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Helpforce Champions Awards 2019 – Shortlist

3rd September 2019

This year, we have received record number of nominations and each entry truly deserves a recognition for all the excellent work that individuals and teams have put in to support patients and NHS staff through the power of volunteering. We are delighted to present here 24 finalists for the Helpforce Champions Awards 2019. Good luck to all of you and the winners will be announced in October.

Outstanding Volunteering Team of the Year:

  • Aintree University Hospital NHS FT – Volunteer End of Life Companions Team
  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust – Volunteer Drivers
  • The Anne Robson Trust – The Butterfly Volunteer Team

Young Volunteer of the Year:

  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – Maisy Vincent
  • Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Salma Abdi
  • Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – Ethan Prosser

Volunteer of the Year:

  • Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust – Gary Thomas
  • Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust – Dean Moriarty
  • Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – Trevor Hudson

Outstanding Staff Champion for Volunteers:

  • Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust – Mandy McKendry
  • Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust – Melanie Gager
  • Western Health and Social Care Trust, N. Ireland – Sister Nichola Cairns

Volunteer Leader of the Year:

  • North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust – Barry Pridmore
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – Patzy Dalby
  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust – Paul Wharton

Partnership working in volunteering:

  • Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust – Healing Arts Volunteers
  • South Tees NHS Foundation Trust – Therapeutic care Psychology module
  • South Central Ambulance Charity – Vanessa Casey

Innovation in Volunteering Award:

  • Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Volunteers team
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust – John Nunn
  • Isle of Wight NHS Trust – Cathy Armstrong

Celebrating inclusion and diversity in volunteering:

  • South Tees NHS Foundation Trust – Therapeutic care Supported volunteers
  • Cardiff and Vale University Health Board – Library Trolley Service Volunteers
  • Western Health and Social Care Trust, N. Ireland – Niall Millar