Harrogate Volunteer Oscars 2014: Shortlisted nominations
Each nominee, listed below, has been invited to the glittering awards ceremony at the Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate next Friday, October 31, and they have been urged to bring friends along from 7pm.
The awards are organised by former Mayor of Harrogate Coun John Fox together with the Harrogate & Ripon Centres for Voluntary Services and Harrogate Advertiser Series.
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Hide AdThe Harrogate Advertiser Series - supporting the 2014 Oscars - will provide full coverage from the ceremony online from November 1 and in our newspapers on November 6.
The 7th Harrogate & District Volunteering Oscars will again celebrate the tremendous work done by volunteers in our community by such a diverse group of people of all ages, whilst recognising those who have gone the extra mile and thanking them for all that they do.
Christopher Smith, Partner at Stephen H Smith’s Garden & Leisure said: “We first sponsored the ‘Environment Volunteer of the Year Award’ last year and were so impressed at the standard of the nominations to this and the other categories that we are very pleased to be supporting the Volunteer Oscars Awards again this year.”
Naomi Hall of the Blue Water Partnership said: “We won the ‘Corporate Engagement Award’ in 2012 and were amazed to find at the Awards Ceremony so many volunteers of all ages from throughout the Harrogate District had been nominated.
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Hide Ad“We are very pleased to be sponsoring the ‘Organisation of the Year Award’ for the second year.”
Harrogate Town AFC have agreed to sponsor the Sports Volunteer again this year.
Managing Director Garry Plant said: “At Harrogate Town AFC we have a great team of volunteers, so we are extremely pleased to support the Volunteering Oscars again this year, as we recognise the tremendous support given to sports by volunteers throughout the district.”
Jacqui Hall, Managing Director of CNG Ltd said: “When we were invited to receive our ‘Corporate Engagement Award’ last year, we were really impressed by the number of volunteers that give their time in our community and are pleased to be one of the sponsors this year.
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Hide Ad“I do encourage everyone to nominate a friend or member of the family who volunteers in our community,” said.
Robert Ogden of Ogdens of Harrogate said: “As an established family company, being part of the Harrogate community for over 120 years, we are extremely pleased to again support the Volunteering Oscars.
“Volunteers make our community a great place to live and work and we should congratulate all volunteers for giving their time.”
Nominations
Young Volunteer of the Year
Lizze Jackson
Jessica Quigley
Care Volunteer of the Year
Dorothy Hawkins
Angela Henson
Anne Hoole
Jane Kelly
Jane Lishman
Rosalind Marsden
Cheryl McKee
Ruth Williams
Community Volunteer of the Year
Sarah Bailes
Catherine Baxter
Hannah Beck
Friends of Starbeck Library
Harrogate Food Angels
Ann Hill
Geoff and Frances Scurrah
Marie Curie Ripon Fundraising Group
Martin Smith
Mary Snowden
Saint Michael’s Team – Starbeck shop
Timothy Stewart
Martin Williamson
Environment Volunteer of the Year
Rachel Green and Sandra Schiendorfer
Saint Michael’s Hospice Gardening Team
Timothy Stewart
Sports Volunteer of the Year
Tom Hildreth
David Terzza
Cliff Trotter
Wildlife Volunteer of the Year
Geoff Scurrah
Rachel Green and Sandra Schiendorfer
Teresa Marshall
Unsung – Harrogate
Hannah Beck
Renee Dickinson
Harrogate District Cancer Action Partnership
Derry Jones
Charlotte Macrae
Andrew Patterson
Graham Richards
Pam Roberts
John Shackleton
Ruth Usher
Brenda Ward
Unsung - Knaresborough
Brian Bradley-Smith
Dorothy Harrison
Unsung – Ripon & Boroughbridge
Claire Green
Tom Hildreth
Judith Jones
John Todd
Unsung – Nidderdale
Margaret Kendrew
Biddy Noakes
New Volunteer of the Year
Ruth Bakes
David Healy
Amanda Martyn
Tim Wokes
Trustee of the Year
Joy Allan
John Beck
Janet Chapman
Tony Collins
Glyn Robins
Organisation of the Year
Girl Guiding North Yorkshire West
Harrogate Hospital Radio
Le Tour Knaresborough
Ripon Youth Theatre
Supporting Older People
Washburn Heritage Centre
Corporate Engagement Award
Boots
Harrogate Town AFC
Volunteer of the Year
Joy Barker
Cath Blakey
Louise Blakeburn
Ann Burrell
Violet Davill
Renee Dickinson
Mark Firth
Tony Handley
Colette Lain
Robina MacDonald
Eleanor McRobert
Andrew Patterson
Sue Porter
Sue Rees
Phill Ruddy
Michelle Rundle
David Simpson
Marie-Louise Thirlaway
Winners of the Special Award and Lifetime Volunteer Award will be announced on night.
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Hide AdSupporting the 2014 Harrogate and District Volunteer Oscars:
Harrogate Advertiser Series
CNG Ltd
Enid Taylor Ltd
Harrogate & Ripon Councils for Voluntary Service
Harrogate Chamber of Trade & Commerce
Harrogate International Centre
Harrogate Town AFC
Marshall Zoing Ltd
Ogden of Harrogate
Orb Community Enterprise
Stephen H Smith’s Garden and Leisure
The Blue Water Partnership
The Old Swan Hotel
Yorkshire Building Society