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🎉Congratulations on all 262 awardees receiving the first King's Award for Voluntary Service today👏
#KAVS2023
Today we mark the first
@KingsAwardVS
after celebrating 20 years of the Queen's
The achievement recognises and champions outstanding grassroots volunteers making real impact in UK communities
Sir Martyn Lewis CBE congratulates this year's winners. More:
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📣Today we’ve announced 20 outstanding national charities selected to receive The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award.
Find out more about the amazing work they do⤵️
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
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🟪 Following the Accession of King Charles III, The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service will now become The King's Award for Voluntary Service.
Find out more:
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📣Applications for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award are still open!
This special edition of QAVS, aims to celebrate 20 outstanding national charities from around the UK that support 16-25 year olds.
Find out more below:
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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award is a special edition of The Queen’s Award. Find out more below:
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🎉Today we announce the recipients of The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award.
Marking The Late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it recognises 20 outstanding national charities empowering and supporting 16-25 year olds from around the UK.
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
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Nominations for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2023 are now open!
Nominate at
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Announcing The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award! A special edition of QAVS, celebrating outstanding national charities from around the UK that work with 16-25 year olds.
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
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Congratulations to all 241 volunteer groups awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service today 👏
#QAVS2021
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#VolunteersWeek
“Your work sets an incredible example to others and I congratulate all of you.“
Sir Martyn Lewis, Chair of the
@QueensAwardVS
Committee, says well done to everyone receiving a Queen’s Award today.
Congratulations all!
#QAVS2021
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#VolunteersWeek
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The Queen’s Awards for Voluntary Service (QAVS) was created by Her Majesty in 2002 to recognise exceptional voluntary groups. Today we are celebrating all the recipients of this prestigious Honour. Join the celebration by tweeting us using the hashtag
#15YearsOfQAVS
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🟪 Applications are still open for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award!
This special edition of QAVS aims to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee by recognising 20 outstanding national charities working with young people aged 16 - 25.
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of The King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2023.
Make sure to look through
#KAVS2023
to see all the amazing groups awarded this year.
You can also find a list of all this years awardees on our website:
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🌟Nominations are still open for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2023!
🌟Know a voluntary group which has made a real difference in your local community and want to recognise them for their outstanding work?
Find out how to nominate at:
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Today we announce the recipients of the first King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2023. The honour was created in 2002 to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, it aims to recognise outstanding volunteer-led groups making a real impact in communities all across the UK.
#KAVS2023
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NEWS:
#QAVS2018
awardees announced - Congratulations to all for a fantastic achievement and an exceptional voluntary contribution to their communities!
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Tomorrow we will announce the recipients of The King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2023.
Make sure to look out for
#KAVS2023
to see all the wonderful groups awarded this year! 🎉
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🌟Congratulations to all 244 volunteer groups awarded The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service today 🎉👏
#QAVS2022
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#VolunteersWeek
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#PlatinumJubilee
Today’s the day!
We’re celebrating 244 amazing voluntary organisations from across the UK receiving a
@QueensAwardVS
on Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee
#QAVS2022
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#PlatinumJubilee
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#VolunteersWeek
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Thank you for joining us today in celebration of all 230 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2020 recipients
#QAVS2020
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Find a full list of Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2020 awardees here:
Congratulations to all the awarded groups!
#QAVS2020
The winners of The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2020 have been announced in The Gazette.
A total of 230 organisations from across the UK received the prestigious award. View the full list of winners here.
#QAVS
@QueensAwardVS
#VolunteersWeek
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"Volunteers really are the beating heart of our country."
Sir Martyn Lewis, Chair of the
@QueensAwardVS
Committee, congratulates all those receiving a
#QAVS2020
award today.
Well done and thank you for all you do for your respective communities across the UK 🙌
#CharityTuesday
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🌟Today we announce the recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022. Created in 2002 to mark The Queen’s Golden Jubilee, it aims to recognise outstanding volunteer-led groups that make a real impact in communities all across the UK.
