The Lord-Lieutenant presents Atlas Woman's Centre, Lisburn, with their QAVS in August 2021. (Source: Belfast Exposed)

Eligibility

Any group of 2 or more people doing volunteering work can be nominated for the award. The majority of the group must be volunteers and more than half the volunteers must have the right to live in the UK.

To be nominated they should do work that:

• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
• is run locally

Volunteer groups should have been running for 3 years or more to be nominated.

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Useful links

Please visit the QAVS website for more information on the award and how to nominate a group: Click here

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