Rodney Powell Awards: nominations open 7 January 2025
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Rodney Powell Awards for Volunteering.
This is your chance to celebrate our amazing volunteers who are making a real difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted people across the UK. This year Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) is also rolling out the red carpet for a new category: Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering: Student Voice. This award highlights the amazing impact of Student Voice volunteers.
These exciting awards are named after Rodney Powell, Thomas Pocklington’s great nephew who received an MBE for his services to BPS people. He was a trustee at Thomas Pocklington Trust for 37 years from 1983 to 2020, when he sadly passed away.
Rodney Powell Awards categories
The award categories for 2025 are:
- Volunteer of the Year: For that standout volunteer who has made a huge impact.
- Volunteering Team of the Year: Celebrating a team whose collaboration has led to amazing achievements.
- Campaign of the Year: For those who have led inspiring campaigns benefiting blind and partially sighted people.
- Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering: Recognising a Sight Loss Council member whose dedication has significantly impacted our work.
- Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering: Student Voice (new for 2025): Highlighting a Student Voice volunteer who has made a lasting difference.
Nominations are open until midnight on 9 February 2025. Shortlisted nominees will be announced on 10 March, with the runners-up and overall winners announced at the Rodney Powell Awards ceremony on 10 May 2025. Let’s make these an awards to remember!
Left to right: Tricia Sail, Stuart & Julie from Gloucestershire SLC, guide dog Heidi, and Louise Robertshaw, Trustee at TPT. Julie is holding her award for individual of the year at the 2024 awards.
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Passionate about making a difference? Want to influence positive change? Our Sight Loss Councils, led by blind and partially sighted volunteers, are recruiting new members. Join us today!
We use our lived experience to create positive change for others. Together, we tackle local issues and work with businesses and service providers to improve the accessibility of their services.
Join us to help ensure visually impaired people in your area can live the lives they want to lead.
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Publication date: 07 January 2025