Since the end of February, over 300 hours
have been donated by 62 wonderful
volunteers to our site.
Prior's Court has welcomed several corporate groups
of volunteers from Vodafone and Thames Water, and
a group of Scouts who have all donated their time
and energy to help around our 52-acre site:
l Vodafone helped to weed the pond garden in
preparation for summer flowers to be planted,
removed some fencing from the perimeter of the
woods, and weeded around the school.
l Thames Water worked incredibly hard raising the
ground level up in some of our residential home
gardens and tidying up our memorial garden.
l Scout volunteers ensured the safety of the young
people by cutting low hanging branches off some of
the trees around site and building bug huts out of
them to encourage local wildlife.
l Volunteers from Vodafone supported the annual
Let Me Shine Festival, which was a huge help in
ensuring the event ran smoothly. See page three for
more about Let Me Shine festival.
Collectively, these groups donated around 300 hours,
which equates to roughly eight working weeks!
Valiant volunteers
Overall, 13 awards were presented
on the night.
These were:
l The Working Together Award
sponsored by Reward Matters Ltd
George Konstantinidis
l Empowering Others Award,
sponsored by Simplyhealth
Tomson Chauke
l Continuous Improvement Award
sponsored by McCarthy Stone
Nuhu Mpete
l Innovator Award
sponsored by Blandy & Blandy Solicitors
Mark Bailey
l Inspirational Leader of the Year
sponsored by Greenham Construction
Ben Calder
l Annual Living the Values Award
sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences
Marta Uscinska
l New Autism Practitioner of the Year
sponsored by Cielo Talent
Tracey Gibson
l Autism Practitioner of the Year
sponsored by K2 Associates UK
Lauren Searle
l Care and Kindness Award
sponsored by Newbury Building Society
Glenda Oakley
l Team of the Year
sponsored by Unum
Grounds & Maintenance Team
l The Autism Advocate Award
sponsored by Arcadia Services
Emma Barnes
l Unsung Hero Award
sponsored by Greenham Construction
Moses Kamara
l The Dame Stephanie Shirley Award -
Penny Taylor