Many congratulations to Rotary St. Helens and Friends of Flaybrick being awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service today on The King’s Birthday. The highest award a voluntary group can receive and equivalent to an MBE.
The Friends of Flaybrick in Birkenhead assist in the upkeep and maintenance of the 26-acre site, working with the community to ensure that its history and heritage is fully understood. They run a programme of guided walks and presentations, assisting enquirers with genealogy research and working to bring Flaybrick “Back into the Community”.
Rotary St. Helens supports local charities and organisations, providing volunteers for local events which would otherwise incur costs or not be able to take place. They have acted as a catalyst tidying up the canal and delivered a heritage trail that has brought so much wellbeing into the community. They also ran a Dragons Den event providing much needed funds into local projects.
Friends of Flaybrick and Rotary St. Helens are two of only 262 local charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this year. Their work, along with others from across the UK, reminds us of all the ways fantastic volunteers are contributing to their local communities and working to make life better for those around them.
Both groups will receive the award crystal and certificate from the Lord-Lieutenant in the New Year. In addition, two volunteers from the groups will attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in May and June 2024, along with other recipients of this year’s Award.
Very, very well done to all concerned!
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