SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Awards 2024
Individual Fundraiser of the Year
Team/College Fundraiser of the Year
Student Volunteer of the Year
Staff Volunteer of the Year​
Project of the Year
Inspirational Role Model of the Year
Outstanding Long-Service Award for Volunteering
Volunteering College Coordinator of the Year
This year's shortlist will be announced at the AoC Conference with three shortlisted finalists from each category then being invited to a very special awards ceremony at the House of Lords on Friday 6 December 2024. ​
Sponsored by
Shelagh Legrave CBE DL
FE Commissioner, Department for Education
Professor Jo Maher
Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sport), Loughborough University
Dame Sally Dicketts CBE
Former CEO, Activate Learning
Dr Katerina Kolyva
Chief Executive, Education and Training Foundation
David Hughes CBE
Chief Executive, Association of Colleges
David Gallagher
Chief Executive, NCFE
Phil Packer MBE
Founder, British Inspiration Trust (BRIT)
Leslie Davies CBE FCFE
Executive Director, CIFE
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Rt Hon Baroness Nicky Morgan
Awards Patron
Our Judges
Individual Fundraiser of the Year:
Suzanne Richards – Walsall College
Aimee Garratt – Dudley College
Emma Shipstone – Nottingham College
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Team/College Fundraiser of the Year:
​Students’ Union – Barnsley College
Student Engagement Team and Students’ Union – South Regional College
Personal Social Development Team – Nottingham College
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Student Volunteer of the Year:
Norman Smith – Dudley College
Beth Williamson – Nottingham College
Jack Stone – London South East Colleges
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Staff Volunteer of the Year:
Nicola Thomson Dewey – Barnsley College
Rich Williams – Nottingham College
Rob Stevenson – Burton and South Derbyshire College
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Project of the Year:
Wellbeing Wednesday Lunches – London South East Colleges
Coast-to-Coast Challenge – Burton and South Derbyshire College
PEAR Project – South East Regional College
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Volunteering College Coordinator of the Year:​​
Nottingham College Team
Accreditation Focus Group
Penny Taylor – Lincoln College
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Inspirational Role Model of the Year:
Rosie Rawlings-Waumsley – Suffolk New College
Tom Griffiths – Leeds City College
Abigail Daly – City College Plymouth
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Outstanding Long-Service Award for Volunteering:
Rich Williams – Nottingham College
Rob Stevenson – Burton and South Derbyshire College
​Liam Cannon – Suffolk New College​​​
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