A group of volunteers based at the Ty Hafan children’s hospice in Sully have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. Ty Hafan was the first hospice in Wales to have its own Scout Group which is open to all children receiving care, their parents and siblings.
The Ty Hafan Scout group is one of 241 charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this year. The number of nominations remains high year on year, showing that the voluntary sector is thriving and full of innovative ideas to make life better for those around them.
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate The Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Recipients are announced each year on 2nd June, the anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation. Award winners this year are wonderfully diverse. They include volunteer groups from across the UK, including an inclusive tennis club in Lincolnshire; a children’s bereavement charity in London; a support group those living with dementia and their carers in North Yorkshire; a volunteer minibus service in Cumbria; a group supporting young people in Belfast; a community radio station in Inverness and a mountain rescue team in Powys.
Representatives of Ty Hafan Scout group will receive the award crystal and certificate from Morfudd Meredith, Lord-Lieutenant of South Glamorgan later this summer. Furthermore two volunteers from the group will attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May 2022 (depending on restrictions at the time), along with other recipients of this year’s Award.
Area Commissioner for Cardiff and Vale Scouts Julian Jordan says: “We are delighted that our volunteers work over the past 13 years has been recognised, Scouting at the hospice really does make a difference to those that attend and give them an experience they wouldn’t normally get.”
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