Winners 2017

And the 2017 Winners are….

A record number of museums in the region once again recognised the massive contribution of their volunteers at the annual Volunteer Awards Ceremony. This year it took place at the Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket. The categories and winners were;

Working Together Award

Winner – The Estates Team, Museum of Power

Highly Commended – Mick Ford, Essex Fire Museum

Volunteer Manager Award

Winner – Hazel Courtley, The National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art

Highly Commended – Cathryn Wells, Museum of East Anglian Life & Megan Dennis, Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse

Learning Volunteer Award

Winner – Jo Gillam, Chelmsford Museum

Highly Commended – Chris Monk, The Centre for Computing History

Trustee Board Award

Winner – The Home of Horseracing Board of Trustees, The National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art

Highly Commended – The Long Shop Museum Trustee Board, The Long Shop Museum

Front of House Award

Winner – Maria Child, Museum of East Anglian Life

Highly Commended – June Baker, Saffron Walden Museum and Kevin Hall, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Outstanding Young Volunteer Award

Winner – Sam Doye, The Centre for Computing History

Highly Commended – Connor McCarthy, Museum of Power

Collections Champion Award

Winner – The MODES & Exhibitions Team, Elstree & Borehamwood Museum

Unsung Hero Award

Winner – Ron Batley, 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum

Highly Commended – David ‘Jinks’ Jenkins, Cambridge Museum of Technology, Mel Plumbly, Little Hall Lavenham, Bill Bell, Wardown House Museum & Gallery

Judges Special Award

Winner – Alice Zeitlyn, Museum of Cambridge

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