HM The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

I had the greatest of pleasures to be present at the award of this highest honour to Community Care North Bucks yesterday afternoon, This award of The QAVS represents recognition of the amazing work that the Charity does for people in our area. I met some wonderful volunteers yesterday who told me about their work transporting people to hospital and supporting carers young and older. Here is a brief summary of what CCNB does:

The overall aims of CCNB are to:

• Reduce social isolation for carers of all ages

• Improve emotional well-being and self-confidence for carers

• Give young carers a better future by providing opportunities for personal development

• Enable GP referred patients to attend their hospital appointments without the additional stress of worrying about how to get there and back again

With these aims in mind CCNB:

• Offers support groups and clubs for carers; offering personal support that focuses on putting the carers first.

• Runs a Hospital Car Service which provides a personalised service from doorstep to appointment and back again, that reliably gives peace of mind.

You can find out more on their website. They are always looking for new volunteers! Well done to all!

Here are all the volunteers and trustees together with the Lord Lieutenant who handed over the award on behalf of HM The Queen. You would struggle to find a more wonderful and happy bunch of people!