I am pleased to report that the first of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Awards for voluntary service by groups in the community were announced on Monday 2 June.
This prestigious new annual Award for groups of volunteers has been given this year to 200 groups whose outstanding voluntary activity has enhanced and improved the quality of life and opportunity for others in the community. The Government actively support the work of the voluntary and community sector and are encouraging more people to participate in community activity. This Award will give some of those people the recognition they richly deserve. The details of the winning groups are as follows:
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 4 |
The Buxton Mountain Rescue Team |
preventing loss of life or injury by undertaking mountain rescue operations. |
| 5 |
Coping with Cancer in Leicestershire & Rutland |
providing information and practical and emotional support to people affected by cancer. |
| 6 |
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group |
supporting Gypsies and promoting understanding of their culture. |
| 7 |
The Lincoln MS Therapy Centre |
providing support, therapy, advice and friendship to Ms suffers, their family and friends. |
| 8 |
The Muslim Khatri Association |
providing social and recreational activities, advancing education and relieving poverty in Leicester. |
| 9 |
The Nottinghamshire Bereavement Trust |
comforting and helping the bereaved and assisting to develop Children's Gardens in major local cemeteries. |
| 10 |
The Green Health Partnership Volunteers |
providing practical conservation activities involving people with mental ill-health to benefit both them and the environment in Derbyshire. |
| 11 |
The Pet Shop Girls Charitable Trust |
undertaking fund-raising and other events for the local community of Ollerton and District. |
| 12 |
Wellingborough Prison Visitors Centre Volunteers |
providing practical and emotional support for visitors to Wellingborough Prison. |
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East of England |
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| 13 |
1220 (March) Squadron— Air Training Corps |
promoting interest in aviation, training and development and community service for young people. |
| 14 |
The Aylsham and District Care Trust |
strengthening the community through the development and co- ordination of voluntary care services and social activity. |
| 15 |
Connect Club Welwyn and Hatfield (WOT-NOTS Project) |
preserving, protecting and promoting the mental health of local residents. |
| 16 |
Dunstable and District Disabled Sports |
providing sports and other activities for disabled people. |
| 17 |
The Garboldisham Village Hall Management Committee |
providing and maintaining the village hall for recreational, cultural, educational and sporting activities. |
| 18 |
The Gunton Woodland Community Project |
providing, maintaining and regenerating a safe, accessible and pleasant woodland environment for the public. |
| 19 |
Harlow Well Women Centre |
providing an accessible centre for women with professional counselling, advice, support and information. |
| 20 |
Hospice at Home Volunteers |
befriending and supporting those suffering from life-threatening illness, their families and carers. |
| 21 |
Jimmy's Night Shelter |
providing accommodation for rough sleepers in Cambridge, helping them move into suitable accommodation and raising awareness. |
| 22 |
Senior Stop |
providing a meeting place and advice for older people in Peterborough. |
| 23 |
SNAP Special Needs and Parents |
supporting parents and carers of children with any special need or disability in Essex. |
| 24 |
The Magdalene Group |
running a drop-in centre, giving support and providing activities for people working in prostitution in Norwich. |
| 25 |
The Mount Bovingdon Visitors Centre Association |
providing a safe, comfortable environment and support for visitors to the prison. |
| 26 |
The Redbourn Care Group |
recruiting and organising volunteers to provide caring services to those who need assistance. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 27 |
The Woolverstone Project |
providing sailing opportunities for those with physical or mental disabilities in East Anglia. |
| 28 |
Watford Mosque and Welfare Association |
catering for the religious, social welfare and cultural requirements of the Muslim Community. |
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Guernsey |
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| 29 |
Guernsey Welfare Service Limited |
providing food, clothing and fuel vouchers to people on low incomes in the community. |
| 30 |
WRVS Alderney |
meeting the needs of the elderly and those less able to help themselves. |
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Isle of Man |
