Mortimer Village Partnership wins the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for 2014

Last summer Mortimer Village Partnership was nominated by West Berkshire Council and the Community Council for Berkshire for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for voluntary groups.

This is what Danusia Morsley - the MVP Chairman had to say about the experience.
‘As you can imagine we were over the moon to be even nominated. CCB contacted us for some details about our activities for their nomination and they requested letters of support from people and groups who have benefitted from what MVP does. Later we heard that the nomination had been accepted and we were interviewed by two Deputy Lieutenants of Berkshire representing the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. They wrote further reports on what we do and this was sent in to a national review’.

Danucia pointed out that the award has been given as a result of the work of all those who have volunteered for any of the activities that MVP organise: ‘all of the MVP  committee members,  many giving a great deal of time to the village, all those who serve at the Lunch Club, pick up litter at the Spring Clean, sell refreshments at the pantomime, put up tents and clean toilets at the Fun Day, deliver newsletters, administer our Facebook page, collect Bag2School bags from pavements, organise the Sports Weekend, maintain our website, local businesses that offer sponsorship and practical help, and many, many more. It was the range and number of volunteers, all in different ways serving the good of the village, which impressed the very serious judging panel that decided the award. We all do this because it is good for our community but it is wonderful to have that recognised.’

For more information on the Mortimer Village Partnership, including a full account of their big day out in London, see http://www.mortimervillage.org.uk/index.htm