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Queen’s Award Presentation The Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson, presented the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service to One Community at a reception held at Eastleigh Museum on Monday 17 September. The award, which was announced in June this year, is one of only 38 made to Hampshire charities since its inception in 2002, to mark the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. It is the highest award a voluntary organisation can receive. Among the dignitaries and special guests in attendance at the presentation were Deputy Lieutenant Joan Ferrer JP; Deputy Lieutenant The Hon Mrs Lovell JP; The Mayor of Fareham, Cllr Susan Bayford; the Mayor of Eastleigh, Cllr Bruce Tennent; Cllr Charles Choudhary, Vice Chairman of Hampshire County Council; and Paul Sapwell, Chief Operating Officer of Hampshire Cultural Trust; along with trustees, senior managers and representatives from among One Community’s 170 volunteers. The Lord Lieutenant was fulsome in his Continued on page 2
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