The Volunteer Festival will culminate in the Inspiring Volunteers Awards, a glittering evening recognising and celebrating volunteers, with a number of awards designed to cover a wide range of volunteer opportunities. This year the award categories will be Young Volunteer Award, Volunteer Team Award, Health & Wellbeing Award sponsored by NHS Forth Valley, Volunteering in Sport Awards sponsored by Active Stirling, Commitment to Volunteering, Outstanding Trustee Awards, Heart of Gold Award and finally the evening’s most coveted and prestigious award – Volunteer of the Year 2017.

This year we will not be taking nominations for Volunteer of the Year, instead the judging panel will decide an overall winner from the nominations submitted for the other categories based on their commitment and outstanding dedication. We look forward to another fantastic evening to celebrate the contribution our volunteers make to our community.

Nominations are now open and you can obtain a nomination form online at www.sventerprise.org.uk or by e-mailing awards@sventerprise.org.uk - Nominations will close on the 4th August at 12pm.

For more information, e-mail Activities & Volunteer Coordinator Alban Dickson on alban.dickson@stir.ac.uk