The King's Award for Voluntary Service
2024 & 2025 North Yorkshire Recipients

Fostering creativity, connectivity and food security for all in Whitby.

Providing vital local services to the community, promoting friendship and a sense of wellbeing.

Encouraging and enabling physical activity for fitness and wellbeing.

Providing life changing support for children with disabilities and their families.

Preserving a walled garden and changing lives through horticulture.

Empowering individuals through work-based activities and skills training

Restoring precious habitats and reconnecting people with nature in the lower Ure and Swale valleys.

Distributing surplus fresh edible food, donated by local Outlets, free of charge to all visitors.

Creating healthy, connected communities and improving wellbeing through movement and exercise.

A community library and garden providing books, IT resources and group activities for all ages.

Providing fun and affordable swimming lessons, voluntary run since 1936.

Inspiring civic pride and boosting business in the community, promoting mental health wellbeing, combating loneliness.

Promoting independent living and wellbeing whilst combating social isolation and loneliness.