The annual Volunteering Awards are back for 2025 — celebrating the incredible achievements of our VTeam volunteers!
👇 Meet your 2025 shortlists 👇

Thank you to everyone who sent their nominations - you made our job of shortlisting very difficult - we received lots of excellent nominations! 🙏

We can’t wait to celebrate with you on Thursday 8th May.
🎟 Free tickets are available now – grab yours before they’re gone!

VTEAM AWARDS 2025 SHORTLIST:

• Regular Project of the Year 2025
• Barry Van Eupen Volunteer of the Year 2025
• Exceptional Services to Volunteering 2025
• Project Leader of the Year 2025
• Session Leader of the Year 2025
• Communications Officer of the Year 2025
• Social Media Officer of the Year 2025
• Regular Volunteer of the Year 2025

VTEAM SHORTLISTS:

Regular Project of the Year 2025

• Clothes Exchange
• Coding Club
• Refugee Teaching Project
• Animal Protection
• Lingo
• Green Thumbs
   

Barry Van Eupen Volunteer of the Year 2025

• Sofiia Denysenko
• Anoushka Singh
• Natania Efeurhobo
• Aadinath Prakash
• Tejashwin Ravishankar
• Fernanda Castro Rugama

Exceptional Services to Volunteering 2025

• No shortlist - winners announced on the night!

Project Leader of the Year 2025

• Alissa Naydenova - Lingo
• Anoushka Singh - Clothes Exchange
• Dhruvina Patel - Refugee Teaching Project
• Esther Owens - Green Thumbs
• Josh Mullett - Coding Club
• Matthew Van De Vyver - Repair Café

Session Leader of the Year 2025

• Raphaël Zogheib - Lingo
• Sita Raithatha - Coding Club
• Thita Sawaengha - Maths Club
• Natania Eeurhobo - Maths Club
• Paizlei Kerr - Wellbeing Ambassadors
• Gemma Smith - Art Club
• Adella Massar - Animal Protection
• Seraiah Arulanandam - Refugee Teaching Project

Communications Officer of the Year 2025

• Deeya Sheth - Refugee Teaching Project
• Hazel Fernandes - Animal Protection
• Janice Asare - Clothes Exchange
• Kanan Bajaj - Art Club
• Sevim Yorulmaz - Wellbeing Ambassadors
• May Aung - Community Learning Project

Social Media Officer of the Year 2025

• Patreace Espiritu - Refugee Teaching Project
• Sessi Wusu - Coding Club
• Yelyzaveta Buriak - Clothes Exchange
• Dana Kulabukhava - Community Creative Writing
• Zoe Ioannidou - Community Learning Project
• Alexandra-Maria Badea - Animal Protection

Regular Volunteer of the Year 2025

• Arya Kottampilli Jayaprakash
• Diksha Poudyal
• Sofiia Denysenko
• Aadinath Prakash
• Ioana-Bianca Lazea
• Tania Kapoor

Give them all some love and share their success on Instagram 👉 here.