On the 3rd October 2023 Warwickshire and Solihull Community and Voluntary Action (CAVA) held a volunteer awards celebration to recognise the contributions made by both individual and group volunteers who make a difference to the communities of Stratford and Warwick Districts.
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:
Health and Wellbeing – sponsored by LinkIT Advanced Solutions
The nominees for the individual awards were Vanessa Compton, Anthony Britton, Sharron Houlton, Yvonne Wiggins and Jane Bourton.
The winner was Anthony Britton and Highly commended was Vanessa Compton.
Winner Anthony Britton, The Pam Britton Trust for Dementia and Karl Rotherham, LinkIT Advanced Solutions
Highly Commended Vanessa Compton, The Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership and Karl Rotherham, LinkIT Advanced Solutions
The nominees for group for the health and wellbeing category were Barbara O’Rourke Arts Foundation, New Hope Counselling and South Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind Green Minds Volunteers.
The winners were the South Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind Green Minds Volunteers and highly commended were New Hope Counselling.
Winner South Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mind Green Minds Volunteers with Karl Rotherham, LinkIT Advanced Solutions
Highly commended James Slough, New Hope Counselling with Karl Rotherham, LinkIT Advanced Solutions
Sport and Leisure which was presented by WCAVA and Associated Telecom.
The nominees for the individual awards were Alan Ford, Tom Abbott, Mark Morrey and Simon Storey.
The winner of this category was Simon Storey and highly commended was Mark Morrey.
Simon Storey, The Bicycle Bus with Clare Spiers, CAVA trustees
Sarah Davison CAVA on behalf of Mark Morrey with James Bustin, Associated Telecommunications
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.
Leamington Park Run with Clare Spiers, CAVA trustee
Cleary’s Boxing with Clare Spiers, CAVA trustee
Environmental/Animal Care which was presented by Amanda Wilson Patterson from WCC.
The winner of the individual award was Alec Roberts, Foundry Wood.
Alec Roberts, Foundry Wood with Amanda Wilson Patterson, WCC.
The winner of the group award in the Environmental/Animal care category was the Bicycle Bus.
Bicycle Bus with Amanda Wilson Patterson, WCC.
Arts, Culture and Heritage which was sponsored by Silvertime Legal Services Ltd
The nominees for the individual awards were Paul Mitchell, Mereta Brown, Stella Burton and Sarah Brunsdon.
The winners of this category were Stella Burton and Sarah Brunsdon, Escape Arts.
Stella Burton and Sarah Brunsdon, Escape Arts with Ben Gilbert, Silvertime Legal Services Ltd
The nominees for group for arts culture and heritage category were Aunty Jen’s Productions Teen Team, Arty Tots Get Messy with Grandparents, Armonico Consort volunteers and Escape Arts volunteers.
The winner of this category was Aunty Jen’s Productions Teen Team.
Aunty Jen’s Productions Teen Team with Ben Gilbert, Silvertime Legal Services Ltd
Inspirational Young Person which was sponsored by MidCounties Cooperative.
The winner of the individual category was Hebe Hughes.
Entrust on behalf of Hebe Hughes with Sophie Adams-Hyatt, MidCounties Cooperative
The nominees for group for the inspirational young person category were the Princes Trust Team Leamington Spa Warwickshire College Group and the Warwickshire Hawks under 11 coaches.
The winner was the Prince’s Trust Team Leamington Spa Warwickshire College Group.
Prince’s Trust Team Leamington Spa Warwickshire College Group with Sophie Adams-Hyatt, MidCounties Cooperative
Community Support 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.
Will Ryder with Bernadette Allen, Warwick District Council
The nominees for group for the community impact category were:
Repair Cafe, Girl Guiding Southam and District, Bidford Community Library, Helping Hands, Warwickshire Vision Support, Warwickshire Search and Rescue, Citizens Advice South Warwickshire, Welcome Here Leamington and Warwick, WRCC Back and 4th Community Transport, Warwick Memory Singers Volunteers, Entrust Care Partnership, Sydni Centre Group Leaders, Girl Guiding Whitnash and Leamington South District, Stratford Upon Avon Food Bank and The Polish Centre.
The winner of this category was Welcome Here Leamington and Warwick.
Welcome Here Leamington and Warwick with Bernadette Allen, Warwick District Council
Life time achievement (Long Standing Volunteer) which was 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.
Collected by WRAP trustee behalf of Mike Strophair, WRAP with Richard Thornton, Associated Telecom
Joan Bolton, the Friendship Project with James Bustin, Associated Telecom
Trustee/Committee Member which was sponsored by Sharp.
The individual nominees for this category were Pauline Hayward, Peter Rand MBE and Richard Gillard.
The winner for this category was Richard Gillard, Friends of Abbey Fields.
Chris Freeman CAVA on behalf of Richard Gillard, Friends of Abbey Fields with Mitchel Costello from Sharp
The group nominees for this category 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.
Carole Weaver, Director of Entrust Care Partnership with Mitchel Costello from Sharp
Margaret Hogg Trustee Women Stepping Out team with Mitchel Costello from Sharp
