# 244 organisations win 2022 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/06/06/244-organisations-win-2022-queens-award-for-voluntary-service/
- Published: 2022-06-06T10:13:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The award is the highest given to local volunteer groups, and is given in recognition
of outstanding community service.**

This year 204 organisations from England, 22 from Scotland, five from Wales and 
13 from Northern Ireland receive The Queen’s Award, announced on 2 June to coincide
with the Platinum Jubilee.

The highest number of awards go to the community support sector, which includes 
food banks, village shops, fundraising events and men’s sheds.

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Sir Martyn Lewis, QAVS Chair said:

> “I warmly congratulate all the outstanding voluntary groups who have been rewarded
> with a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year. The level of commitment 
> and innovation shown by these volunteers is truly impressive. We owe a debt of
> gratitude to them, and the countless others who give up their free time regularly
> to improve the lives of others in their community.”

Empowering others is also an area well represented in this year’s Queen’s Award 
for Voluntary Service with confidence building, training opportunities, educational
support and sports all highly recognised. Volunteers working in hospices, cancer
support, long-term illness, search and rescue and first aid also feature prominently.

This year’s recipients include:

 * Knockmany Running Club in County Tyrone which utilises an unused forest to provide
   a space for all ages to run, walk and ramble through accessible trails.
 * Cymru Creations in Gwent is a team of professionals who give their time to run
   an award-winning film academy, helping young people to create their own films
   and develop skills.
 * Bright Minds Big Futures which is a youth led movement in Stockton-on-Tees providing
   social action opportunities for young people and working with the council to 
   make Stockton a better place to live.
 * The Buddy Bag Foundation is providing support bags to children arriving in refuges
   which include toiletries, pyjamas, socks and underwear, in addition to comfort
   items such as a book and a teddy bear. It creates and supplies over 10,000 each
   year to the children in the West Midlands.
 * 1st Buckie Company Boys’ Brigade is challenging young people from 6 to 18 years
   old through physical and skills-based activities, community involvement and spiritual
   development in Banffshire.
 * The Oasis Centre which is creating communities in four parishes in Cornwall with
   multiple economic, health and well-being needs through food provision, social
   events and practical advice.

Any group of three or more people that has participated in voluntary work for more
than three years can be nominated. [Nominations for next year’s awards](https://qavs.dcms.gov.uk/)
are currently open, with a deadline of 15 September.

An additional one-off award, [The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/05/05/queens-award-for-voluntary-services-gets-one-off-addition-for-jubilee/),
was launched on 5 May, to celebrate national charities working to benefit 16-25 
year olds. It will recognise 20 national charities. The [application deadline for this award](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-queens-platinum-jubilee-volunteering-award)
is 15 June.

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