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THE KING’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE 2026 

HIS MAJESTY THE KING has been graciously pleased to confer His Awards in 2026 upon the following groups in recognition of their outstanding voluntary work in the community.

CHANNEL ISLANDS AND ISLE OF MAN 

ISLE OF MANMannin Cancers Support Group

EAST MIDLANDS 

DERBYSHIREDerbyshire Toy Libraries
Junction Arts
LEICESTERSHIREAshby 20
Enderby Lawn Tennis Club
Harborough Woodland
LINCOLNSHIRELincolnshire Emergency Blood Bikes Service
NORTHAMPTONSHIREDementia Sings Out
Restore Northampton
NOTTINGHAMSHIRECornwater Evergreens
Salaam Shalom Kitchen
RUTLANDRutland Community First Responders

EAST OF ENGLAND

BEDFORDSHIREAzalea
Luton and Dunstable Tamil Aalayam
The Friends of Bedford Cemetery (Foster Hill Road)
Volunteers of John Bunyan Museum and Library
ESSEXBASICS Essex
Just Ride Southend
Teddy Bears Fun Time
Touchpoint
Women of Grace UK
Women Together
HERTFORDSHIRE30th St Albans Guides
Holy Trinity Night Shelter and Community Outreach
Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers
St Albans Good Neighbour Scheme
Watford Workshop
NORFOLKDereham Aid Centre
Helping Hands Breckland
SUFFOLKDora Brown
Pathways Care Farm
St Elizabeth Hospice Walk On (East Suffolk)
The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company
The Befriending Scheme

NORTH EAST

COUNTY DURHAMBreathe Easy Darlington
Chester-le-Street Amazons Girls & Women’s Football Club
Roseberry Community Consortium
SNAPS Tees Valley
The Salaam Community Centre
NORTHUMBERLANDAlnmouth & Lesbury Cricket Club
Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery
Blyth Lifeguard and Swimming Club
BOOST (Building Opportunities for Our Students Together)
Dialogue Society
The Isabella Heap Volunteers Group
TYNE AND WEAR10th South Shields Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Association
Cullercoats Watch House
Feeding Families
Peace of Mind CIO

NORTH WEST

CHESHIREBare Necessities Toiletry Bank
Cheshire Special Constabulary
Ruby’s Fund
SHARE
Ukrainian Family Hub Warrington
Whitegate Station Community Group
CUMBRIACumbria Family Support
GREATER MANCHESTER100th Salford Scout Group
123rd Manchester (Chorlton) Scout Group
Bamfurlong Neighbourhood Group
Become United
Being There
Chorlton Bikes Community Benefit Society Limited
Daffodils Dreams CIC
Dementia Disco
Halliwell Community Alliance
Mandem Meetup
Mossley Community Association
Ongoing Women’s Local Support (OWLS)
Precious Gems
Reuben’s Retreat
Revive CIO
Roch Valley Radio
Stockport Hydro Limited
Tameside Community Computers CIC
The Tatton
Thrive (Hindley) CIC
Webb Lane Community Allotment
LANCASHIREAawaz
Accrington Station Adoption Group, Stations of Welcome
St Annes Football Club
Trawden Forest Community Centre, Library and Shop
Hoole Village Memorial Hall
MERSEYSIDECompassion Acts
Mersey Marauders FC

NORTHERN IRELAND

COUNTY ANTRIMLisburn Scouts Woodland Team
COUNTY DOWNDonaghadee Community Development Association
Saintfield Community Association
COUNTY FERMANAGHFermanagh Community Transport
COUNTY LONDONDERRYHampsey Harp School
Harry Gregg Foundation
COUNTY TYRONEBeragh Swifts Football Club
Mountjoy Boys’ Brigade
THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF BELFASTNIPANC
THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF LONDONDERRYDerry and Raphoe Mothers’ Union
Stage Beyond Theatre Company

SCOTLAND

ABERDEENSHIREA Bear Named Buttony
Braemar Mountain Rescue Association
Fraserburgh Junior Arts Society
ANGUSStrathmore Community Rugby Trust
BANFFSHIREThe Teddy Bear Playgroup
BERWICKSHIRESt Abbs Independent Lifeboat
CLACKMANNANSHIRETullibody Community Garden
DUNBARTONSHIRELomond Radio
Yogability Scotland
FIFEWellesley Centre & Hope Chest Community Project
INVERNESSSpokes for Folks
LANARKSHIRELanarkshire Family History Society
Ups and Downs Theatre Group
PERTH AND KINROSSFowlis Wester Village Hall Committee
Take a Pride in Perth & Kinross Association
RENFREWSHIREInverclyde Muslim Centre
ROSS AND CROMARTYHighland Action for Little Ones – Halo
Ullapool Garden of Reflection (UGOR)
SHETLANDJunior Up Helly Aa
Shetland Bereavement Support Service
CITY OF ABERDEENBridge of Don and District Men’s Shed
CITY OF EDINBURGHPregnancy Counselling & Care Scotland (PCCS)
The Listening Service Edinburgh