#QAVS2022
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#PlatinumJubilee
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One week until the recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022 are announced!
#QAVS2022
Interested in nominating for the 2023 round? Find out more here:
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🌟Congratulations to the 20 amazing organisations receiving the special Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award!
📣Find out more about the 20 groups here:
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See the official announcement of the Queen's Award for Volunteer Service via DCMS and the London Gazette
#QAVS2019
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🎉🎉Congratulations on your Award!
The work you do to help young people engage and thrive in hospitality, leisure and tourism is amazing 👏
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award! 🙌
Read the full story:
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
#Springboard
#Hospitality
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🟪 Thank you for joining us today to celebrate the 20 amazing national charities awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award!
🟪 Find out more about the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service here:
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
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✨Today is the start of
#VolunteersWeek
2022!
This year Volunteers’ Week is focused on saying thank you to all the amazing volunteers from across the UK! 🎉
#VolunteersWeek
#VolunteersWeek2022
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Tomorrow we will announce the recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2021.
Make sure to look out for
#QAVS2021
to see all the wonderful groups awarded this year! 🎉
#VolunteersWeek
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Today we have announced 230 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service recipients. Throughout the day we will be sharing photos, videos and quotes from some of the recipients
#QAVS2020
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📣 Know a voluntary group which has made a real difference in your local community?
📣 Want to recognise them for their outstanding work?
📣 How about nominating them for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service?
Find out how to nominate at:
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Thank you for joining us to celebrate all of the amazing 262 volunteer groups awarded today!
Find out more about The King’s Award for Voluntary Service here:
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Congratulations to all groups with a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service! Thank you for sharing so many lovely photos, stories & messages this morning
#QAVS2020
Nominations for 2021 are open until 25 September so if you've been inspired, get nominating now
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📣Nominations are now open for The King's Award for Voluntary Service 2024!
🌟Know a voluntary group making a real impact in your local area?
🌟Want to recognise their amazing work?
🌟Why not nominate them for a King's Award?
Find out more at:
For 20 years, the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service has recognised outstanding volunteer groups in the UK 👑
The award will continue as the
@KingsAwardVS
and
nominations are now OPEN
Sir Martyn Lewis CBE explains how to get involved
▶️
#VolunteersWeek
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📣Nominations are now open for The King's Award for Voluntary Service 2024!
🟪 Know a voluntary group making a real impact in your local area?
🟪 Want to recognise their amazing work?
🟪 Why not nominate them for a King's Award?
Find out more at:
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Nominations for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2021 close on 25th of September! There are 10 days to get your nominations in at
#QAVS
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🟪Did you know the King’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest Award given to voluntary groups in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE!
🟪If you know an outstanding local group why not nominate them for this Royal Award?
🟪Nominate now at
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🟪 Congratulations to all 20 national charities awarded The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award today 🎉
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
The
#PlatinumJubilee
Queen's Award for Voluntary Service recognises 20 exceptional organisations supporting young people
Hear from
@QueensAwardVS
judges about why these charities were chosen and the work they do
📺 Sir Martyn Lewis
🇬🇧 Baroness
@Tanni_GT
💡 Ahmed Ibrahim
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Know a
#volunteer
group doing outstanding things for the community? Why not nominate them for
#QAVS2020
?
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Thank you for joining us to celebrate all of the outstanding volunteer groups awarded today!
Find out more about the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service here ⬇
#QAVS2021
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#VolunteersWeek
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Nominations open today for the 2021 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service
📝Nominate online:
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Nominations for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2022 are now open!
Make sure you look at the guidance notes on the website before you start a nomination. Visit for more details.
#QAVS
@DCMS
@RoyalFamily
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These dedicated volunteers in their bright pink uniforms are on the lookout for people needing support or help in Manchester's gay village at night. Thanks for all you do and congratulations on your Award!
@LGBTfdn_Angels
#QAVS2019
Tom is one of our amazing
@LGBTfdn_Angels
volunteers.
