Award Presentation

[smallhobbit]

During the recent Carpe Diem posts, I've written several times about Gloucestershire Bundles, but this is the big one, because yesterday was the formal award presentation of our Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.



In the middle is the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire who presented the award, on the left in the red top is Dawn holding the certificate, and on the right is Stacey holding the award.  (Not my photo)

This is the award (which is engraved crystal) and the certificate, personally signed by the queen.



We had a bit of a celebration:



For this year there were additional badges (given out later) for those volunteers who continued to volunteer throughout the pandemic.  Which means I now have something very few people will receive.



 

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Congratulations! Well deserved!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[kingstoken]

Congratulations!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[castiron]

Congratulations to you and all your fellow volunteers!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[badly_knitted]

How wonderful! Congratulations to all involved./

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[rusty_armour]

Congratulations to both you and Gloucestershire Bundles! I'm glad that there could be a proper celebration to mark this major accomplishment. You should be extremely proud of your badge! :-D

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! We had to wait a couple of months for the celebration, but it was worth it to be able to do so properly. I am very proud of my badge :)

[pensnest]

That is very splendid. I hope you had a good party!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. Yes, it went very well!

[howsmyenglish]

Congratulations! How lovely to have your work acknowledged and appreciated like this!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! Yes, it's good to have official recognition.

[nagi_schwarz]

Congratulations! That’s so awesome!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! We're delighted!

[margaret_r]

How wonderful! Congratulation to you and all the team. The badge is something you can hold with pride and is a lovely acknowledgement of all your hard work.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much. It's lovely to have a tangible reminder of the appreciation.

[adafrog]

Oh wow. Congrats!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[cuddyclothes]

Congratulations!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[corvidology]

How lovely! Congratulations. :D

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much!

[talkingtothesky]

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! Extremely happy to share!

[solosundance]

That's brilliant, many congratulations!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[medievalrosalie]

My goodness, that really is something so very special! What a wonderful recognition for you and the others who have continued to work through! Bravo!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much! Yes, we were delighted :)