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THE Queen has honoured Southend Citizens Advice with the highest accolade for voluntary groups in the UK for its outstanding dedication to helping others. Citizens Advice Southend is celebrating after being handed the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The service provides free, confidential and impartial advice to a wide range of people many of whom live in deprived areas. The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. Recipients are announced each year on June 2, the anniversary of the Queen’s coronation.
Essex Police Specials getting ready for a patrol, November 2020
- Credit: Essex Police
Four groups from Essex have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Services, considered the MBE for voluntary groups.
Essex Police Special Constabulary are among the winners.
They have 513 volunteers who provide almost 204,000 hours of volunteer policing for the communities of Essex.
The other award winners are Abberton Rural Training in Chelmsford which provides land based skills for vulnerable and isolated individuals and families in Essex; BATIAS Independent Advocacy Service which supports people with learning disabilities to have their voices heard in South and West Essex; and Citizens Advice Southend.
Essex Police Special Constabulary is honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
TODAY, [Wednesday 2 June] Essex’s amazing volunteer police officers have been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
And the award includes a ‘special designation’ for providing impactful support during the early months of the pandemic.
During the last year’s lockdown, between March and June, the Special Constabulary volunteered over 54,000 operational hours, providing visible policing and helping communities during unprecedented times. And in the year to 31 May 2021, they volunteered a total of 207,552 hours to policing Essex, an average of 17,300 hours a month.