Congratulations Tom, this award belongs to each and every volunteer and member of the team who works incredibly hard to keep our communities safe 🌈
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🌟Tomorrow we will announce the recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2022.
Make sure to look out for
#QAVS2022
to see all the wonderful groups awarded this year! 🎉
#VolunteersWeek
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Today is the start of
#VolunteersWeek
2021! This year Volunteers’ Week is focused on saying thank you to volunteers! 🎉
#CharityTuesday
@VolunteersWeek
@NCVO
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Tomorrow the recipients of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2020 will be announced. Make sure to follow our account
@QueensAwardVS
and
@DCMS
to celebrate awardees throughout the day
#QAVS2020
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In celebration of
#QAVS2020
announcement please see the below quote from the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Independent Committee Chair Sir Martyn Lewis.
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Tomorrow we will be celebrating 15 Years of QAVS. We hope that you can join us to promote QAVS, increase nominations and celebrate previous years awardees. Join us by using
#15YearsOfQAVS
from 8am tomorrow
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Interested in nominating? Find out a bit more about the nominating process below ⤵️
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🎉Congratulations on your Award! The work you undertake helping to make improvements in social mobility for young people from all across the UK is amazing! 👏👏
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
We are delighted to receive the Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award.
It is the UK’s highest award for voluntary service, given to charities that do exceptional work to empower young people.
A huge thank you to our inspiring volunteers.
#PlatinumJubileeQAVS
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🟪Do you know an outstanding volunteer group making a real difference in your local community?
🟪Then why not nominate them for a King’s Award for Voluntary Service!
🟪Nominating is easy and consists of 5 simple steps⤵️
🌟Nominate at
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This wonderful group of volunteers are re-introducing the Great Bustard to the British countryside. Congratulations
@bustardgroup
!
#QAVS2019
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📣Today we’ve announced 241 voluntary groups selected to receive the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2021. The list, published in provides a snapshot of fantastic volunteering activity across the UK.
Read more on our new website:
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🟪Just 2 days to go until nominations for The King's Award for Voluntary Service close!
🟪Nominate a group at
🟪Get your nominations in by midnight 15th September 2023!
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This year
@PrideInLondon
won a QAVS award for providing a platform for the LGBT+ community to continue the fight for equality.
#PrideMonth
#CharityTuesday
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Nominations for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2022 open tomorrow!
To make a nomination visit:
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Congratulations! Thank you to all the volunteers at
@TaxiCharity
for providing social events and commemorative trips for veterans to combat loneliness and isolation 🌟
#QAVS2021
#VolunteersWeek
Huge congratulations to the amazing London cabbies who volunteer for the Taxi Charity who have today been recognised with a Queen's Award for Voluntary Service for the support they give to veterans from all conflicts.
#QAVS2021
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Apologies for the Twitter silence we have been busy getting over 500 nominations for
@QueensAwardVS
2020 to send to Lieutenancies for local assessment. You do a brilliant job
@GMLO_UK
@WMLieutenancy
@CountessPR
@Essex_LL
@hertslieutenant
@LLofDevon
@LLGwent
@KenOlisa_LLofGL
+more
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🌟Congratulations to all the volunteers
@Coryband
The work you do is absolutely brilliant!🌟Thank you to all the volunteers for their dedication to the wider community 🎉
#QAVS2022
#VolunteersWeek
🎖️CORY BAND RECEIVES ROYAL HONOUR
🫅
We are thrilled to announce that we're been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK, is equivalent to an MBE and awarded for life.
