Our organisation, staff and volunteers have all received awards in recognition of their support for people experiencing homelessness in the Winchester area.
Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
We are honoured to be the recipient of the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service (QAVS) for 2017 (now known as the King’s Award for Voluntary Services).
The award recognises charitable organisations and their volunteers for their outstanding contributions to the local community. Described as the equivalent of an MBE, the QAVS is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK.
The Winchester Beacon would like to extend our warmest thanks to all of our volunteers for giving up their time and offering such wide-range of expertise to us, which saves us, on average, around £147,000 per year, that we would otherwise have to spend on staffing costs.
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service was first announced in 2002 to mark the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation and beneficiaries are announced each year on June 2nd. A signed certificate from Her Majesty the Queen and a domed glass crystal was presented by the Lord Lieutenant to the Winchester Churches Nightshelter in September 2018.