Dalbeattie Males’s Shed is celebrating after its secretary received a high honour at an annual awards ceremony.
Geoff Allison was introduced as Volunteer of the Yr on the UK Males’s Sheds Affiliation Shedfest in Worcester on Saturday evening.
The Dalbeattie shed is one among over 600 within the UK and was shortlisted in two different classes – well being and wellbeing and shed challenge of the yr.
However within the volunteering award they hit the jackpot when Geoff was declared the winner in entrance of a whole lot of delegates.
Geoff, 77, was modest about his achievement however delighted Dalbeattie was high of the pops once more after successful the Shed of the Yr title again in 2017.
He informed the Information: “Our shed needed to enter however I didn’t wish to write my very own praises.
“So our member Brian Atwell did the testimony and the appliance.
“On the evening I received and I’m actually proud – however I’m feeling a bit diffident about all of the fuss.
“I’m the native ambassador for the Males’s Sheds Affiliation within the south of Scotland and northern England and their man on the bottom.
“I’m proud that nationally, amongst all the various volunteers who're about, what we're doing up right here in bonnie Scotland and fabulous Dalbeattie is appreciated.”
Geoff added: “We do put in a variety of effort and it’s nice it’s been recognised from such an extended distance.
“We even have nice hyperlinks to the group and that makes it simpler for us to hum alongside when you may have that form of assist.
“It’s gratifying and pleasing that little previous me can traipse on to a nationwide stage.
“To me it’s a invaluable factor – there was a variety of competitors and it’s good for Dalbeattie to come back to the highest.”
UK Males’s Sheds Affiliation director of providers, Charlie Bethel, paid tribute to Geoff’s dedication over time.
He mentioned: “Geoff has made an excellent contribution to the Males’s Shed Affiliation each regionally and nationally and has helped assist sheds of their communities throughout Scotland.
“He's an unimaginable particular person and an unimaginable supporter of us nationally.
“Serving to to exit and create extra males’s sheds has an enormous constructive affect on psychological well being and undoubtedly saves lives.
“We're so grateful to Geoff and his household who wrote to us to say thanks for giving us our dad again.
“I informed him don’t thank us – we thanks.
“We're honoured that Geoff is concerned within the Males’s Shed motion.”