#QAVS2022
@QueensAwardVS
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We now have a Facebook page for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Please search for it and 'like' it so we can get the word out 🙂
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Fantastic to see all the tweets from our wonderful QAVS awardees yesterday! I'm hoping
@VolunteersWeek
will inspire even more people to get involved. Remember to nominate more excellent groups for QAVS 2020
#VolunteersWeek
#QAVS2019
@DCMS
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Last year 250 exceptional volunteer organisations received a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. Looking forward to celebrating our latest awardees on Sunday
#QAVS2019
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Explore all the voluntary groups who were awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service with this interactive map -
@DCMS
@RoyalFamily
#QAVS2018
#VolunteersWeek2018
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Did you know….The Queen’s Award for Voluntary service award is a lifetime award. As long as the group is still active, the group can display the QAVS logo on their promotional material including their twitter feed.
#15YearsOfQAVS
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These innovative girlguides produce comfort bags for relatives and friends of the terminally ill in hospital. Such an inspired and thoughtful idea! Congratulations on your award.
#QAVS2019
@GirlguidingGMW
Thank you to everyone who has supported
#ComfortBags
and helped it to grow and reach more people in need of them.
@SalfordRoyalNHS
@NCAlliance_NHS
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Thanks to the dedicated volunteers for all you do in supporting the very special Coffin Works museum. Congratulations on your award!
#QAVS2019
@CoffinWorks
We're pleased to announce that the Coffin Works has been honoured with Queen's Award For Voluntary Service, the highest award a UK voluntary group can receive.
#QAVS2019
This means so much to our team, especially in
#VolunteersWeek
! Garden party at the palace very special too!
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Just one week to go until we announce the successful volunteer groups for the 2019 awards. Look out for our posts on 2 June
#QAVS2019
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In honour of the first ever year of The King’s Award for Voluntary Service, allow us to share with you a brief history of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
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250 exceptional voluntary groups were announced recipients of the prestigious Queen's Award for Voluntary Service on the 65th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
#QAVS2018
Today marks the 65th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
#CoronationDay
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Thank you for all the individuals and groups who participated in
#15YearsOfQAVS
. We really enjoyed your tweets. We hope you can join us next time when we celebrate another milestone.
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Congratulations! 🎉🎉
Thank you to all the volunteers for their dedication to the wider community 👏
#QAVS2022
Chatham Town is a club with Community at its heartbeat. Together we have done some fantastic work in the Community of Medway and we’re honoured to announce we are recipients of the
@QueensAwardVS
@ChatsCommunity
#UpTheChats
🇾🇪
#QAVS2022
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Congratulations to
@LeicesterSAR
awarded for providing search and rescue services in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to locate missing people
#QAVS2020
👏🎉
We're excited to announce that Leicestershire Search and Rescue have been named as recipients of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK 👏👏
@LeicesterSAR
#QAVS2020
@QueensAwardVS
Read more➡️
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All recipients of The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service are published in The Gazette, the UK’s official public record dating back to 1665. You can view the awarded groups in a special supplement for 2021 at the link below!
#VolunteersWeek
#QAVS2021
Congratulations to all the winners of The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2021!
A total of 241 organisations from across the UK received the prestigious award. View the full list of winners here.
@QueensAwardVS
@DCMS
#VolunteersWeek
#QAVS2021
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Speaking to some great
#volunteer
groups this week about being nominated for
@QueensAwardVS
the MBE for Volunteering. It's easy to nominate a group who as doing fantastic work in your community just go to - nominations close on 13th Sept
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With only 38 days to go till the closing date for
#QAVS2019
- it's time to think about the
#exceptional
#volunteer
groups in your community! Nominate them at: by Friday 14 September 2018
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Calling all
#volunteer
led groups... The
@QueensAwardVS
Queens Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups, recognises the outstanding contribution that volunteers make to their local communities. Nominations are open until 13th September
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Just 3 weeks to go until 2 June, when we announce the outstanding
#voluntary
groups receiving the Queen's
#Award
for Voluntary Service!
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This film highlights all the ways in which special constables have stepped up to support their communities during the pandemic. Huge thanks and congratulations to the South Wales Police Special Constabulary.
#QAVS2021
#VolunteersWeek
#QAVS2021
| Huge congratulations to our
@SWPSpecials
, who have today been announced as worthy winners of a
@QueensAwardVS
. 👏
The Specials are an integral part of
#TeamSWP
, who volunteer their time to serving our communities on top of day jobs and family commitments.
