Local Engineering Ambassadors Receive “King’s Award for Voluntary Service”

Inspiring Young Engineers
We are very pleased to be able to share with you the news that The South Shropshire Engineering Ambassadors (SSEA) have been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service.
We are told that this is the highest award a local voluntary group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.
We would like to pay special thanks to “Ludlow Rotary Club” for your continued support, it plays a vital part in everything we do; this prestigious award reflects the help and generosity you provide. None of it would be possible your fantastic support.
The SSEA were nominated for the Award by the Head of one of the local school federations,
with supporting recommendations from parents of children who have participated in our engineering activities.
We are one of only 262 local charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups nationally to receive the prestigious award this year. The King’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by local volunteer groups to benefit their communities.
Representatives of the SSEA will receive the award certificate and commemorative crystal from Anna Turner, the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire early next year. We hope to be able to invite representatives from our local sponsors to attend this event.
As you can imagine the whole team, past and present are honoured to receive this Award in recognition of our work in local schools. We believe it is important to provide a range of technical activities to young people to enable them to appreciate potential engineering career possibilities in the future. The help and encouragement we provide is highly valued by the school teaching staff. We must pay tribute to our immediate past Chairman, Jim  Johnston who has played a key role in the group for some 17 years, and also the late Dave
Clark, who previously led the group.
Anyone interested in joining the team as a volunteer, or perhaps sponsoring the work we do can obtain further information from our Chairman, Rob Loynes, Tel: 07711 894998.