As we reach the end of the academic year the annual awards ceremony celebrates all the hard work student volunteers have contributed to the local community.

• 587 Volunteers signed up for regular projects since Sept 2014
• 705 applications made to charities
• 303 Volunteers signed up for one-off projects
• 2376 Volunteering hours logged on the website by 119 volunteers
• 96 students took part in the Volunteer Management Programme. This involved creating, implementing and leading their own community events.

There are 7 awards up for grabs at the awards ceremony on Friday 27th March and with over 80 nominations submitted competition is more fierce than ever.

All shortlisted students must RSVP to adam.pettit.1@city.ac.uk to confirm they are attending the awards.

The shortlisted nominees for each award are as follows:

Best New Volunteer

• Naz Altinok
• Geoffrey Safar
• Jacqueline Wong
• Saanya Jain
• Mariona Serra
• Kelsie Langley
• Mark Greaves
• Asgher Abbas
• Yuan Gao
• Christian England
• Jiatong Liu
• Miro Arabadzhiev
• Pranali Bhosale
• Chemara Dennis
• Artem Prytykin
• Maximillian Djamgarian
• Marlis Fornrumpf
• Nora Deshishku

Outstanding Achievement in Volunteering

• Ambar Nicole
• Amit Nakum
• Julia Drahoss
• Mark Greaves
• James Michael Mallon
• Chiinthu Sarvanathan
• Irina Ivanova

Leadership in Volunteering

• Ken Hy
• Hanish Chavda
• Christina Katsouli

Project of the Year

• International Festival Celebration – Jiatong Liu
• Alone in London – Sandra Vaiciulyte
• Project Wildlife – Ken Hy and Hanish Chavda
• Secret Santa – Diana Cleves-Martinez
• The School Exclusion Project – Eleanor Fraser
• Baby Blues – Laura Fabian
• Cultural Awareness Days – Justyna Wolczyk

Team Player Award

• Kavaljeet Potiwal
• Tanzyla Khan Tareen
• Yvonne Guillemin
• Temitope Olatunji-Bello
• Emma Whittingham
• Miroslav Arabadzhiev
• Synove Knudsen
• Banuya Mohan
• Valentina Aronica

Volunteer of the Year

• Siobhan Tatum
• Julia Drahoss
• Hamed Jabarkhai
• Lingshuang Xu
• Eleanor Fraser
• Mark Greaves
• Aysha Sajid
• Ngoc Anh Thai
• Pedram Tamkinfard
• Hazel Morgan
• Ken Hy
• Christian England