROWS AWARD (11 and under) | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Name | Last Name | Where Volunteer |
| Torsten | Anderson | Cullivoe School |
| Scarlett | Eynon | Cullivoe School |
| Marcus | Ferguson | Cullivoe School |
| Robert | Ferguson | Cullivoe School |
| Elsie | Keith | Cullivoe School |
| Gloria | Potter | Cullivoe School |
| Lisa | Manson | Livister Youth Centre |
| Ryan | Polson | Livister Youth Centre |
| Josie | Sandison | Livister Youth Centre |
| Astrid | Anderson | Shetland ACSC |
| Sophia | Cheatle | Shetland ACSC |
| Zara | Crossan | Shetland ACSC |
| Liliana | Ficzere | Shetland ACSC |
| Ella Mae | Gair | Shetland ACSC |
| Emme | Halvorsen | Shetland ACSC |
| Elsah | Johnston | Shetland ACSC |
| Erik | Kizel | Shetland ACSC |
| Holly | Miller | Shetland ACSC and Ability Shetland |
| Eve | Moncrieff | Shetland ACSC |
| Nathan | Anderson | Walter & Joan Gray |
| Calla | Brown | School Redd Up & Fundraising |
| Eilidh | Chittick | Local Hall Volunteer |
| Cora | Grant | School Redd Up & Fundraising |
| Lucy-May | Johnson | School Redd Up & Fundraising |
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