Congratulations to Pevensey Volunteers, nominated in the Community Awards category in the Sussex Life ceremony last night. Whilst they did not win, they have raised the profile of the village, the story went out across Sussex about the value of voluntary activity here.—Bay Life, 7 October 2016
It is surprising, said the judges, to see the quality, value and range of voluntary activity here in Pevensey, given that it is such a small place.
This is a credit not just to Pevensey Volunters, but all the people in all the organisations, that day in and day out, do so much to help people here connect with each other and in the process enhance the lives of everyone.
Pevensey Volunteers has caught the zeitgeist here with what they are doing in their work to connect volunteer organisations to each other.
That is a pioneering idea and it would not surprise us see this model and way of working catch the imagination of not just Eastbourne, where they are planning to set up next, but across rural communities in Sussex,
Pevensey and the imagination, creativity and radical thinking about social wellbeing is the winner here and the ceremony last night has put Pevensey on the Sussex map as the place to be for pioneering work in rural life with communities and the notion of volunteering.
Helen Burton commented this morning (7 October), “Well, sadly we didn’t win.
“The winners were Emmaus who run a centre for the homeless in Brighton offering a place to live. Who can argue with that? A well deserved win!”
Congratulations to Helen Burton, the organiser of Pevensey Volunteers for what was clearly a night that she will remember. It is a night that Pevensey will also remember as the village made its mark with the promotion of all that is best about rural values and life here in Sussex.
Very well done to Pevensey Volunteers for their nomination in the category of Community Awards in the Sussex Life Awards Ceremony held in Brighton on 5 October 2016.
IMAGE CREDIT: Helen Burton
