It has certainly been a week for awards – It will be while before my retinas recover from all the cameral flashes I’ve seen this week!
On Wednesday evening, again at the Town Hall, I was honoured to be asked to present bronze and silver Gateway Awards to Mencap members. These awards are along the lines of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards. There are five elements to each one, and they take at least three years to achieve. Four members of West Berkshire Mencap were awarded the top Gold Award in May this year, at the National prizegiving in Birmingham.
Each participant has to collect evidence in a folder; some of which I looked through. They have evidence of hobby/craftwork, voluntary work, personal health/hygiene hiking and camping etc. Most impressive. I was also very impressed by the couple who give so much of their time to guiding the Mencap members through all the stages of the awards- Paul and Ellie-who run the club at the Mencap Centre in Enborne Road on Monday evenings.
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