{"id":1186,"date":"2012-12-11T14:15:44","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T14:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2012-12-13T09:03:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T09:03:41","slug":"volunteer-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porthillscouts.org.uk\/site\/2012\/12\/11\/volunteer-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are very proud to announce that at last night’s Newcastle Community & Voluntary Awards ceremony, our Beaver Leader Rachael, was nominated for, and won, the Young Volunteer of the Year award!<\/p>\n

From this article<\/a> in the Sentinel<\/p>\n

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Another of the 13 winners, who are nominated by members of the public, was Rachael Hickton, from Porthill, who was named Young Volunteer of the Year.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old won for her dedication as a Beaver scout leader for 1st City Stoke-on-Trent & Newcastle, St Andrew’s Porthill Scouts.<\/p>\n

Rachael is training to become a primary school teacher at Manchester Metropolitan University in Crewe, but still manages to dedicate her time towards helping the scout club.<\/p>\n

She said: " Every Friday, I look after a group of six to eight year olds and organise group activities such as climbing. Everything we do is to help build their confidence.<\/p>\n

"At first the kids are really shy, but it’s nice when you see them develop and grow in confidence."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"Rachael<\/a><\/p>\n

Many congratulations to Rachael for receiving some well deserved recognition.<\/p>\n

We are very proud to announce that at last night’s Newcastle Community & Voluntary Awards ceremony, our Beaver Leader Rachael, was nominated for, and won, the Young Volunteer of the… <\/p>\n

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