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| 31 |
The Volunteers of Hospice Care, Isle of Man |
supporting and enabling hospice services for the people. |
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Jersey |
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| 32 |
Honorary Police of Jersey |
providing community policing and contributing to the administration of the justice system. |
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London |
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| 33 |
Aldgate Advice Centre Volunteers |
assisting and befriending rough sleepers and homeless people. |
| 34 |
The Barnet Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme |
harnessing the expertise and skills of volunteers over 50. |
| 35 |
Body and Soul |
supporting those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, across London. |
| 36 |
Harlesden Environmental Action Residents and Traders |
creating a cleaner, safer and healthier environment for the community. |
| 37 |
Homeless Action in Barnet |
meeting the needs of homeless people and asylum seekers. |
| 38 |
Kith and Kids |
empowering and socially including families in North London where one or more members has a disability. |
| 39 |
The Lambeth Summer Projects Trust |
providing educational and recreational holiday activities to reduce the potential for young people to commit crime. |
| 40 |
MERU |
providing free specialist equipment for disabled children in South London and the surrounding area. |
| 41 |
Nubian Life |
reasserting the dignity of African and Caribbean Elders by providing for their health, psychological and cultural needs. |
| 42 |
Redbridge Night Shelter |
alleviating the effects of poverty by providing cold weather shelter to homeless adults. |
| 43 |
Alzheimer's Society (Enfield Branch) |
supporting carers of people with dementia. |
| 44 |
The Arab Group in Hounslow and Suburbs |
supporting the Arab community with an advice service and social activities. |
| 45 |
The Centre for Filipinos |
responding to the needs of Filipinos in the UK and enabling them to participate fully in society. |
| 46 |
The Greenwich Chinese Community School |
advancing education within the Chinese community, understanding Chinese culture and encouraging mutual aid. |
| 47 |
The Muslim Women's Welfare Association |
providing help and advice to Asian women in Waltham Forest. |
| 48 |
The Neutral Ground Child Contact Centre |
running a support centre in Abbey Wood, where children of separated families can meet estranged parents. |
| 49 |
The Nightshelter Volunteers |
providing shelter for homeless people in Newham throughout the winter. |
| 50 |
The Sikh Community Care Project |
developing and facilitating community initiatives in Waltham Forest, particularly for the Sikh community. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 51 |
The XL Project |
working with and supporting schools, families and communities in South London. |
| 52 |
Wandsworth Community Transport |
enabling and helping individuals with mobility problems to access facilities in Wandsworth town centre through its shop mobility project |
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North East |
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| 53 |
Ferryhill Town Youth |
bringing together young people through sporting and other activities. |
| 54 |
Grange Road Methodist Church Resource Centre |
providing recreational, leisure and educational activities for people of Hartlepool. |
| 55 |
Quaking Houses Village Hall Association |
providing facilities and activities for the community of Stanley. |
| 56 |
Stepney Bank Stables |
educating and motivating young people from inner-city area and adults with learning difficulties. |
| 57 |
The Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Support Group |
supporting ethnic minority communities and promoting multi- cultural events. |
| 58 |
The Northumberland Family Camping Group |
providing low-cost family holidays. |
| 59 |
The Scotswood Family Drug Support Group |
providing support and advice to families of drug misusers in Scotswood. |
| 60 |
West Harton Churches Action Station Limited |
providing advice and education facilities to South Tyneside residents. |
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North West |
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| 61 |
Acorn Venture Urban Farm |
enabling disabled people in Kirkby to become involved in farming and giving young people opportunities to work with animals. |
| 62 |
Advocacy in Wirral |
providing support and advocacy to people experiencing mental health problems. |
| 63 |
CancerCare (North Lancashire and South Lakeland) |
providing support, therapy, counselling and practical help for cancer patients and their families. |
| 64 |
Chorlton Good Neighbours |
offering support, practical help and friendship to those in need in Chorlton. |
