Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

The Mayor of South Tyneside is pictured with the Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, Lucy Winskell, Deputy Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear, Col Ann Clouston, the Mayoress, and local recipients of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service awarded during her time in office.

Mayor thanks Queen’s Award Recipients Hayley Lovely

Volunteers purchasing food for food banks within South Tyneside during the pandemic.

Community group receives Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service Pamela Bilalova

Children from Nuserytime Hebburn.

Nursery children host carol service to honour award-winning volunteers Ross Robertson

The Lord Lieutenant of Tyne and Wear Mrs Susan Winfield OBE presents the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to Tom Fennelly, Honorary Secretary, who received it on behalf of South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade while Senior Brigade Captain Mark Taylor (second right) and Captain Dave Ratcliffe display the official document of conferment of the Award signed by Her Majesty The Queen. Also pictured are Brigade Honorary Treasurer Martin Robertson and the Mayor of South Tyneside Councillor Mrs Pat Hay who officially welcomed the Lord Lieutenant to the ceremony at the Watch House.

Royal honour finally presented to lifesaving heroes Ross Robertson

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, presented the Queens Award for Voluntary Service to Dave Johnson of NECA.

Royal recognition forcommunity garden Tony Gillan

The NECA Community Garden project has been given the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Team at community garden which helps transform lives celebrates Queen's Award Ross Robertson