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The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award

Applications are now open for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Volunteering Award which recognises excellent charities working at the national level to empower young people (16-25) and provide them with skills and opportunities, with volunteers playing a key role in delivering this work. Applications are to be submitted directly by national charities by 17 June (‘national’ could […]

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Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

The nomination window for The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) 2023 opened on 1 April.  The closing date for nominations is 15 September. QAVS is part of the Honours system and is specifically for local volunteer groups that are well run, making a significant difference to local people’s lives and, importantly, have volunteers (rather than

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Queen’s Green Canopy

The Lord-Lieutenant attended a Reception at St James’s Palace on 31 March to mark the end of the first tree-planting season of the Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC). Planting will now be paused until October, and in the meantime QGC will move into a conservation phase to unveil 70 Ancient Woodlands and 70 Ancient Trees. 

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Magistrates

The Lord-Lieutenant attended the Cheshire Magistrates All-Bench Meeting on 17 March and presented 10-Year, 20-Year and 30-Year Long Service Certificates.

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