This award is granted to
organisations within the voluntary sector which have an exceptional record in
working with volunteers and benefiting from their skills.
This year, Mires Beck Nursery , based in North
Cave , is one of just a limited number
of organisations in the whole of the United Kingdom
Set up in 1984 as a private
venture, Mires Beck became a Registered Charity in 1994. Its main role is to
enhance the lives of people with learning and other disabilities by providing
training and work experience in horticultural skills. Some eighty services
users benefit from this provision.
The nursery now employs more
than thirty people, many of whom first came here as volunteers.
Additionally it has a large
group of voluntary helpers. Their skills include working with our service
users, maintaining the site, helping with sales and very much more. Their help
is backed up by our support organisation, the Friends of Mires Beck, which now
has over six hundred members.
The Nursery has six trustees
from a range of professional backgrounds and they too operate on a voluntary
basis. Their role is to ensure that the Nursery remains true to its vision.
We are thrilled that the
endeavours of everyone involved in the nursery have been recognised in this way.
It is a fitting testimony to all the help we continue to receive.
A formal presentation will
be made at the nursery by the Lord Lieutenant of the County on a date yet to be
decided.
The Nursery, based at Low Mill Lane, North
mires Beck has a website which you can visit HERE
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