{"id":8831,"date":"2026-06-26T11:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/?p=8831"},"modified":"2026-06-26T11:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:46:39","slug":"2026-volunteer-recognition-awards-congratulations-to-our-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/2026\/06\/26\/2026-volunteer-recognition-awards-congratulations-to-our-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Volunteer Recognition Awards &#8211; Congratulations to our winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8831\" class=\"elementor elementor-8831\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d13e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d13e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa73c90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa73c90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<p>The 2026 Volunteer Recognition Awards took place yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Each year we are amazed by the nominations submitted that showcase the selfless dedication of individuals and groups supporting others in our community. Their impact cannot be underestimated.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>This year, are winners are:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteer of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wendy Jones \u2013 Cefn Coed Over 60s Group<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Young Volunteer of the Year<br>Libby Ford \u2013 Domestic Abuse Resource Team (DART)\/Safer Merthyr Tydfil\n<\/li><li><br><\/li>\n<li>Sport Volunteer of the Year<br>Gareth Gulliford \u2013 Merthyr Primary Schools District Rugby\n<\/li><li><br><\/li>\n<li>Group of the Year<br>New Pathways\n<\/li><li><br><\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering Award &amp; Trustee of the Year<br>Nicola Hill \u2013 Taff Rocks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Volunteer Recognition Awards took place yesterday evening. Each year we are amazed by the nominations submitted that showcase the selfless dedication of individuals and groups supporting others in our community. Their impact cannot be underestimated. This year, are winners are: Volunteer of the Year Wendy Jones \u2013 Cefn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8839,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8831\/revisions\/8839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vamt.net\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}