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Thanks to a Scottish
Executive grant of nearly £ ½ million, CSV will be able to offer even more
young people the chance to volunteer
Education Minister Peter
Peacock,
Claire Ord and MSP Allan Wilson
Claire Ord, a volunteer with Community Service Volunteers (CSV) in local
schools was awarded the prestigious title of 'Best Volunteer in a Supporting
Role' by Education Minister Peter Peacock at a ceremony in the Scottish
Parliament in Edinburgh.
Local MSP Allan Wilson paid tribute to Claire and all the other volunteers
at the awards,
"Claire has come from Nottingham to volunteer in North Ayrshire and together
with her fellow volunteers they have provided a dynamic new resource to
North Ayrshire Education Department" said Mr Wilson.
"The volunteers role is one of supporting individual pupils struggling in
education - often pupils with special needs - and Claire has developed
strong relationships with teaching staff and shown real initiative, even
setting up a creative writing class"
"Claire and her colleagues deserve this national recognition for their
achievement as the invaluable work done by volunteers in our society often
goes unrecognised and un-rewarded. I am sure all the staff and pupils with
whom Claire has come into contact with in her time in North Ayrshire would
like to join me in wishing her all the best in her future career" said Mr
Wilson.
"Claire Stevens, Director of CSV in Scotland, said: "CSV was the first to
pioneer full-time volunteering for young people and forty years on we are
still the experts and biggest provider of such opportunities. Young people
have long recognised the enormous benefits to be gained by undertaking a
sustained period of voluntary service and we are delighted that government
is now waking up to the value of it both to volunteers and the communities
in which they serve. Thanks to a Scottish Executive grant of nearly £ ½
million, CSV will be able to offer even more young people the chance to
volunteer, particularly young people who may need extra encouragement and
support to get involved because of learning difficulties, rural isolation or
other challenges. "
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