Doncaster CVS Awards

DONCASTER CVS REWARDS COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY STARS

Over 200 people attend AGM and awards event at the Keepmoat

Doncaster CVS has celebrated its 71st anniversary and recognised the stars on the town’s voluntary and community sector with its second annual awards event at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Over 200 people from across South Yorkshire attended the organisation’s AGM and Community & Voluntary Sector Awards event sponsored by accountants, Smith Craven and media partners, Sine FM and the Doncaster Free Press.

Explains Norma Wardman, director of Doncaster CVS: “We’ve been at the core of Doncaster’s thriving community and voluntary sector for 71 years and it was fantastic to welcome a record number of people to our AGM and Awards today.

“Our second Community & Voluntary Sector Awards have brought together so many of Doncaster’s community groups, social enterprises and volunteers to celebrate their incredible achievements. We received 74 nominations this year and every single one deserved an award, the judges had a very tough job this year selecting the winners!”

The winners of the Doncaster CVS Community & Voluntary Sector Awards 2014 are as follows:

• Social Enterprise of the Year – sponsored by Business Doncaster
  Austerfield Study Centre
• Community Group of the Year – voted by Doncaster Free Press readers
  Cavy Corner Guinea Pig Sanctuary
• Registered Charity of the Year – sponsored by Taylor Bracewell
  Doncaster Rape & Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (DRASACS)

• Senior Volunteer of the Year – sponsored by Age UK
  Florence Hankinson from DIAL
• Young Volunteer – sponsored by BDO
  Hannah Sigsworth from Doncaster Rape & Sexual Abuse Counselling Service

• Training Provider of the Year – sponsored by Doncaster Chamber
  Ignition Autos Community Garage & Training Centre
• Most Inspiring Individual – sponsored by Doncaster Mind
  Sue Rose
• Most Inspiring Organisation – sponsored by Beta Technology
  Artistic Spectrum
• Most Innovative Project – sponsored by IFS Corporate Solutions
  Ignition Autos Community Garage & Training Centre
• Lifetime Achievement Award – sponsored by Doncaster CVS
  Jan Milner