The Warwickshire and Solihull Community and Voluntary Action (CAVA) held its volunteer awards celebration on October 3 to recognise the contributions made by both individual and group volunteers in the Warwick and Stratford districts.
And among the winners were a number of familiar names across our towns - Leamington's Simon Storey, of The Bicycle Bus; Anthony Britton who set up The Pam Britton Trust for Dementia; Alec Roberts from Foundry Wood; Richard Gillard of the Friends of Abbey Fields. Among the winning groups were the Leamington parkrun, Prince's Trust Team Leamington Spa Warwickshire College Group; Welcome Here Leamington and Warwick; Entrust Care Partnership.
The event was held in the Old Shire Hall Ballroom at Warwickshire County Council in Warwick and sponsored by Warwickshire County Council, Warwick District Council Silvertime Legal Services Ltd, Associated Telecom, LinkIT Advanced Solutions, Mid-Counties Cooperative, Sharp and WCAVA.
The categories and commended were as follows:
9. Community Support Award which was sponsored by Warwick District Council.
The nominees for individual awards in this category were: Clare Hassall, Marcus Bennett, Susan Pollard, Dawn Rahman, Vic Lewis, Dianne Warren, Will Ryder, Clare Bailey, Tim Proudler, Mandy Partridge, Philip Coldicott, Jo Ingram, Michelle Harwood, Anne Brough, David Billingham, Simon Quick, Paul W Jarvis, Madeleine Parker, Anthony Britton, Jane Foster, Mark Redgrave, Penny Keynton-Hook and Caroline Marrow. The winner of this category was Will Ryder, who is pictured here with Bernadette Allen (Warwick District Council). Photo: Owen Jones
10. Lifetime Achievement (Long Standing Volunteer), sponsored by Associated Telecom
The nominees for this category were: Mike Strophair, Pauline May Parker, Joan Bolton, Anne Brough, Anna Palmer, Hazel Bradley, Hugh Beale, Rosemary Maskell, Dona Gulliman, Daniel Browne. The winner was Mike Strophair, Warwickshire Reminiscence Action Project (WRAP) and highly commended was Joan Bolton, the Friendship Project. Pictured: The award was collected by a WRAP trustee on behalf of Mike Strophair, WRAP with Richard Thornton (Associated Telecom). Photo: Owen Jones
11. Trustee/Committee Member Award (group), sponsored by Sharp
Trustee/Committee Member Award (group) nominees were the Women Stepping Out team and Lynne Barton and Carole Weaver, directors of Entrust Care Partnership. The winners were Lynne Barton and Carole Weaver, directors of Entrust Care Partnership, and highly commended were the Women Stepping Out team. Pictured are Lynne Barton, director of Entrust Care Partnership, and Mitchel Costello (Sharp). Photo: Owen Jones
12. Sport and Leisure (group) Award
The nominees for group for the Sports and Leisure category were Leamington parkrun and Cleary’s Boxing. The winner was Leamington ParkRun and highly commended were Cleary’s Boxing. Pictured is a representative from Leamington parkrun with Clare Spiers (CAVA trustee). Photo: Owen Jones