| 65 |
Delamere Toy and Tape Library |
providing toys and equipment for children up to 8 years and for individuals with special needs. |
| 66 |
East Cheshire Hospice Volunteers |
transporting patients, helping in Day Care and helping bereavement counsellors and receptionists. |
| 67 |
Friends for Leisure |
enabling young people with learning, sensory and physical disabilities in Macclesfield to participate in mainstream leisure activities. |
| 68 |
Halton Child Contact Centre |
helping children in Runcorn and Widnes in family breakdown to continue or re-establish contact with their non-resident parent or other family members. |
| 69 |
Keswick (Calvert Trust) RDA Helpers Group |
providing disabled people opportunities to ride and carriage drive to benefit their health and well being. |
| 70 |
Knutsford and District Good Neighbours |
providing transport for patients and providing practical assistance to elderly, disabled and housebound people. |
| 71 |
MOSAC |
providing support, education and advice to parents of abused children in Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde. |
| 72 |
One Voice/Team 2000 |
improving lives of local residents through urban regeneration, crime prevention and educating young people in community citizenship. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 73 |
Rochdale Childer |
providing help and assistance for any Rochdale child in need. |
| 74 |
South Lakeland Voluntary Society for the Blind |
providing practical support, information, advice and social activities to local people with sight problems. |
| 75 |
St Rocco's Hospice Volunteers |
providing practical help and emotional support, transporting patients and helping with hospice events and fundraising. |
| 76 |
The Blackbrook Group and Residents |
promoting community fire safety through young people in Warrington working with the Fire Service. |
| 77 |
The Blackburn Breast Care Support Group |
providing support for women who have suffered from or have concerns about breast cancer. |
| 78 |
The Friday Club |
providing holidays and social activities for adults with learning disabilities in Warrington and giving respite to their carers. |
| 79 |
The Littleborough Coach House Trust |
maintaining a historic listed building for use by local groups and societies. |
| 80 |
The Open Door |
providing facilities and resources to improve the quality of life for residents of Benchill and to regenerate the area. |
| 81 |
The Salford Link Project |
providing links between ethnic communities and statutory and voluntary organizations, including promotion of advice and education programmes. |
| 82 |
The Standish Friendly Visiting Group |
befriending elderly and housebound people and those living alone and arranging outings to places of interest. |
| 83 |
The Volunteers of Drugline—Lancashire |
supporting people affected by drug use, directly or indirectly, by providing counselling and a telephone helpline. |
| 84 |
Wirral and Chester Riding for the Disabled |
providing practical facilities for people with physical or learning difficulties to enjoy horse riding. |
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Northern Ireland |
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| 85 |
Broughshane and District Community Association |
enhancing the sense of community ownership and responsibility. |
| 86 |
Lynn Social Club |
providing meals on wheels and organizing social and recreational activities for the community of Larne. |
| 87 |
Newtownstewart Development Association |
promoting economic development through tourism and employment regeneration and providing social and recreational facilities. |
| 88 |
St John Ambulance HQ Transport Division |
providing a volunteer first aid and ambulance service for the community of Northern Ireland. |
| 89 |
The Lack Women's Group |
providing recreational classes and training for local women in Lack. |
| 90 |
Samiritans—Belfast Branch |
providing a 24 hour confidential emotional support service for people experiencing distress or despair. |
| 91 |
The Walkway Women's Group & EBCEC |
providing educational, arts and environment opportunities for local women in Belfast |
| 92 |
Voluntary Service Bureau |
providing advice and practical fitting of security devices to older and vulnerable people. |
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Scotland |
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| 93 |
Arran Lifeline |
providing and servicing a telephone activated push button service in elderly and disabled peoples homes. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 94 |
Canine Concern Scotland Trust—Therapet Scheme— Aberdeen |
providing 'Therapy Dogs' for people in hospitals, hospices and residential and nursing homes to help those devoid of animal contact. |
| 95 |
Central Gurdware Singh Sabha, Glasgow |
