Thank you to John Fox, all sponsors and partners and most of all the amazing volunteers who made the 12th Annual Volunteering Oscars Awards Ceremony on 1 November 2019 such an inspiring, humbling and special event. Shortlisted nominees, friends and family were invited to the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate for a ceremony celebrating volunteering and volunteers from around our district. 

And the Winners Are........

Volunteering Oscars 2019 Winners & Highly Commended

Young Volunteer of the Year
Winners: 
Louis Woollven
Ripon Reading Hack Volunteers: Rebecca Edwards; Tilly Parker; Abbie Goodwin; Emily Parry; Alec Goulding; Grace Stroer-Jarvis; Eleanor Hope; Sofia Sumpter; Maeve Horsman; Lisa Thorpe; Diana Jurgina; Cassidy Weidermann; Nina Komisarek; Juliet Wright; Chola Malama; Sarah Wright; Brooke Millward; Jie Yaw; Jessica Millward; Jugo O'Neill; Zoe O'Neill                        

Care Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
Belinda Atkinson              

Community Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
Georgina (Georgie) Good

Highly Commended:
Jenny Travena

Environment Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
The Cone Exchange

Highly Commended:
Open Country Conservation Groups

Sports Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
Steve Pattison

Volunteering Team of the Year
Winner:
Sir Robert Ogden End of Life Support Volunteers

Unsung Hero of Harrogate
Winner:
Mark Smith

Unsung Hero of Knaresborough
Winner:
Brenda Dixon

Unsung Hero of Boroughbridge & Ripon
Winner:
Kevin Mason

Highly Commended: 
Daryl Ekin 

Unsung Hero of Nidderdale
Winner:
Erica Spencer

New Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
Naomi Ross-Gower

Highly Commended: 
Jamie Thistleton

Trustee of the Year
Winner:
David Hayes

Organisation of the Year
Winner:
Harrogate Theatre

Volunteer of the Year
Winner:
Lauren Doherty

Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner:
Pam Roberts

Congratulations too to local voluntary organisations celebrating special anniversaries this year including Ripon Scouts (100); Harrogate Round Table (70 years); Ark Ripon (50 years); Horticap (35 years); SASH, Follifoot Park Disabled Riders Group, Ripon Activity Project and Paperworks (25 years); Starbeck Summer Show (20 years); PPR Foundation and Springboard (Harrogate Homeless Project) (10 years)    

Thank you to the Harrogate Advertiser for the photo on this page