JVN Awards 2025- Volunteer of The Year Submission Form

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JVN Awards 2025 - Volunteer of The Year Submission Form

This award recognises a volunteer who is making an outstanding contribution to your charity and thus the Jewish community and/or the wider voluntary sector. They have had significant impact on the amazing work your charity does.

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Once you have completed the form, please make sure you make the relevant payment. You can pay for the submission here. Please note that you should only access the payment page when all the submissions for your charity are complete.

Your Details

Title *

First name *

Last name *

Email address *

Contact number *

Charity name *

Charity number *

Address of the charity *

Your position in the charity *

Charity Website - about us page *

Please include your charity's website so that the judges can understand a bit more about your charity.

Questions about your Charity Winner

Please take the time to write as much detail as possible about your Charity Winner and explain what makes them stand out. This information along with the supporting evidence is all our judges will have access to for their review.

Disclaimer *

You will be asked to submit some personal details about your Charity Winner in this form. These details will not be passed on to any third parties. Please check this box to confirm you have permission to share them with JVN.

Please state the name of your Charity Winner for Volunteer of the Year *

This will be the name which will be put on the trophy

Charity Winner's email address *

Charity Winner's contact number *

Why are you choosing this person as your charity winner? *

What makes them stand out?
This could be a range of reasons including but not limited to:

- Why they are an asset to your charity
-What makes them an inspiration

Commitment to Volunteering *

Has the Charity Winner regularly volunteered, demonstrating they have a strong commitment to your charity?
Please provide specific examples, this can be through:

- Time per week/ month given
- How many years/months has the volunteer been with the charity

Development in the role *

How has your volunteer developed in their role?

This could include but is not limited to:
- learned new skills
- became better in the role
- taken on more responsibilities e.g. supervising others

Please provide specific examples.

Outstanding Contribution *

How has your volunteer made an outstanding contribution to your charity?

This could include but is not limited to:
- improving processes of your charity
- creating exciting new projects
- bringing other volunteers on board

Please provide specific examples.

Please write a two-line summary about your Charity Winner. *

This two-line summary should highlight why your Charity Winner has been selected. This summary will be used in our brochure.

Photo and Supporting Evidence

Please make sure the photo meets the requirements outlined below:

- Your charity winner is alone in the photo.
- The photo is of high quality and has a good resolution
- The photo has space around your charity winner's face, do not crop a photo too closely.

If you do not have a photo of your charity winner, this can be sent separately via email. Please upload an image of your charity's logo so you can submit.

Please upload a photo of nominee *

Supporting Evidence

If appropriate, please upload up to four relevant attachments containing supporting evidence or references along with your application. Please only use this option if you feel it will enhance the nomination. Please note that only Word, PDF, JPEG and PNG files are accepted. You may upload your supporting evidence here.