managing a Sikh community place of worship and providing activities to promote Sikh culture. |
| 96 |
Churches Action for the Homeless |
running a day centre, accommodation and training centre for the homeless or those at risk of homelessness in Perth and district. |
| 97 |
Drug Initiative Group— Forfar |
running a café facility for young people and offering an alternative to drug use and misuse. |
| 98 |
Eighteen and Under |
providing information and support to young people in Dundee who have been abused and researching ways of preventing abuse. |
| 99 |
Fife Christian Counselling Centre |
providing support and counselling to members of the community. |
| 100 |
Focus Youth Project Management Committee |
overseeing the running of the Youth Project in Viewpark. |
| 101 |
Glasgow Association of Family Support Groups |
promoting the development of groups to support and advise parents of drug abusers. |
| 102 |
Home Basics |
collecting and refurbishing donated furniture and household goods for disadvantaged people in Tweeddale. |
| 103 |
Inverclyde Peace Initiative |
promoting conflict resolution within the community to make it cohesive and sustainable. |
| 104 |
Islay Disabled Endeavours and Actions |
providing care, advocacy, craft working, training and health supervision for individuals with special needs. |
| 105 |
Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust (The Volunteer Driver Service |
providing, a personal hospital transport service for cancer suffers. |
| 106 |
McSence Limited |
creating sustainable community owned and run business, employing and training unemployed people of Dalkeith. |
| 107 |
Portlethen & District Community Ambulance Association |
providing transport for those unable to attend church, social or health facilities. |
| 108 |
Red Star Athletics Club |
providing sporting, recreational and social opportunities for people with disabilities in Glasgow. |
| 109 |
Roseberry Centre |
providing support, advisory and counselling services to people with dementia and their families in and around Livingston. |
| 110 |
The Drop In |
providing social activities, meals and advice for pensioners in Irvine. |
| 111 |
The Hit Squad |
improving the environement in Dawson by enabling elderly and infirm residents to undertake low maintenance gardening and run a community allotment. |
| 112 |
The Moorpark Community Association |
providing social and educational opportunities and raising funds to improve the local environment. |
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South East |
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| 113 |
777 Conservation Group |
conserving the environment of Buckinghamshire for the benefit of the public. |
| 114 |
A New Start For Netherfield Partnership Board |
attracting and administering funds to transform Netherfield. |
| 115 |
Berinsfield Information and Volunteer Centre |
providing advisory services for local people. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 116 |
CHAIN |
providing practical help and information for the people of Hungerford. |
| 117 |
Epsom & Ewell Phab |
integrating young people with and without physical disabilities. |
| 118 |
Fleet Pond Society |
promoting the preservation and maintenance of the Fleet Pond Nature Reserve. |
| 119 |
Florence Nightingale House Volunteers |
enhancing the quality of hospice patients care. |
| 120 |
Folkestone Rainbow Centre |
supporting the community's needs physically, spiritually and emotionally. |
| 121 |
Gatehouse |
a café for homeless people in Oxford. |
| 122 |
Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind |
supporting Hampshire people who have lost their sight. |
| 123 |
Havant Area Bereavement Care Group |
providing help and comfort to bereaved people. |
| 124 |
Katharine House Hospice |
enhancing the lives of hospice patients and their families. |
| 125 |
Maidenhead Multiple Sclerosis Society |
providing a social venue and outings for MS patients. |
| 126 |
Mytchett Community Association |
providing a community centre and playing fields to improve the quality of peoples lives. |
| 127 |
Oxford Samaritans |
offering year round confidential and emotional support for suicidal or desparate people |
| 128 |
Penrose Club for Adults with Special Needs |
providing leisure activities in Surrey and encouraging the independence of it members. |
| 129 |
Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Volunteers |
providing specialist activities and practical support for hospice patients. |
| 130 |
SEBEV Search and Rescue |
assisting the authorities in the Thames Valley area, following reports of lost or missing persons. |
| 131 |
Tandem |
providing a transport service and a weekly club for elderly and disabled people in Midhurst and Petworth. |
| 132 |
The Leatherhead Swans Club |
helping to provide recreation and leisure facilities for disabled people. |
| 133 |
The V Team |
