Massive thanks to everyone who attended this year’s English Veterans Awards hosted by Richard Wyeth and held at the 4*De Vere Cotswolds Water Park on the 1st October. The Awards were sponsored by Company X Consulting Ltd and in Support of The Army Benevolent Fund and The Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity! It was such a fantastic event with a great atmosphere in the room!

A special thank you to Thales UK who are our group main sponsors across all our Awards in England, Scotland, Wales and they also support the Northern Irish Awards.

Well done to everyone who was nominated and shortlisted as finalists, we had a huge amount of applications and the shortlisting process was extremely difficult. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who put forward nominations, you are all doing amazing things in your relevant fields and you should be so proud of your achievements!

Huge thanks also has to go to our Sponsors,  the British Army and the Royal Navy who have been  extremely  supportive  since the inception  of this awards  evening  and  also our amazing  Volunteers both Civilian and from from the Reserves and regulars who were there to help  deliver  this truly inspiring  evening – It is greatly Appreciated!

We want to Inspire our future service leavers that great things can happen. It’s you who will act as role models and in some cases mentors, remember Positivity breeds Positivity.

Our Winners are :

             

Veterans Awards Champion:  John Scivier

 

Role Model of the Year- Sponsored by Harlequin Printing and packaging

Gold: Dean Phillips

Silver: Michelle Steel

Bronze: Sarah Robinson

Inspiration of the Year Award – Sponsored by CS PM Consultancy 

Gold: Mandy Hickson

Silver: David Bathgate

Bronze: Chris Thrall

 

The Community Award – Sponsored by Strongmind Resiliency Training

Gold: Barri-Jon Graham

Silver: Martin Flint-Johnson

Bronze: David De Souza

 

Military Charity Fundraiser of the Year – Sponsored by Forces Support Ltd

Gold: Chris Ackerman

Silver: Ashley Winter

Bronze: Dean Griffin

 

Health & Well-being Award  – Sponsored by  Company X Consulting

Gold: Beacon Counselling Trust

Silver: ARK at Egwood CIC

Bronze: Ex-forces to communtys cic

 

Leader of the Year Award  – Sponsored by Leader Connect (The Leadership Book)

Gold: Ian Millen

Silver: Michelle Steel

Bronze: Michael Sykes OBE

 

Entrepreneur of the Year- Sponsored by Hugh James

Gold: Richard Libby

Silver: Dean Adkins

Bronze: Gareth Evans 

 

Employer of the Year- Sponsored by Rebecca & Tim Tomalin Reeves

Gold: The Colleges Partnership

Silver: Holly Tree Lodge Care home

Bronze: Networkology

Bronze: VIVO Defence Services

 

Veteran Owned Business  of the Year- Sponsored by Serica Energy

Gold: Click Marketing

Silver: Exactly Tech Ltd

Bronze: Consortio Security

 

Veterans Group of the Year –  Sponsored by Thales

Gold: Blue Van Armed Forces & Veterans Breakfast Clubs and Drop In CIO

Silver: East Durham Veterans Trust

Bronze: Veterans In Crisis

Bronze: The Hull FC Foundation’s Veterans’ Programme 

Volunteer of the year – Sponsored by NAFESE

Gold: John Scivier

Silver: Leon Stokes

Bronze: Stuart Cook

 

Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by DXC Technology

Gold: Brian ‘George’ Dent MBE

Silver: John Scivier

Bronze: Steve Hughes

 

Cadet Adult Instructor of the Year –  Sponsored by Thales

Gold: Ross Lloyd-Bennett

Silver: Matt Wildgoose

Bronze: Julie Evans

 

 

Reservist of the Year Award –  Sponsored by Objective Technologies Ltd

Gold: Hayley Court

Silver: Dana Evans

Bronze: Richard Martins

 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Shortlisted Finalists, remember its you who inspire our future service leavers – Keep an eye out on Facebook and our social media sites for pictures and videos of the evening coming soon!