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Volunteering can take many forms, this year’s recipients demonstrate the diversity of organisations supporting our local communities 🌟
#QAVS2021
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#VolunteersWeek
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Allow us to introduce you to a few of the volunteering groups doing amazing work Across the UK:
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🌟Only 2 weeks until recipients of The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2021 are announced!
#QAVS2021
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The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) is the highest award given to exceptional volunteer groups across the UK. Stay tuned - as we will be announcing our
#QAVS2018
awardees this Saturday!
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Congratulations to this wonderful group of volunteers working to save lives in the community. Thanks for all you do.
#QAVS2019
@CrowboroughCFR
We have some exciting news to share ... watch the video below!!
@QueensAwardVS
#QAVS2019
@SECambulanceCFR
@SECAmbulance
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These hardworking volunteers are dedicated to preserving the home and celebrating the life of Elizabeth Gaskell. Congratulations on your awards!
@GaskellsHouse
@DCMS
#QAVS
Thrilled to announce that the achievements and dedication of our volunteer team have been acknowledged with the Queens Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK
@QueensAwardVS
#QAVS2019
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A Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service award is a lifetime award. We would love to see updates from our previous winners, especially on their big anniversaries. Tweet us using the
#QAVS
hashtag.
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Congratulations to all the Friends of Antrim Castle Gardens volunteers awarded a
#QAVS2021
for advancing education in horticulture, preserving heritage and protecting the environment 👏
The Princess Royal has been in Northern Ireland to mark 100 years since its formation.
The Princess visited Antrim Castle Gardens, where she met gardeners & volunteers. HRH presented them with the
@QueensAwardVS
for their work in the community.
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📣Unsure of how to nominate a group for a King's Award?
✨Nominating a group is easy and only takes 10 minutes. Find out more below⤵️
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Congratulations to George House Trust awarded for providing advice, support, information and advocacy services to people living with HIV.
#QAVS2020
@GeorgeHouseTrst
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Love this cheery photograph from Patchworking Garden Project, enabling people who are struggling with life to enjoy the pleasures of gardening and feel less alone. Congratulations on your Award. Richly deserved!
#QAVS2019
@PatchworkingG
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QAVS awardees include talented volunteer groups ensuring that music and the arts are accessible to all
#QAVS2019
@DanceSyndrome
@DramaExpress
@WoburnSandsBand
@
@KearsleyYouthBrassBand
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Last year, 224 voluntary groups across the UK were awarded for their outstanding contributions within their community. How many groups will be awarded this year?
#QAVS2018
#CharityTuesday
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Huge congratulations to
@LGBTfdn_Angels
An
@LGBTfdn
community safety project where trained volunteers help to keep Manchester's Village safe and enjoyable every weekend until 3am. Here collecting their
@QueensAwardVS
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Love these photos from Moor Pool Heritage Trust! Congratulations on your award
#QAVS2019
@MoorPoolHT
We are so delighted & excited to announce we have been awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2019! A huge thank you
to all our volunteers & supporters!
#QAVS2019
@queensawardvs
#volunteers
#community
#qavs
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Congratulations! Thank you to all the volunteers at
@SStmichaels
the work you do is absolutely amazing!🌟
#KAVS2023
We are beyond proud and grateful to receive the King’s Award for Voluntary Service. The
#KAVS2023
is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work within communities and is the equivalent to an MBE.
@KingsAwardVS
@WMLieutenancy
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So many brilliant groups receiving their
@QueensAwardVS
in
#Manchester
Busy night
@GMLO_UK
Congrats
@GaskellsHouse
@notjustsoupMCR
@proudandloudart
(more to come!). Nominate for 2020 awards
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The eligibility requirements to be nominated for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service are - the voluntary group must be comprised of two or more people, twice as many volunteers than paid staff and have been operating for three years
#InfoQAVS
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