enabling people in Maidstone who are ill or have support needs to be successful volunteers. |
| 134 |
The Wire |
providing programmes to enhance the lives of the people of Wick |
| 135 |
Working Hospice Volunteer Team |
helping to provide care for patients and their families |
| 136 |
Wokingham and West Berkshire Mind |
providing support for mental health service users and carers. |
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South West |
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| 137 |
Blackdown Support Group |
supplementing health and social services in the Blackdown Hills by providing care and support services. |
| 138 |
Burnham & Highbridge Stroke Club |
a social club providing companionship and activities for people who have suffered strokes. |
| 139 |
Cheltenham and District Sports Association for the Disabled |
providing swimming instruction and sailing opportunities for disabled people. |
| 140 |
Downderry and District Community Bus Association |
providing accessible and inexpensive transport for all local residents and holiday-makers. |
| 141 |
Gloucestershire Chinese Women's Guild |
providing services for socially excluded and isolated Chinese women and their families. |
| 142 |
North Devon Display Gymnastics Club |
providing gymnastics and coaching opportunities for the people of North Devon. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 143 |
Plymouth Musical Activities Club |
providing opportunities for young people to learn and perform music to support charitable organizations. |
| 144 |
St Keverne Youth Band |
providing young people with the opportunity to play musical instruments and perform. |
| 145 |
Swindon Children's Scrapstore |
promoting recycling by collecting useable waste and donating it to community orgainsations. |
| 146 |
Talaton Village Community Shop & Post Office |
providing service to the community and a focal point for village needs. |
| 147 |
The Beacon Community Regeneration Partnership |
regenerating areas of Falmouth, alleviating disadvantages and social exclusion, and providing support services. |
| 148 |
The Sheltered Work Opportunities Project |
providing horticultural work opportunities for people suffering from mental health problems in Bournemouth. |
| 149 |
The Southmead Project Limited |
providing education, training, and counselling for individuals and families affected by drug misuse and historic abuse. |
| 150 |
The St James Priory Project |
supporting homeless people in Bristol with addition problems and facilitating their reintegration into society. |
| 151 |
Trussell Trust |
providing food for people in crisis in Wiltshire and augmenting the work of other statutory and voluntary organisations. |
| 152 |
Thorncombe First Responders |
pioneers of community life support between a '999' emergency call and the arrival of ambulance. |
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Wales |
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| 153 |
Aberfan and Merthyr Vale Youth and Community Project |
providing activities for young and unemployed people. |
| 154 |
Bush and Park Tenants and Residents Association |
improving the lives of estate residents. |
| 155 |
Grangetown Community Concern |
acting as an umbrella group for other voluntary organisations. |
| 156 |
Gwynedd Hospice at Home |
enabling patients to use day Hospice facilities, and supporting Hospice Nurses. |
| 157 |
North Wales Superkids |
providing family holidays and gifts for needy children and young people. |
| 158 |
Ogmore Centre Trust |
providing residential courses for young people and a community life- long learning facility for rural residents. |
| 159 |
Perthcelyn Tenants and Residents Association |
organising social activities and learning opportunities for residents of the Perthcelyn estate. |
| 160 |
Swansea Old People's Welfare |
operating four day centres for elderly and housebound people |
| 161 |
The Clwyd Special Riding Trust |
enabling people with special needs to ride or carriage drive. |
| 162 |
The Muslim Welfare Association of Vale of Glamorgan |
promoting education, art and culture among the ethnic minority community. |
| 163 |
Treasure Trove |
providing a residential project for young people aged 16 to 25 years both with and without physical disabilities. |
| 164 |
Tyddyn Bach Trust |
caring for and supporting those affected by HIV and Aids, and their families and carers in the UK. |
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West Midlands |
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| 165 |
Harborne Carnival Association |
promoting and organising an annual carnival to improve community spirit and support local charities. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 166 |
OSCA |
providing volunteers to support and represent people with learning difficulties throughout Shropshire. |
| 167 |
Perry Hall Community Association |
