Award Winners

Throughout the pandemic and still today, Foday has been the principal volunteer in collecting free food and other items from all the local supermarkets and distributing it to more than 300 families in need in the Grangetown, Butetown and Riverside areas. He has truly supported so many families during this past year as well as throughout the whole pandemic.

Volunteers have been invaluable in the last 6 years with both practical and emotional support to service users who have been referred to the service. The volunteers run activity groups such as crafts, co-facilitate mental health workshops, run walking groups, contribute to and edit Newsletters for the service, and carry out administration tasks.

Llanrumney Hall Pantry has many amazing volunteers, but one stands out above all. Lynn works as Lead Volunteer and helps to run and organise The Pantry, week upon week. Lynn never fails to show up with a smile and dedicate her time to this community and has provided a level of added value.

The Community Tasks feature was set up on the Volunteering Wales website in 2019. Angela Davies was an invaluable volunteer during this challenging time in our city and took on the most tasks in 2022, delivering prescriptions to vulnerable community members throughout Cardiff.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Clive helped facilitate weekly zoom activity/social groups and assisted at the Headway Cardiff Walking/Wheeling group at Pedal Power which he continues to do as well as helping at the specialist centre on a weekly basis, and at fundraising events.

Roger has been a Community First Responder for over 7 years with relentless dedication. Cardiff is one of the busiest, most populated areas with a high volume of 999 calls. Roger not only volunteers his own time to respond to the emergency calls, he is also the coordinator of one of their biggest group of volunteers, including the Cardiff Medics.

The Volunteering Wales website was set up in 2018 to help individuals find a suitable opportunity to volunteer. In 2022, Aline Ali was the Most Active Volunteer on the platform, joining 17 volunteer opportunities across the city and logging over 20 hours of volunteer time!

C3SC provided support and guidance throughout the pandemic on utilising the Community Task feature. NHS Wales created the most tasks in 2022, helping to ensure prescriptions were being delivered to vulnerable community members around the City, and maintaining the quality of life for those who needed it most.

Eleeza is a qualified grassroots level football referee and also works closely with the Cardiff Youth Service. She works closely with the Grange Pavilion Youth Forum where we have a safe space for various young people to hang out and organise various fun activities.

Marian is a trustee for the charity ACE – Action in Caerau and Ely and regularly volunteers at the Pantry project, working hard to provide good-quality food for the community at affordable prices. As well as running a busy community food shop, Marian provides a listening ear for the many members who visit the Pantry, as well as staff and volunteers involved in the project.

The Volunteering Wales platform by Team Kinetic acts as the central hub for volunteering in Cardiff. This website helps organisations across the city find volunteers. In 2022, Run4Wales created six new opportunities in Cardiff to engage volunteers, making them our Volunteering-Wales Most Active Provider for the CVAs 2022.

LCP work with young people through outdoors activities and 1-2-1 support by liaising with parents and families via local worship centres and cultural groups to provide free support to young people with school work, tutoring, guidance, mentoring, and coaching them about their career choice and sports activities.