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EXCEPTIONAL AWARD FOR CALVERT TRUST EXMOOR

Calvert Trust Exmoor were delighted to receive SSAFA’s Exceptional Award at the Forces Additional Needs and Disability Forum (FANDF) in MOD main building, Whitehall  earlier this week. (Monday 20th June).

FANDF supports service families to ensure that both children and adults with additional needs and disabilities have access to the best support available.

 Membership of FANDF is open to;

  • Parents of children with additional needs and disabilities form Service families.
  • Partners/spouses of Service personnel with a disability
  • Service personnel with a disability
  • Carers

Tony Potter, CEO of Calvert Trust Exmoor, received the award on behalf of the trust from Iza Gill, Chair of FANDF.

After the award was presented Tony said ; “We are honoured to receive this Exceptional Award in recognition of our continued commitment and support of SSAFA short breaks, providing support to families with disabilities from across the Armed Forces. It’s particularly important to us that it was the families themselves who voted to recognise us with this award.”

Calvert Trust Exmoor has been working with SSAFA for over 10 years, providing breaks for children with additional needs and disabilities, and their families. SSAFA award only one Exceptional Award a year.

Calvert Trust Exmoor is the South West’s premier holiday destination for people with disabilities, and the only 5 star accredited activity accommodation in the country. We welcome over 4,000 residential guests and 5,000 day visitors a year with the philosophy of “At Calvert Trust Exmoor it’s what youCAN do that counts”. This sums up our approach to what we do, we help people of all levels of ability to fulfill their potential and be all that they can be.

 

Calvert Trust Exmoor is the third Calvert Trust Centre. It was opened in 1996 to offer people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities – and their friends and families – the chance to achieve their potential through the challenge of outdoor adventure.

You can find out more about Calvert Trust Exmoor here:

Media Release: UK National Parks seeks nominees for second annual volunteer awards

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Second annual UK National Parks Volunteer Awards launched

 

June 2013 – The 15 members of the UK’s National Parks family are keen to honour those individuals and groups who are helping to make Britain’s breathing spaces some of the most beautiful and inspiring places in the country. And as part of the UK National Parks’ commitment to doing that, nominations are now being accepted for the second annual UK National Parks Volunteer Awards.

 

The awards recognise those deemed to have gone above and beyond the expectations of volunteers in helping to protect, maintain and enhance the environment and heritage of their area. The volunteers being recognised can range from school children to those who have offered decades of service, from the individual who helps mend fences to the organisation helping to reintroduce a native species.

 

In last year’s  Awards, volunteers from The West Somerset Mineral Line Association were short-listed when a group of 5 core volunteers, supported by others, gave over 260 hours of work to engage around 700 people at 33 separate events. These included school groups, long distance walks, easy access trails, bus trips and evening talks.

 

“Volunteers are a source of great pride across the National Parks,” said Kathryn Cook, UK Director, UK National Parks. “The breadth of dedication and altruism they offer is inspirational.”

 

The awards will be broken into four categories:

  • Individual (26 years and above)
  • Young Person (25 years and under)
  • Group
  • Project

 

Winners of the group and project categories will receive a £1,000 bursary to help facilitate future volunteering activity. The winning individual and young person will each receive his or her choice of footwear from outdoor specialist and UK National Parks Brand Partner Merrell.

 

Nominations will be accepted until midnight 7 September 2013. Nominations are encouraged from any active volunteers working within the boundaries of one of the 15 members of the National Parks family.

 

To nominate a deserving individual, young person, group or project visit www.nationalparks.gov.uk/volunteerawards-2013.htm

 

Once all the nominations have been received up to five nominees will be shortlisted in each of the four award categories. Final winners will be announced in November.

 

To learn more about volunteering within the UK’s National Parks visit: http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/volunteering

 

 

Newsflash from The Culbone

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“We were nominated for a “Rural Oscar” by some of our Pips Club Members, for this years prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards. I’m thrilled to tell you that we have been crowned – South West of England Champions 2012 (start up category). We are through to the National Final, March 13th where we will proudly represent Exmoor. It is incredibly rewarding to be recognised for celebrating the very best of Exmoor. ”