Alliance announces Volunteer Awards 2015 winners

5th June 2015

The hard work, dedication and commitment of six outstanding volunteers and one outstanding volunteer team was celebrated at the Pre-school Learning Alliance Volunteer Awards 2015 on Friday 5 June.

The winners were announced by television presenter Amanda Lamb in front of an audience of more than 600 delegates from across the country during the annual member event.

The Volunteer Awards acknowledge and celebrate the vital role that volunteers play in the Alliance鈥檚 work. To make the shortlist, the nominees had to demonstrate: a high level of personal commitment; how they have made a positive contribution or difference to their local community; and how their work as volunteers has benefited children, parents or their setting.

The Volunteer Awards 2015 winners were:

Outstanding volunteer at a baby and toddler group

  • Sarah Farrell, Repton Baby and Toddler Group

Outstanding volunteer at an early years setting

  • Sarah Harbour, Tadpoles Pre-school

Outstanding volunteer team

  • Seashells Children and Families Centre

Lifetime achievement award (joint winners)

  • Cath Campbell, Alliance Durham subcommittee
  • Anne Clark, Alliance Lincolnshire subcommittee
  • Irene Dudman, Alliance Greenwich subcommittee
  • Helen Parker, Alliance Somerset subcommittee

Alliance chief executive Neil Leitch said: 鈥淭hese awards are a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the absolutely vital contribution of volunteers to the Alliance鈥檚 work across the country.

鈥淔or the first time ever, we have a record four lifetime achievement award winners, a reflection of the incredibly high calibre of entries that we received this year. All this year鈥檚 winners and nominees are incredibly dedicated and passionate volunteers who have clearly had a significant impact at their local settings and in their local community, and every one of them should be very proud of what they have achieved.鈥

For further information or to interview, Neil Leitch, Chief Executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance please contact:
Shannon Hawthorne
Pre-school Learning Alliance
T: 020 7697 2503
E: Shannon Hawthorne

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Notes for editors

 

  1. The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
  2. Through direct provision and its membership of 14,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
  3. For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website:

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