| Volunteer
of the Year |
|
 His
Royal Highness the Earl of Wessex with African Prison
Project’s Alex McLean |
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| WINNER:
Alex McLean (African Prison Project) |
| Alex
has carried out a variety of renovation work in prisons
in Uganda, Sierra Leone and Kenya. He has set up agriculture
projects for inmates and has supplied some 30,000 library
books. His work in both Uganda and Sierra Leone is a risky
business for which he has put aside his personal safety
to carry out. The work he undertakes with prisoners and
their harsh conditions is harrowing, but his empathy and
humanity for prisoners is refreshing and his understanding
of the needs and potential of those prisoners is enlightening.
The judges said he represented everything that is special
about volunteers, volunteering, and about the voluntary
sector. They said it was amazing what one person could
do – such a short sentence but such a big statement. |
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| Highly
Commended : Richard Moore (Tearfund) |
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| Finalist:
Anne Pridmore (British Council of Disabled
People) |
|
Finalist: Jo
Jones (Contact a Family) |
| Finalist:
John Watkins (Farleigh Hospice) |
