Nominations open for 'huge honour' King's award

A charity that received the King's Award for Voluntary Service in 2025 said it was a "huge honour" as nominations open for 2027.

Guernsey Conservation Volunteers - a group that has been conserving the Bailiwick of Guernsey's natural environment for almost 30 years - received the award in 2025.

Angela Salmon, from the group, said: "It is a very special and significant milestone for our small charity to have the seal of approval from the King on the conservation work that we do."

The award is the highest national recognition awarded to volunteer-led organisations and is equivalent to an MBE.

Salmon, operations director, said she hoped the award would "further raise awareness and the profile of conservation needs in our island and of the value of volunteering".

"Big projects just wouldn't get done" without their volunteers, she added.

The Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, Lieutenant General Sir Richard Cripwell, said: "Across the bailiwick there are countless volunteer-led organisations whose commitment, compassion and energy make a real difference to people's lives.

"The King's Award for Voluntary Service is an opportunity to recognise the very best of those organisations and celebrate the volunteers behind them."

Members of the public can put forward eligible organisations for consideration by creating an account and completing a brief online nomination form, and providing letters of support from two other people who have seen the group's impact first-hand.

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