One of Glan Afan Silver Surfers’ tutors – Luke Jenkins was nominated for a Local Hero Community Award. Luke was presented with his award at a prestigious ceremony in the Dragon Hotel, Swansea. Luke’s award came as a result of his volunteer work with Glan Afan’s Silver Surfers group that he has given so much of his time towards over the last four years. Congratulations must go to Luke and all the other pupils who give up their time to make the Silver Surfer sessions so successful. Photographs Here
The article below is taken from the Neath Port Talbot CVS website:
Luke Jenkins, 16, from Port Talbot has deservedly won a local heroes award 2010 for his contribution to the community. Luke has been known to all at Neath Port Talbot CVS for a number of years, thanks to the hundreds of hours Luke has dedicated to volunteering.
To start with Luke has been an active member of the Youth Opportunities Bank panel from the very beginning, assisting in the development of the application process, its publicity, making decisions over who receives grants and recently creating a new website. Luke has also utilised his computer skills by creating the website for Serenity Neath Port Talbot, a free counselling and emotional support service. Meanwhile Luke successfully completed a work placement over the summer of 2009 in Neath Port Talbot CVS Volunteer Centre. Luke enjoyed the experience so much and produced a very high standard of work that both parties wished for Luke to stay on for an extra few weeks in a voluntary capacity. His commitment to volunteering doesn’t stop there however as Luke regularly volunteers with Silver Surfers, a group to assist the elderly with their computer skills, for which he received a WCVA volunteers award last year and he volunteered for a long period in the Hideout.
Just in case he thought he didn’t have enough to do, Luke is also very active within his school, where his conscientious nature has assisted him in becoming a school prefect. Luke has also sat on the school council for two years to ensure pupils’ voices are taken into account when decisions are made in the school. As a way of sharing news within the school Luke assisted in the development of their pupil voice website and more recently has been sitting on interview panels when new teachers are being recruited.
Neath Port Talbot CVS would like to take this opportunity to thank Luke for all his hard work for CVS and congratulate him on receiving this deserved award. We have no doubt this will drive Luke on to continue volunteering in many areas of the community and continue to make a massive difference.