Recognising the achievements of young Portsmouth volunteers

On Tuesday 16th February, Portsmouth's vinvolved team honoured the achievements of the many young volunteers from the city with an Awards Evening and fundraiser gig at the Wedgewood Rooms in Southsea.

107 people passed through the doors into the venue to browse exhibitions of the voluntary work done this year including case studies, newspaper articles, magazine appearances and volunteer profiles.

Certificates were handed out to those volunteers who have achieved a vfifty, vimpact or thank you award and we heard directly from a couple of very successful young volunteers about what they’ve been involved in.

The crowd massively enjoyed local ska band, The White Coats who performed for us for free and the cupcakes which went very quickly! A massive thank you to Simon Littler who also performed for us, well done!

There was a variety of people in attendance from the young volunteers themselves and their guests, colleagues and staff of organizations who enlist the help of volunteers and other guests from the media.


The highlight of the evening was the specialist awards, which fall inline with national v awards. They are Fresh, Inspire, Shout and Unite and commend individuals or groups for specific achievements.

The awards were a complete surprise to the winners who were all interviewed by The News and appeared in the paper on Thursday 18th February. Well done!

vgig was the Solent Youth Action fundraiser run off the back of the Awards Evening to raise money to continue community projects engaging volunteers aged 16-25 years.

Three fantastic bands, Q2Q, Lucifers Gold and Kizmit played for the crowd who absolutely loved it!

Solent Youth Action runs activities like this throughout the year. If this sounds like something you'd like to be involved with next time, please get in touch!