Volunteer Party 2024

On Thursday 20th June 2024, Age UK Sunderland hosted it's annual Volunteer Party at The Grand Hotel, Sunderland.

Everyone enjoyed afternoon tea, and wonderful entertainment provided by East Herrington Primary School Choir, Georgie El-Hakim & Andrew Taylor.

A massive thank you to all of our volunteers who help provide much needed support to our clients throughout the City of Sunderland and surrounding areas.

Special thanks to The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Sunderland, Councillor Alison Chisnall and Consort of the City of Sunderland, Councillor John Usher for presenting the awards.

Long Service Awards

At Age UK Sunderland, some of our volunteers have been with us for a long period of time helping us to support our clients and we celebrated this with our long service awards which were presented by The Right Worshipful the Mayor of the City of Sunderland, Councillor Alison Chisnall and Consort of the City of Sunderland, Councillor John Usher.

The following staff have recieved long service awards to thank them for their dedication and commitment to Age UK Sunderland;

William Steel - 5 Years Service

Jan Surtees - 5 Years Service

Janice Robson-Parmley - 5 Years Service

Mary Corner - 5 Years Service

Ancilla Airey - 5 Years Service

Laura Colquhoun - 5 Years Service

Victoria Mallen - 5 Years Service

Vicky Cullen - 5 Years Service

Linda Johnson - 10 Years Service

Michael Armstrong - 10 Years Service

Andrew Smith - 10 Years Service

Laura Humphrey - 10 Years Service

Ian Cunningham - 20 Years Service

Volunteer of the Year 2024

Age UK Sunderland is delighted to announce that the winner of Volunteer of the Year 2023 is Joyce Jude.

'Joyce is an asset to Age UK Sunderland because of her lovely kind personality. She brings a smile to everyone’s faces, clients, carers and staff, making everyone feel welcome and happy. Clients and carers look forward to seeing Joyce and so do we as staff. She works incredibly hard setting up for groups and all the thorough cleaning after the groups she does is very helpful and appreciated.

Joyce has been through the journey with her husband with dementia meaning she can relate to other carer’s and share her journey with them if they ask her for advice which they tend to do often. Joyce is caring, kind, warm hearted, helpful, a hard worker, and really does make a difference in others lives.

The clients love her different pinnys she wears each time she comes In and the way she works the trolley always has a smile on their faces '' Laura Carroll - Essence Support Worker