{"id":61879,"date":"2025-02-13T12:02:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=61879"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T13:40:37","slug":"volunteers-at-sheffield-cathedral-win-royal-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/13\/volunteers-at-sheffield-cathedral-win-royal-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers at Sheffield Cathedral win royal award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Kings Award for Voluntary Service has been awarded to a Sheffield charity for their work with attempting to tackle homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sunday Centre was first started over 30 years ago and helps marginalised groups within the city, such as asylum seekers and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charity is reliant upon public and business donations, as well from local and government grants, with food, drink and other basic essentials being provided to those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Lingard, Charity chair of the service said: \u201cWe are delighted to announce that<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sunday_Centre\"> the Sunday Centre<\/a> has been awarded The King\u2019s Award for Voluntary Service today, the award is a lifetime one<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is the highest award that a voluntary group can be awarded. This is for every volunteer of The Sunday Centre!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The King\u2019s Award Certificate was presented by Dame Hilary Chapman, Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A delight to present <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingsAwardVS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KingsAwardVS<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sunday_Centre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sunday_Centre<\/a> yesterday and thank you to all the trustees, volunteers and guests I met<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Volunteer?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Volunteer<\/a> led  and providing a hot meal for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sheffield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sheffield<\/a> \u2018s homeless and others in need of a safe friendly and welcoming environment on Sunday afternoons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FxsYmFsHRm\">pic.twitter.com\/FxsYmFsHRm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Lieutenancy of South Yorkshire (@LieutenancySY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LieutenancySY\/status\/1886433583306277284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The award was created in 2002 following the Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee and is equivalent to that of an MBE in the voluntary sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One user on the Cathedral\u2019s Facebook page said: \u201cWell done everyone, such a brilliant award to win!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another said: \u201cCongratulations, the work\u2019s paid off! Such a valuable asset to our community!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The service is held at 6pm on the last Sunday of each month, with all being welcome to join the informal event, which combines \u201ccontemporary worship with traditional liturgy\u201d according to the cathedral\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sunday Service wasn\u2019t the only charity in South Yorkshire to win the award, with Active Fusion in Doncaster, Rotherham Families First and the Edlington Community Organisation also receiving royal recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield Sunday Service have won the most prestigious voluntary award in the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":740,"featured_media":61883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,415,21],"tags":[1171,64,231,15],"class_list":["post-61879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-community","category-news","tag-awards","tag-charity","tag-community","tag-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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