Royal Borough volunteering heroes honoured at awards ceremony

Volunteers who support a wide range of council services were honoured today (Thursday 20 September) at the Royal Borough's first Volunteer Awards ceremony.

The winners were each presented with an engraved glass trophy by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Andrew Jenner, and all 61 nominees received a certificate.

Awards went to:
• Adopt-a-Street (Business): winner - Comfort Care, Maidenhead
• Adopt-a-Street (Community): winner - Joiy Chan-Meeson, Sunningdale and highly commended - Jean Todd, Windsor
• Adopt-a-Street (Individual): winner - Martin Butler, Maidenhead and highly commended - Brenda Pollock, Old Windsor
• Adopt-a-Street (School): - winner Manor Green and highly commended - Wessex Primary, both Maidenhead schools.
• Community project: winner - Open Kitchen and highly commended Care Bank, both Maidenhead
• Community Safety (Individual): winner - Carol McCall, Windsor and highly commended Kate Armstrong, Maidenhead and Naz Jehangir, Slough whose work covers the Royal Borough
• Community Safety (Group): winner - Street Angels, Windsor and highly commended Re:charge, Maidenhead
• Libraries: winner - Sophie Hare, Datchet and highly commended Janet Rose, Maidenhead
• Museum: winner - Richard Snailham and highly commended Kate Pattinson, both of Windsor
• School governor: winner - Vivien Williams, Oldfield Primary School, Maidenhead and highly commended Sandra Rodbard-Brown, The Queen Anne Royal Free, Windsor
• Young people: winner - Joanna Vokes and highly commended Teresa Goddard, both from Maidenhead.

In addition 'Volunteer of Special Merit' awards went to:
Les Hollingbery - Libraries, John Lloyd - Museums and Sandy Ashton - Community project.

Cllr Christine Bateson, cabinet member for planning and partnerships, said: "I am always encouraged when I hear how our many volunteers support a wide range of council services and yesterday's awards ceremony was a great way to thank them publicly.

"As one of the panel members I can genuinely say how hard it was to make our choices - the nominees put forward are all doing so much to support council services, it really was difficult to choose the winners. Volunteering is the Big Society in action - real people making a real difference to our residents."

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