31. Rahi Popat

Rahi grew up playing football and this soon became his escape and love in life, which continued into his adult years. He became secretary at his childhood team and used that experience to set up his own club, Hamilton Youth.  For the past two years Rahi has completely devoted his life to developing and expanding […]

30. Joely Colmer

At the age of two, Joely was diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum, clinically deaf and remained unable to speak until the age of six. In the hope of giving back some of the help she has received over the years, Joely began volunteering with Bournemouth YMCA’s ‘The Chatterbox’ project, a youth-led magazine for […]

29. Denise Whiffin

  Whether it’s an off-duty fireman giving up his free time to regenerate local parkland, a first aider teaching useful skills to hundreds of young people or a Mum engaging the community to care for its neighbours, the Point of Light award will honour shining examples of volunteering across England. The J’s Hospice was formed […]

28. Jean Jolly

  Whether it’s an off-duty fireman giving up his free time to regenerate local parkland, a first-aider teaching valuable skills to hundreds of young people, or a mum engaging the community in caring for their neighbours, the Point of Light award will honour shining examples of volunteering across Britain. In all weathers Jean can be […]

27. Ivan Hollingsworth

  Ivan is the recipient of a new Point of Light award, which recognises outstanding individual volunteers, people who are making a change in their community and inspiring others. Each day someone, somewhere in the country is selected to receive the award to celebrate their remarkable achievements.   Ivan’s son Seb was born in 2009 […]

26. Ian Morrison

Despite living with learning difficulties, autism and being severely sight impaired Ian Morrison volunteers as much of his free time as he can to deliver excellent customer service for a visual impairment charity where he received care as a child. For the last five years, Ian has volunteered at the WESC Foundation Shop in Heavitree, […]

25. Melanie Davies

Melanie set up TREAT Trust Wales (Treatment, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Therapy) to improve the wellbeing of communities in South Wales.  TREAT already has the support of well know figures Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Rob Brydon and Michael Sheen. Melanie’s long term goal is to raise enough money to create a world-class rehabilitation centre in Swansea. Melanie […]

24. Matt Preece

Leading a team of trained volunteers who work as Special Constables