HRH PRINCESS ANNE
24 April 2024
HRH PRINCESS ANNE PRESENTS THE KING’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE TO LUDLOW CANCER SUPPORT GROUP.
HRH Princess Anne presented Ludlow Cancer Support Group with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE. The presentation took place at the Riding for the Disabled-affiliated Cavalier Centre in Much Wenlock, and the Princess was accompanied by Anna Turner, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
In May 2022, Selina Graham, then High Sheriff of Shropshire, invited voluntary organisations throughout the county to attend a Shropshire Lieutenancy briefing session to learn more about the (then) Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Treasurer and Webmaster, Howard Goslyn, attended this meeting, and it was subsequently agreed that an application would be submitted. Ludlow Town Councillor, Erica Garner, nominated the Group, and work began on compiling a detailed report and answering the many, in-depth questions.
We worked closely with our local Assessors, Deputy Lieutenants Nicky Kershaw and Katherine Garnier, and were delighted when we learnt that our application had passed the initial eligibility requirements. However, the death of Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II, in September 2022, delayed commencement of the full-scale national assessments. By May 2023, ‘The Queen’s Awards’ had become ‘The King’s Awards’, and in October, we learnt that “His Majesty The King has approved the KAVS National Assessment Committee’s recommendation that the volunteers of Ludlow Cancer Support Group should receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) 2023. This represents a tremendous achievement and we hope that the group’s volunteers will feel immensely proud of it.” The official announcement was made on 14 November, HM The King’s birthday.
Usually, the Lord-Lieutenant of each county presents these Awards. Ludlow Cancer Support Group, together with the other seven award-winners, viz., Church and Chetwynd Aston Village Hall, Clun Good Neighbours, Shropshire Child Contact Centres, South Shropshire Engineering Ambassadors, Telford Crisis Support, Home-Start Telford & Wrekin, and The Cavalier Centre, was honoured that HRH Princess Anne agreed to do this.
21 members and supporters attended the ceremony, and afterwards one member was heard to say, “What a wonderful day. I am so proud to belong to the Ludlow Cancer Support Group; it's a real family.(see more in News & Photos)
HRH PRINCESS ANNE PRESENTS THE KING’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE TO LUDLOW CANCER SUPPORT GROUP.
HRH Princess Anne presented Ludlow Cancer Support Group with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE. The presentation took place at the Riding for the Disabled-affiliated Cavalier Centre in Much Wenlock, and the Princess was accompanied by Anna Turner, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire.
In May 2022, Selina Graham, then High Sheriff of Shropshire, invited voluntary organisations throughout the county to attend a Shropshire Lieutenancy briefing session to learn more about the (then) Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Treasurer and Webmaster, Howard Goslyn, attended this meeting, and it was subsequently agreed that an application would be submitted. Ludlow Town Councillor, Erica Garner, nominated the Group, and work began on compiling a detailed report and answering the many, in-depth questions.
We worked closely with our local Assessors, Deputy Lieutenants Nicky Kershaw and Katherine Garnier, and were delighted when we learnt that our application had passed the initial eligibility requirements. However, the death of Her Majesty the Queen, Elizabeth II, in September 2022, delayed commencement of the full-scale national assessments. By May 2023, ‘The Queen’s Awards’ had become ‘The King’s Awards’, and in October, we learnt that “His Majesty The King has approved the KAVS National Assessment Committee’s recommendation that the volunteers of Ludlow Cancer Support Group should receive The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) 2023. This represents a tremendous achievement and we hope that the group’s volunteers will feel immensely proud of it.” The official announcement was made on 14 November, HM The King’s birthday.
Usually, the Lord-Lieutenant of each county presents these Awards. Ludlow Cancer Support Group, together with the other seven award-winners, viz., Church and Chetwynd Aston Village Hall, Clun Good Neighbours, Shropshire Child Contact Centres, South Shropshire Engineering Ambassadors, Telford Crisis Support, Home-Start Telford & Wrekin, and The Cavalier Centre, was honoured that HRH Princess Anne agreed to do this.
21 members and supporters attended the ceremony, and afterwards one member was heard to say, “What a wonderful day. I am so proud to belong to the Ludlow Cancer Support Group; it's a real family.(see more in News & Photos)
Friday 10 May 2024
HM LORD-LIEUTENANT OF SHROPSHIRE VISITS LCSG
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner, visited Ludlow Cancer Support Group to congratulate members on receiving The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. She was joined by three Deputy Lieutenants, Nicky Kershaw, Katherine Garnier and Selina Graham, and Ludlow Town Councillor, Erica Garner, who had nominated LCSG for the (then) Queen’s Award in 2022.
60 members and guests sat down to a wonderful buffet, organised by the Group. Within the official citation, i.e. the document which outlined why LCSG received the KAVS, were the words, “They (LCSG) are the family that no one would choose to join but, like any caring family, they are there when the need arises to help make life more manageable. As such they are highly deserving of recognition through the King’s Award for Voluntary Service.”
NB. Our beautiful cake was made by Jean Cooke of Café V in Ludlow, who makes the cakes members enjoy so much at every meeting (see more in News &Photos).
HM LORD-LIEUTENANT OF SHROPSHIRE VISITS LCSG
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner, visited Ludlow Cancer Support Group to congratulate members on receiving The King’s Award for Voluntary Service. She was joined by three Deputy Lieutenants, Nicky Kershaw, Katherine Garnier and Selina Graham, and Ludlow Town Councillor, Erica Garner, who had nominated LCSG for the (then) Queen’s Award in 2022.
60 members and guests sat down to a wonderful buffet, organised by the Group. Within the official citation, i.e. the document which outlined why LCSG received the KAVS, were the words, “They (LCSG) are the family that no one would choose to join but, like any caring family, they are there when the need arises to help make life more manageable. As such they are highly deserving of recognition through the King’s Award for Voluntary Service.”
NB. Our beautiful cake was made by Jean Cooke of Café V in Ludlow, who makes the cakes members enjoy so much at every meeting (see more in News &Photos).