We are delighted to present to you the 2024 Volunteer Recognition Award recipients! A huge congratulations to the 52 Awardees this year, comprising 37 Individual Awards and 15 Group Awards. It was a wonderful occasion to mark National Volunteer Week and celebrate these amazing people, and the incredible contributions they make across Waitaha Canterbury.
Photos of the Award presentations are available from our Photo Gallery.
2024 Volunteer Recognition Award Recipients:
Team Woodham - Age Concern Canterbury
Visitor Experience Volunteer Team - Air Force Museum of NZ
Volunteer Team - Bellyful Selwyn
Tutors Group - Birthright Canterbury
Patrick Boyle - Blind Low Vision NZ
Karen Lilly - Bone Marrow Cancer Trust
Volunteer Team - Book Discussion Scheme
Steve Hagerty - Cancer Society Canterbury West Coast
Judy Stewart - Christchurch City Mission
Anne Johnston - Christchurch Community House
Wednesday Wayfinding Team - Christchurch Hospital Volunteers
Ian Kinley - Church Corner Toy Library
Frank Morgan - Church of the Resurrection, Rolleston
Ronnie Davey - Citizens Advice Bureau Christchurch
Carolyn Tapley - Coastguard NZ
Volunteer Team - Darnley Club
Anita Kyle - Department of Corrections, Rolleston Prison
Margaret Basil-Jones - English Language Partners
Eve Earl - Family Drug Support Aotearoa NZ
Howard Harvey - Friendship Music Charitable Trust
Christine Evans-Millar - Hohepa Canterbury
Jesse Stapleton - Imagination Station
Exercise for Seniors Instructors - Keep Active
Ngaire Kent - Kirwee Community Association
Harry Rutledge - Life Education Trust Canterbury
Gordon Boyle - Lincoln Envirotown Trust
Brian Whittington - Lions Club of Rolleston and Districts
Johnny Milne - Lyttelton Community House
Rosemary Hall - Nurture Trust
Styx River & Carlyle Valley Predator Control Group - NZ Conservation Trust
Josie Mill - One Mother To Another
Volunteer Mentors - Pillars Ka Pou Whakahou
Earthwise Presenters - PlainsFM
Una Anderson - Pregnancy Infancy Parenting Support
Family Works Youth Mentors - Presbyterian Support Upper Sth Island
Nikhita Riches - Recreate NZ
Keith Turner - Recycle A Dunger
Hayley Guglietta - Richmond Community Garden, Riverlution
Fred Dodson - Rolleston College
Sonia Fletcher - Rolleston Hope Op Shop
Stuart Burns - Rolleston Rotary
Marion Ryder - Rotary Community Breastmilk Bank
Janet Chisnall - Shirley Community Trust
Charlotte McLean - Silverstream Reserve
Greg Brown - St Barnabas Fendalton
Barbara Baker - St John of God
Allan Hudson - St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church
Canterbury Volunteers - Taskforce Kiwi
Malvern Community Arts Council Volunteers - Te Huanui Art Gallery in Darfield
Friends of Ōtukaikino - The Living Memorial Trust
Imogene Ashton - Willowbank Wildlife Reserve
Todd Turner - Woolston Brass