King’s Award for Voluntary Service – nominations open 1st September

Every day, millions of people across the UK are making a difference by volunteering. Each year, outstanding examples of this work are celebrated through the King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS).

KAVS is equivalent to an MBE and is the highest award given to volunteer-led groups in the UK.

Nominations for 2025 open on 1st September and close on 1st December 2024.

To be eligible for nomination groups must:

• be made up of three or more people
• have operated for at least three years
• have over half of their volunteers residing in the UK
• be led by volunteers, not by paid staff; over half its members should be volunteers
• provide a specific and direct benefit to the local community

Nominations must be made by an independent member of the public with a good knowledge of the group’s work (such as a beneficiary or long-term supporter). Nominators must be able to supply two separate letters of support from two additional people who know the group well. Groups and their volunteers cannot nominate themselves.

For further eligibility rules and to nominate a group visit: kavs.dcms.gov.uk/