Massive thanks to everyone who attended this year’s Welsh Veterans Awards hosted by Polly James and held at the 4* Vale Resort.
The Awards were sponsored by Vindico and in support of The Army Benevolent Fund and Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity. It was such a fantastic event with a great atmosphere in the room in what was our largest Welsh Veterans Awards to date on our fifth year anniversary!
Well done to everyone who was shortlisted as finalists, we had a huge amount of applications and the shortlisting process was extremely difficult. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who put forward nominations, you are all doing amazing things in your relevant fields and you should be so proud of your achievements!
Extremely thankful and very honoured to have in attendance and hear from the Welsh Veterans Commissioner Col James Philips, Air Commodore Rob Woods OBE, Commander Steve Henaghen, Lt Col Dafydd Evans and Regional Director of the ABF Charity Pete Davies.
A special thanks also has to go to the Corps of drums of the Royal Welsh and the Welsh Guards who were there supporting in their famous red Tunics.
The awards were also supported with a strong contingent from the British Army Reserves based at Bridgend and the Royal Navy Reserves team from HMS Cambria.
We are so thankful to all our supporters, volunteers and sponsors who helped put this amazing night together!
We want to Inspire our future service leavers that great things can happen. It’s you who will act as role models and in some cases mentors, remember Positivity breeds Positivity.
Our Winners are:
Role Model of the Year – Sponsored by Forces Employment Charity
Gold: Kelly Farr
Silver: Raymond Williams
Bronze: Neil Jeremiah
Inspiration of the Year Award – Sponsored by Porters Estate Agents
Gold: Richard Bennett
Silver: Desmond Paul
Bronze: Marc Sherlock
The Community Awards – Sponsored by Vigilance
Gold: Melvin Watts
Silver: Dawn Parkin
Bronze: Kevin Stanley
Contribution to the Welsh Fitness Industry and Society – Sponsored by Print Inc
Gold: Raymond Williams
Silver: Christopher McEwen
Bronze: Kieran Hackney
Health & Well-being Award – Sponsored by Audi Sinclair
Gold: YourNorth
Silver: Therapies4services CIC
Bronze: Ajuda LTD
Bronze: Links
Leader of the Year Award – Sponsored by Eyes Front
Gold: Ashley Thomas
Silver: James Cadmore
Bronze: Charles Scarf
Entrepreneur of the Year – Sponsored by Pinnacle Complete Office Solutions
Gold: Daniel Edmunds
Silver: John Evans
Bronze: James Tipping
Employer of the Year – Sponsored by Credas
Gold: Alabaré
Silver: Espanaro LTD
Bronze: Cardiff Bus
Veteran Owned Business of the Year – Sponsored by Educ8 Training
Gold: Espanaro LTD
Silver: Sudocyber LTD
Bronze: So Fit Group
Volunteer of the Year – Sponsored by Pathfinder Magazine
Gold: Moawian Bin-Sufyan
Silver: Nigel Jones
Bronze: Raymond Williams
Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by Hugh James
Gold: Roma Eliemaude Taylor
Silver: Mark Evans
Bronze: Melvin Watts
Bronze: Garden ‘pop’ White
Reservist of the Year Award – Sponsored by Sierra Nevada Corporation Mission Systems UK
Gold: Simon Parsons
Silver: Huw Gruffyd Williams
Bronze: Craig Middle
Veteran Group of the Year ( 1 – 5 Years)- Sponsored by Vindico
Gold: Female Veterans Alliance
Silver: The Veterens & Communities Hub
Bronze: Taff Ely Veterans Group
Veteran Group of the Year ( 5+ Years)- Sponsored by Veterans Trees
Gold: Barry Veterans Group
Silver: Valley Veterans Group
Bronze: The HMP Swansea Veterans’ Team
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Shortlisted Finalists, remember its you who inspire our future service leavers.