Forth Valley Welcome is an outstanding charity that works with refugees in Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire. It has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
Forth Valley Welcome helps refugees who come to the area with practical aspects of resettling in an alien country. The refugees arrive from a very different environment, often having experienced persecution, torture and violence and Forth Valley Welcome volunteers provide material help, friendship, empathy and understanding.
Without them, a vulnerable group would be left seriously isolated in an environment that is extremely different from their homeland in terms of culture, economic development, security, societal structure, not to mention climate and statutory services.
Forth Valley Welcome is one of 230 charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive the prestigious award this year.
Very many congratulations to Forth Valley Welcome and all who help them provide such a wonderful and valuable service.
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The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of The Queen’s coronation. It is the MBE for volunteer groups.
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