Exciting News, toads and tears
Tuesday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the Runnymede Civic Awards at Foxhills Manor. We nominated Jonathan Fisher for the Make a Difference Award and were really excited to hear that he had been shortlisted and invited to attend the awards evening. Many of you know Jonathan, he’s always very willing to help, he uses his lived experience to help others and he is a member of many different groups and organisations that make a huge difference in Surrey.
We were also thrilled to see another lovely member at the event on Tuesday. Who had been shortlisted for Sports volunteer of the year award. She has volunteered tirelessly for the Egham constellations swimming group, a not for profit Disabled swimming club.
We are over the moon to let you know that both members won their respective awards. They were both presented with an award by the Mayor of Runnymede and were invited to say a few words about their work.
Huge congratulations – you are both amazing and we’re very lucky to have you as part of The Coalition.
Jonathan said ‘On Tuesday evening, I won the “Making a Difference”, Runnymede Civic Award as part of a ceremony at Foxhills Country Club. Nikki and my P.A. Andrea came along as one of so many lovely community minded residents. The venue was packed with a wide age range of volunteers who make Runnymede such a great place to live’
The whole event was a tear jerker, not a dry eye in the room. I was struck by how much people do for their communities and just how many people care to make such a huge difference. At a time when there’s so much negative news, it was lovely to hear the good heart warming stories.
And for those of you wondering why toads is in the title of this blog, there’s an organisation in Runnymede that save the toads. If there are any toads on the road, they will pick them up and take them to safer surroundings.