Each year hundreds of fantastic volunteers freely give their
time to support ReachOut and the young people we work with. Last Thursday 19th
March we celebrated our volunteers’ achievements, commitment and general
all-round brilliance at our Volunteer Thank You Event. The event was hosted by our
long-term supporter, the Macquarie Group Foundation, who provided a space in
their building with stunning panoramic views across central London.
After a drinks and nibbles reception, Rachel Engel, Chair of
the Macquarie Group Foundation opened the event by highlighting how important
ReachOut’s volunteers are to the organisation and the young people. She also described
how the partnership between ReachOut and Macquarie was initiated a number of
years ago by Richard King, a Macquarie employee and ReachOut volunteer.
Georgie Whiteley, ReachOut’s fundraiser, was the second speaker
of the evening. Georgie outlined how vital our volunteers’ fundraising efforts
are to ReachOut. In particular, she highlighted how a group of our volunteer
mentors who work in the Civil Service have brilliantly raised over £3000 for
ReachOut by taking part in sponsored runs, organising fundraising events around
their office and running a charity Karaoke night.
The Thank You Event gives us the opportunity to thank all of
our volunteers for the time, effort and commitment that they put into mentoring,
the fantastic energy which they bring to each mentoring session and the determination
and patience which they show when working with the young people.
After the speeches we awarded certificates to mentors who
had completed 30, 60 and 100hrs of volunteering with us.
Awards and prizes were given to volunteers who went above
and beyond what ReachOut expects from them as mentors, fundraisers or
exceptional leaders. The award categories, nominees and winners are listed
below.
In particular we created a new award this year in memory of
a volunteer mentor who sadly passed away in October last year, the Kieran
Dhaliwal Inspirational Student Award. Kieran was a committed volunteer and outstanding
mentor on the ReachOut Club and we wanted to make sure that he is remembered as
the inspirational student he was. His brother Arun joined us to present the
award.
The evening was a wonderful recognition of the hard-work,
commitment and enthusiasm which all our volunteers have shown on the mentoring
projects. Without the dedication of our volunteers 2014-15 would not have been
such a wonderful year!
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to all of
the wonderful people who have mentored with us in 2014-15!
Keep up the good work so we can make sure we have another
amazing year in 2015-16!
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| ROC Volunteer of the Year - David Zhao |
ROC Volunteer of the Year 2015
Nominees:
Jason Smith
Orla Merrick
Tomi Ashaye
Louise Nicholls
Eva Herle Schaffer
Harvey Ellerby
Harriet Bradshaw-Smith
Megan Stone
David Zhao
Anu Gulati
Krysta Yan
Toby Sansom
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| ROJM Volunteer of the Year - Helen Hunter |
Winner:
David Zhao
ROA Volunteer of the Year 2015
Nominees
Tim
Birtwistle
Ben Weidmann
Alexander
Millwood
Matteo
Lagonegro
Winner:
Alexander Millwood
ROJM Volunteer of the Year 2015
Nominees:
Mowlni Uthayakumaran
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| ReachOut Project of the Year Mentors |
Liam Calderbank
Helen Hunter
Winner:
Helen Hunter
ReachOut Project of the Year 2105
Nominees:
Redlands Primary School ReachOut
Club for Boys
The Petchey Academy Year 8 Boys
Winner:
The Petchey Academy Year 8
Boys
ReachOut Project Leader of the Year 2015
Nominees:
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| ReachOut Project Leader of the Year - Alex Pitchford |
Katy Belben
Tom Reid
Jessica Millner
Alex Pitchford
Charlie Tebutt
Chloe Holness
Justin Pickett
Alice Beck
Renuka Rawlins
Winner:
Alex Pitchford
Kieran Dhaliwal Inspirational Student Award 2015
Winner:
Melissa Emmett
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| Melissa Emmett presented the Kieran Dhaliwal Inspirational Student Award by Fran Ellis and Arun Dhaliwal |
Outstanding Contribution Award 2015
Winners:
Jo Deagle
Will Rhodes
Sohko Fujimoto
Jamie Broom
Nick Whitbread
Steve Maplesden
Michal Kreft
Sabrina Lee
Zoe Reeve
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| Outstanding Contribution Award Winner - Zoe Reeve |
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| Outstanding Contribution Award Winner - Jo Deagle |
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| Outstanding Contribution Award Winner - Sabrina Lee |
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| Outstanding Contribution Award Winner - Michal Kreft |
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| Bronze - 30hrs volunteering - certificate recipients |
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| Silver - 60hrs volunteering - certificate recipients |
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| Gold - 100hrs volunteering - certificate recipients |
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