The Vitalise Volunteer Awards is an annual event held to celebrate and reward the contribution of the fantastic volunteers in all areas of Vitalise.
The awards take place during National Volunteering Week in the first week of June and present us with a great opportunity to increase awareness and appreciation of our wonderful volunteers.
Every Vitalise staff member is encouraged to participate and nominate the volunteers they think deserve to win each category.
The results for this year are now in, the awards have been presented and the winners are...
2008 Awards results
Best newcomer
Winner: Willy Mamah – London office volunteer
Special mentions to:
- Carrie Gardiner – Vitalise Holidays
- Pjung Ho Seo – Vitalise Jubilee Lodge
- Scott Janes – Vitalise Sandpipers
- Tom McGuiness – Vitalise Sandpipers
- Elaine Riley – Vitalise Community Volunteers
- Jimmy Roberts – Vitalise Sandpipers
Fundraising volunteer
Winner: Richard Wilding – Vitalise Netley Waterside House
Special mention to:
- Brian Watkins – Vitalise Sandpipers
Holiday/Centre support volunteer
Winner: Nadina Grassi – Vitalise Netley Waterside House
Special mentions to:
- Benedikt Blume – Vitalise Jubilee Lodge
- Barry Colborne – Vitalise Netley Waterside House
- Angela Hemstock – Vitalise New Horizons Day Service
Pearl Jones – Vitalise Sandpipers - Mark Linley – Vitalise Churchtown Day Service
- Jerzy Matuszewski – Vitalise Skylarks
- Margaret Matuszewski – Vitalise Skylarks
- John Michael (T.J.) – Vitalise Churchtown
- George Neal – Vitalise Netley Waterside House
- Alex Rankin – Vitalise Netley Waterside House
- June Roby – Vitalise Holidays
- Joanne Sawbridge – Vitalise Sandpipers
- Ji Woong Jeon (Jim) – Vitalise Jubilee Lodge
Lifetime Achievement Award
Joyce McLoughlin
Well done to everyone!
Vitalise Volunteer Awards 2008 - the nominations
Best newcomer
- Natasha Barazi
Han Dowg-Seok (Jacob) - Camilla Elwheshie
- Jake Gale
- Carl Gauntlett
- Pyung Ho Seo (Kevin)
- Scott Janes
- Sylvia Least
- Tom McGuinness
- Willy Mamah
- Eileen Nineham
- Rita Northcote
- Stuart Outen
- Elaine Riley
- Jimmy Roberts
- Lars Siemer
- Dominic Stuart
- Ryan Valentine
- Richard Watts
- Hayley Witt
- Huiseon Yang (Joe)
Fundraising volunteer
- Brian Watkins
- Richard Wilding
Holiday/Centre support volunteer
- Philip Bambridge
- Alf Bamping
- Kath Bamping
- Mike Barr
- Bliss (Min Seon Kim)
- Benedikt Blume
- Eileen Briton
- Michelle Buglass
- Lindsay Burnett
- Karen Classen
- Pam Cocksedge
- Barry Colborne
- Carrie Gardiner
- Andrea Graham
- Nadina Grassi
- Ingrid Green
- Angela Hemstock
- Bastian Hocker
- Ji Woong Jeon (Jim)
- Pearl Jones
- John Lear
- Mark Linley
- Montse Lopez
- Becky McNaught
- Irene Marshall
- Jerzy Matuszewski
- Margaret Matuszewski
- John Michael (T.J.)
- Ian Milne
- Jacqueline Milward
- George Neal
- Joanne Olly
- Rohul Patel
- Alex Rankin
- Martin Rathje
- Rachel Rhodes
- June Roby
- Margaret Roome
- Joanne Sawbridge
- Louise Sim
- Gillian Stewart
- Pamela Sudlow
- Jeff Woodland
Shop volunteer