VISOR (the Visually Impaired Society of Richmond) receives the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
VISOR, a group of volunteers based in Richmond upon Thames Borough, have been honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
VISOR is an independent charity run by volunteers, many of whom are themselves visually impaired. They offer support, advice and social activities to blind and partially‑sighted people across and around the Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
VISOR is one of several charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive this prestigious award this year. The number of nominations has increased year on year since the awards were introduced in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, showing that the voluntary sector is thriving and full of innovative ideas to make life better for those around them.
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognize outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. Recipients are announced each year on 2nd June, the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. Award winners this year are wonderfully diverse and include volunteers from across the UK.
Representatives of VISOR will receive the award from the Lord Lieutenant of London later this summer.
VISOR’s Chair, Pat McNamee says:
“We are delighted that our group’s support of visually-impaired people within the Borough of Richmond upon Thames and neighbouring boroughs has been recognized and we pay tribute to the hard work and commitment of our volunteers.”