SOUTH EAST

BERKSHIREShare Wokingham
BUCKINGHAMSHIREAfrican Diaspora Foundation
Marlow FM 97.5
EAST SUSSEXConquest Hospital Radio
Mayfield and Five Ashes Community Services (MAYFACS)
HAMPSHIREGosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS)
Harry’s Hydrocephalus Awareness Trust
Kidsclothesline
ISLE OF WIGHTIsle of Wight Bus and Coach Museum Ltd
KENTKeep Talking Services
Pegasus Playscheme
Elliott Holmes Memorial Fund
GREATER LONDONEye Matter
Mission EmployAble
Sufra NW London
The Camden Town Shed
The London Team, The Association of Jewish Refugees
The Paperweight Trust
Listen
KENTThe Kent Foundation
OXFORDSHIREBicester Autism
Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers
SURREYAge Concern Epsom & Ewell
Camberley Nepalese Gurkha Association (CNGA)
Sunbury Ferry Ltd
Surplus to Supper Trust CIO
Wey & Arun Canal Trust
WEST SUSSEXPregnancy Options Centre
Pulborough and District Community Care Association
Refugees Welcome Crawley
Horsham & Shipley Community Project (HSCP)

SOUTH WEST

CORNWALLBugle Library of Things CIC
Community & Hospital Broadcasting Network (CHBN)
Georgia’s Voice
Man Down CIC
Par Bay Community Trust
Parky Blinders Project CIC
Plant One Cornwall CIC
South Kerrier Alliance Community Interest Company
St Dennis Band
The Cornish Maritime Trust
The Peninsula Trust
DEVONClean Our Patch CIC
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta Committee
Topsham Swimming Pool Association
Torbay Hospital Nurses League
DORSETMosaic Supporting Bereaved Children
GLOUCESTERSHIRECirencester and Stroud Branch Parkinson’s UK
Men in Sheds Cheltenham and Gloucester
SOMERSETAvalon Camps
Fair Frome
Pride in Paulton (PiP)
The Strawberry Line Society
Wells Festival of Literature
THE CITY AND COUNTY of BRISTOLRedcatch Community Garden
WILTSHIRERichard Jefferies Museum Trust (RJMT)
Wiltshire Treehouse

WALES

DYFEDSkanda Vale Hospice CIO
Strength Academy Wales
MID GLAMORGANNational Coastwatch Institution, Porthcawl
SOUTH GLAMORGANThe Cowbridge Physic Garden
WEST GLAMORGANPontardawe Heritage and Visitor Centre

WEST MIDLANDS

HEREFORDSHIREHerefordshire Lore
Ledbury Rugby Football Club
SHROPSHIREKushdil Ladies and Day Centre
Shropshire Union Canal Society (SUCS)
STAFFORDSHIREChildhood Cancer Parents Alliance
North Staffordshire BASICS
Sea Cadets Burton On Trent
Stepping Stones Community Organisation
Symmetrical North Staffs
The Foxlowe Arts Centre
Vysions CIO (formerly Brereton Big Local / Brereton Million)
WARWICKSHIREBarford Village Shop
Gurdwara Baba Vadbhag Singh Ji Charitable Trust
Hill Close Gardens
Paintings Plantation Volunteer Group
Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership
Stratford-Upon-Avon & District Samaritans
WEST MIDLANDSAdvocacy Matters
Breast Friends Solihull
Brierley Hill Babybank
Caldmore Village Festival
Diyya
Erdington Litter Busters
Ladies Football 4 Fun
LMRCA Railway Club/Independent Saddlers Supporters Association
New Path of Life
Plasma of Hope
Stourbridge Navigation Trust Ltd
Team Pumpkin Amateur Boxing Club
The Peace Orchard Volunteers
The Emily Jordan Foundation Projects
Wall Heath Tennis Club
Walsall Black Sisters Collectives
WORCESTERSHIRECASS and Friends
Droitwich Community Pantry & Fridge
Evesham Adventure Playground Association
Hartlebury Castle Preservation Trust
Pershore Wellbeing Hub
The Redditch Mission Area Make Christmas Special Toy Appeal
Worcester Norton CIC – The Sergeants’ Mess

YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

NORTH YORKSHIREActive Filey
Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team
Exclusively Inclusive
Friends of Redcar Cemetery
Middlesbrough Powerchair Football Club
New Beginnings Peer Support
Ryedale Festival Trust Ltd
Sharing Life
Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society (incl. Whitby Museum)
SOUTH YORKSHIREArmthorpe Welfare Football Club
Broomhill Community Trust
Gomdé UK
My Body Is My Body Foundation (MBIMB)
Resolute Women’s Support Services
Rotherham Samaritans
Sheffield Caribbean Sports Club
The LimbBo Foundation
The Victoria Cross Trust
THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIREHornsea First Aid Centre
M.A.S.H – Military Assistance Social Hub
WEST YORKSHIREAssociation of Blind Asians Leeds
Bradford Court Chaplaincy Service
East Keswick Wildlife Trust
Huddersfield Choral Society
Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network
Leeds Dads
Nanu Sports Foundation
Public Access Defibrillators UK
Thorner Over 60’s Association
Wesleys Community Hub and Cafe

More information on this years awardees can be found in The Gazette. 2026 awardees will be available on our archive from the 16th November 2026.