providing entertainment, holidays and exercise for residents of Perry Barr, Birmingham. |
| 168 |
Pershore Pathfinders |
providing social activities for blind and partially sighted people. |
| 169 |
Rock Community Bus |
providing educational, leisure and play activities to socially and economically disadvantaged communities in Birmingham. |
| 170 |
S.H.A.R.P. Peer Education |
informing young people in Sandwell and Dudley of the dangers of leaving home unplanned and how to access support. |
| 171 |
The Shifnal Millennium Sensory Garden Committee |
creating and maintaining a sensory garden for the community, especially elderly and disabled people. |
| 172 |
St Michael's Hospice |
providing specialist palliative care for people form Herefordshire and surrounding counties and support for family and friends. |
| 173 |
Stepping Stones Support Limited |
providing support, advice and information to women experiencing domestic violence in Walsall. |
| 174 |
Age Concern Stourbridge |
providing services for the elderly including day care facilities and transport |
| 175 |
T.S. Sutton Coldfield |
guiding young people towards responsible and confident adulthood by encouraging personal attributes and conduct. |
| 176 |
The Asian Blind Association |
providing advice and counselling for blind and partially sighted people, and their carers, in Coventry. |
| 177 |
The Rose Staner Friendship Club |
offering friendship and support to elderly visually impaired people living alone in Coventry. |
| 178 |
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital League of Friends Volunteers |
providing support to patients, hospital management and staff. |
| 179 |
The Stonehouse Gang |
providing activities for pre-school and school children, youths and senior citizens in Selly Oak. |
| 180 |
Watch Limited |
a community-led organisation, working to improve the quality of life for people in Hillfields. |
| 181 |
Wetton and Alstonefield Community First Responders |
providing emergency medical aid in response to '999' calls from remote areas. |
| 182 |
The Wolverhampton Asian Women and Diabetes Group |
providing support and information about diabetes to Asian women. |
| 183 |
Wolverhampton Support for Deafened People |
providing a battery and repair service for hearing aid users. |
| 184 |
The Wolverhampton Urdu Centre |
providing information, advice and linguistic services in Asian languages. |
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Yorkshire and the Humber |
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| 185 |
The Crosby Community Association |
running a drop-in centre, neighbourhood watches, children's groups and an outreach service. |
| 186 |
FLAG |
providing support and respite care to families of children with disabilities. |
| 187 |
Friend to Friend |
providing activities for the elderly people of Holme Valley. |
| 188 |
Hornsea Inshore Rescue |
rescuing those in difficulties at sea and promoting water safety. |
| 189 |
Manor Young People's Health Project |
educating and advising the young in Sheffield on health issues. |
| Winners of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for voluntary service by groups in the community 2003 |
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Voluntary Group |
Activity Description |
| 190 |
Sheffield Cathedral Breakfast & Archer Projects |
supporting the homeless by providing education, breakfasts, shower and laundry facilities. |
| 191 |
The Community Care Association-Stockesley |
promoting voluntary action and developing projects with service users and carers. |
| 192 |
The British Fishermen's Association |
achieved compensation for distant water trawler men in Hull. |
| 193 |
The Friends of Paces |
supporting the local community of Sheffield and children with cerebral palsy by generating funds. |
| 194 |
The Goodwill Motorists' Friendship Group |
organising year-round, fun-filled gatherings for housebound (infirm, blind and/or bereaved) people, sponsored and entertained by groups in North East Lincolnshire. |
| 195 |
The Junction |
providing support, education and advice to people in Harrogate with a wide range of special needs. |
| 196 |
The Longhill Link Up Trust |
providing services and activities for those living on the Longhill Housing Estate. |
| 197 |
The Manor Farm, Monkswood, Thorogate Community Centre |
maintaining the community centre and providing activities for the local people. |
| 198 |
The Safe Anchor Trust |
giving special needs groups free access to waterways, and maintaining the canal environment in West Yorkshire. |
| 199 |
Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association |
providing a rescue service for people and animals above and below ground in the Yorkshire Dales. |
| 200 |
York Students in Schools |
introducing students from the University of York to Classrooms in York to help teachers and children. |