Volunteers from throughout South Ayrshire have been hailed for his or her dedication to serving to others at a particular awards ceremony.
A complete of 277 volunteers from 23 group organisations and charities took their bow on the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr.
All had been nominated for this yr's South Ayrshire Volunteer Awards in a night compered by panto stars Jerry Taylor and Fraser Boyle.
Presenting the awards was Professor Fiona McQueen, former chief nursing officer for Scotland, and chief of South Ayrshire Council, Councillor Peter Henderson.
Bronze awards had been offered to volunteers for one to 5 years of selfless service, silver awards for 5 to 10 years and gold awards for 10 to fifteen years.
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Lifetime awards had been made to volunteers who've devoted themselves to native good causes for 15 years and over.
Younger folks aged 12 to 25 who've clocked up greater than 200 hours of volunteering additionally picked up Saltire Awards on the night time.
Completely this yr, two 'particular recognition' awards had been made to 2 distinctive Scout leaders – Jane Calderwood who has volunteered for 51 years and Bob McIntyre who has been a volunteer for an unbelievable 57 years.
Particular group champion awards had been additionally made to 4 individuals who had been nominated by native folks for his or her tireless work of their communities – Mary Brown from Mossblown; Mandy Hickman-Ralph from Tarbolton; Patricia Watts from Girvan; and Robert Inexperienced from Lochside.
Mr Inexperienced sadly handed away earlier than the ceremony however his daughters had been there to just accept the award in reminiscence of their father.
The native heroes who acquired awards surrender their time to make a distinction to the next organisations: The forty eighth Ayrshire Scout Group; Ayrshire Most cancers Assist; Ayrshire Council on Alcohol; Damaged Chains; Clear Up Tarbolton Woods Marketing campaign; Neighborhood Present Alternate; Craigie Neighborhood Affiliation; Craigie Intergenerational Gardening Group; Kirkmichael Youngsters and Neighborhood Group; Kirkmichael Village Renaissance; Kyle & Carrick District Scouts; Lochside Bingo Volunteers; Lochside Café Volunteers; Lochside Neighbourhood Group; No-one Dies Alone Ayrshire; PDSA; Police Scotland; Prestwick Howie Bowling Membership; Royal Highland Training Belief Ayrshire & Arran; Scottish SPCA; South Ayrshire Council CLD – Grownup Literacies: Voluntary Motion South Ayrshire (VASA) and Working for Wallacetown Group.
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