Support Volunteer Award
Volunteer Midlothian
Description
Bagpiper, photographer and celebrity /VIP needed!
We are looking for a Bagpiper to play for 1h/1h.30min at the beginning of the Volunteer Award ceremony. 5th June 2025, Newbattle Abbey College.
Volunteer Midlothian is part of the Midlothian Third Sector Interface. Our main role is promotion of volunteering, support of Volunteer Involving Organisations, partnership working and volunteer recognition. We celebrate Midlothian volunteers annually during the national Volunteers' Week. We require a bagpiper to play at the entry point at the beginning of the ceremony while guests are arriving (150 people).
Photographer
Photographer to take pictures at the event for 1 hour, of volunteers nominated for an award. 5th June 2025, Newbattle Abbey College.
Volunteer Midlothian is part of the Midlothian Third Sector Interface. Our main role is promotion of volunteering, support of volunteers, celebrating Midlothian volunteers annually during the national Volunteers' Week. We have 7 main categories including service to the community, befriender and mentor, health and wellbeing and climate change. We would like to capture the moment when they receive a certificate.
Celebrity/ VIP
We would like a celebrity/ VIP to say congratulations to our local volunteer - recording/ short video
5th June 2025, Newbattle Abbey College. We would welcome any form of VIP’s contribution. From 10 seconds video recording to a visit at the event.
We are looking for a celebrity to say thank you to the local volunteers for their amazing contributions. The Awards recognise and celebrate local volunteers from age 12 onwards and have been run for the last 18 years. Our dedicated sponsors are: SQA, Health and Social Care Partnership, Esk Valley Rotary Club, Midlothian Council, EDF - Energy and Fire and Rescue Service. Our Patrons are the Midlothian Provost and the Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian, our media supporter is Radio Forth. Newbattle Abbey College gifts us the venue for this special event and the programmes are printed by the SQA.
In Midlothian formal volunteering in 2018 provided 3.1 million hours of free work that contributed £46.5 million to local economy this can not be taken for granted.
In 2022 we had Forth One presenters congratulating the Team of the Year and in 2023 they have also been involved and sent well wishes to all of the nominated volunteers for a well-deserved thank you.
We have approached First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf for his congratulations (but his political circumstances changed the course of action), as well as Taylor Swift and Kylie Minogue, but they were slightly busy with their tours.