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The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities.

You can nominate any volunteer group if you know about the work they do. However, you can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer or a staff member. Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award. In order to be nominated, volunteer groups should do work that:

• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognised and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
• is run locally

Also, volunteer groups should have been running for three years or more. Any member of the public can nominate a volunteer group working in the local community, even if you benefit from its work. You can’t nominate a group that you are a part of, for example if you are a volunteer (including trustees) or a paid staff member.

Find out more and make your nominations now

Deadline: 30 September 2010