The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service 2012

Jersey Arts in Heath Care Trust is proud to have received this prestigious award in recognition of it's work to enrich the lives of people in health care settings through the provision of art and live performance.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities.

Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award. In order to be nominated, volunteer groups should do work that:

• provides a service and meets a need for people living in the local community
• is supported, recognized and respected by the local community and the people who benefit from it
• is run locally

Also, volunteer groups should have been running for three years or more.