Involving Volunteers Award supports, recognises and rewards groups and organisations who are great at involving volunteers. We all know the huge benefits of volunteering on our mental health and wellbeing and this Award helps support organisations to provide the best environment possible to allow great volunteering practice to flourish.

The iVolunteer award is aimed at 5-11 year olds and recognises the commitment to volunteering by young people by celebrating their achievements and acknowledging the time and effort dedicated to volunteering activities. Young people regularly volunteer without even realising it – the iVolunteer award lets us all celebrate and encourage that achievement!

Saltire Awards are the Scottish awards designed to formally recognise the commitment and contribution of youth volunteering to voluntary organisations. Supported by the Scottish Government, the Saltire Awards enable young volunteers to record the skills, experience and learning gained through successful volunteering placements provided by local and national voluntary agencies.

The AVA Award recognises the valuable contribution that adult volunteers make to communities and individuals across Aberdeenshire.  We know that individuals who volunteer deserve recognition for the years they spend giving their time to the work of charities, voluntary organisations, community groups and the many other ways that they volunteer.  The awards recognise individual commitment to volunteering for 1, 5, 10 and 15 years and for volunteers who have given 20 years or more there is a Lifetime Volunteering Achievement Award.