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
