Awardees

Supporting and enriching the lives of vulnerable young people, aged 8 – 18, across Dumfries and Galloway.

Providing a free service to the NHS transporting Urgent Samples, Blood, medical equipment and Medication.

Working towards equality for LGBT and other diverse adults, their families and supporters.

Uses trained volunteers to champion individual rights, to strengthen voices, to ultimately influence positive outcomes.

Providing invaluable support and friendship to vulnerable adults in West Fife who risk isolation, exclusion or unfair treatment.

Providing a place for exchanging ideas and social activities for the local community

Promoting wellbeing, reducing loneliness and isolation in the Dunoon area through community projects.

To encourage all ages in the community of Berwickshire to participate in dramatic and operatic arts.

Providing sports and other activities for disabled people.

Providing sporting activities for young people, encouraging confidence and self-belief.

Providing a warm welcome and mobile information service for visitors to the historic city centre.

Providing vital support, raising aspirations and promoting community integration in County Durham.

Dwaynamics empowers vulnerable youth to turn pain into power through boxing and life skills coaching.

Providing specialist support, information and encouragement to people with aphasia and their families.

Teaching children and young adults with dyslexia and creating awareness of dyslexia in the wider community

Providing a community shop in a Georgian Dovecote, with all profits re-invested in the village.

Providing hospice care and support for patients, their families and friends.

Providing opportunities for creativity, learning, volunteering and a social focus for all.

Providing a meeting place and social support within the community.

Helping elderly and mobility-restricted residents attend medical and social appointments using volunteers’ own cars.

Reaching out to our diverse population, offering cultural enrichment and addressing isolation.

Helping connect people to people, people to places and people to the environment.

People of all abilities learning and working together with enjoyment, creating something valuable for the whole community.

The charity values the work of dedicated team of counselling volunteers who are committed to making a difference.

Changing lives through spiritual support and helping to address homelessness, unemployment or low self-worth