Tag Archives: Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Nightwatch’s volunteers remember Jamie Keating every night

Posted on September 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

CROYDON CHRONICLES: This week, Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN has gone back just 50 years, for a heart-rending story of volunteers and sacrifice that began with a local newspaper reporter and the Parish Church’s curate going out on to the streets … Continue reading →

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Croydon charity given Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service

Posted on June 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

Homelessness charity Croydon Nightwatch has been awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, it has been announced today. This is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in this country, the equivalent to an individual being given the … Continue reading →

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Friends environmental group to receive Queen’s award

Posted on October 28, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Friends of Croham Hurst Woods will be celebrating a prize-winning year at their annual meeting next month, when they will be presented with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The doughty band of residents who each month spend at … Continue reading →

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Giving has no sell-by date for Croydon’s Ross-Wildman

Posted on February 18, 2012 by insidecroydon

It is at times like these when the poor, the old and the most vulnerable often find that they need more help than ever, yet the charities and voluntary groups who are called upon increasingly to deliver that support are … Continue reading →

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