Every year hundreds of people in Cardiff give their time freely to volunteer and offer a helping hand to someone at a time of need. We are delighted to announce the return of the Cardiff Volunteer Awards which celebrates the volunteering community in the city. For the seventh-year running, the annual flagship event organised by Cardiff Third Sector Council (C3SC) will highlight and celebrate acts of kindness in our local communities through volunteering and the positive differences this brings to people’s lives.
The event will take place from 3:30pm on Thursday 27 November 2025 in person at Portland House, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff, CF10 5EQ and online via Zoom. Following the success of last year’s event, which was attended by over 200 people, we are thrilled that Wales & West Housing will once again be lead sponsors for this year’s ceremony. We also went to say a huge thank you to all of our sponsors – Euroclad, CentreGreat, The Open University in Wales, UtilityAid, Lovell, Orbits IT and VividBlock – for their support as we show our appreciation to the community of volunteers in Cardiff who selflessly give up their time to help others.
Sheila Hendrickson-Brown, CEO at C3SC explained, ‘It is genuinely heartwarming to hear how people from all walks of life go above and beyond to volunteer in a huge range of different ways to make a positive difference in people’s lives. It is great to be reminded that so many people are freely giving their time to do good things that help people in their communities – the Cardiff Volunteer Awards is our unique opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate that and to say thank you’.
Areatha Comanescu of The Birth Partner Project, Winner of Volunteer Coordinator of the Year category at last year’s Awards told us, ‘Having the commitment I put into my work acknowledged was very much appreciated. To then be selected as a finalist and go on to win the category was all pretty emotional for me. I truly care and strongly believe in the work of The Birth Partner Project. We have a wonderful team of volunteers – Birth Partners, drop in volunteers and, of course, trustees. Being a volunteer has had a huge impact on me in terms of my personal growth.’
The awards ceremony will begin with lunch and networking and a chance to meet and welcome our nominees and guests and is followed by the Ceremony and announcement of the nominees and winners in the range of categories that celebrate the diversity of volunteering that takes place across Wales’ capital city.
To find out more about the Cardiff Volunteer Awards 2025, and to book your place to attend this year’s Awards, please visit our website: https://c3sc.org.uk/cva-2025/ Early booking is recommended as spaces are limited.
Nominations remain open until Sunday 2 November 2025, 11:59pm where individuals and groups can be put forward for an award across seven different categories. Find your nomination form here.
You can find out how to become a member of C3SC here, and if you are interested in sponsoring this year’s Cardiff Volunteer Awards, please view our Sponsorship Package Document; go here for the Welsh version of the document.
We look forward to celebrating another momentous year of volunteering in Cardiff.
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Note to the editor:
Cardiff Third Sector Council is a charity which was established to support and develop Cardiff’s voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector. Working with the Welsh Government, Third Sector Support Wales (TSSW), Cardiff Council and other partners, C3SC is committed to helping voluntary groups and organisations working in Cardiff to develop and deliver inclusive and sustainable services and activities to support communities, to enabling more people to benefit from volunteering and to providing a collective campaigning voice for this vital sector. Please visit https://c3sc.org.uk/support/
There are 10 categories of awards to be judged by a diverse panel, including 2 categories to be selected from the Volunteering-Wales.net database, and a final category winner chosen from the Cardiff Youth Led Grant 24-25 projects based on the impact they have made in their communities working with groups in priority target areas. Find out more about the awards by visiting our Cardiff Volunteer Awards 2025 page on our website.
For press enquiries, please contact: Ebed Akotia – Email: ebed.a@c3sc.org.uk Mobile: 07714 750 707
