2021 Winners

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

Thank you to everyone who nominated an individual in 2021's Sir James Gildea Awards. We received lots of inspirational stories of the hard work everyone has putting in to help us achieve our mission at SSAFA.

Volunteer Global Award Winners

Name	Role	SSAFA Team
Trish Allwood	Branch Secretary	Cornwall
Gilly Beare	Caseworker	Republic of Ireland
Nina Duddleston	Branch Secretary	Norfolk
John Forrest	Branch Secretary	Somerset
Ben Higgins	Caseworker	Northern Ireland
Tom McCune	Branch Secretary	Cleveland
David Quick	Branch Secretary	Oxfordshire
Stephen Roworth	Casework Manager	Perth Kinross
Bob Walton	Branch IT coordinator and caseworker	North Yorkshire
Clive Ward	Branch Secretary	Hampshire

Employee Global Award Winners

Name	Job Title/Team	Department
Dominika Sarosiek	Learning and Organisational Development Business Partner	People and Organisational Development
Melanie Ponomarenko	Public Health and Engagement Manager	Healthcare Services
Alisdair Johnston, Drew Woods, Dan Turpin, Glen Smith, Grace Kay, Hilary Rosenthal, Laura Lewin, Mick Bower, Steve Boswell and Tracey Morgan	Regional Operations Support team	Volunteer Operations

Volunteer Individual Local Award Winners

Name	SSAFA Team
Lesley Fuller	Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire
James Orme	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Mari Evans-Bartlett	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Alison Bulbeck	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Rick Evans	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Alan Thomas	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Chris MacDonald	Bristol & South Gloucestershire
Trevor Chrich	Buckinghamshire
Mike Farrell	Cheshire
Yvonne Loynes	Cheshire
Thomas McCune	Cleveland
Trish Allwood	Cornwall
Mark Macarte	Cumbria
Tim Hall	Derbyshire
Toby Hirst	Devon
Valerie Hoar	Devon
Susan Chambers	Devon
Beccy Lines	Durham
Michael Blackwood	Essex
Una Smith	Glasgow & Renfrewshire
Terence McCourt	Glasgow & Renfrewshire
Peta Hoyle	Gloucestershire
Valerie Smith	Gloucestershire
Alvin Hill	Gloucestershire
Julie Farmer	Greater Birmingham
Chris Gibbons	Gwent
Rebecca Green	Gwent
Trevor Scott	Gwent
Clive Ward	Hampshire
Christopher Munns	Hampshire
Michael Kelly	Hampshire
John Molony	Hampshire
Riet Hallett	Hampshire
Capt Flemming Pederson	Hampshire
Sian Ralph	Kent
Ron Bramwell	Kent
Colin Ullmann-Jones	Kent
James Godfrey	Kent
Margaret Wood	Kent
Andrew McIntosh	Lanarkshire
Eugene Conlin	Lincolnshire
Wg Cdr Andrew Ingham	Lincolnshire
Linda Bibby	Merseyside
Sean McCourt	Moray, Nairn & Banffshire
Nina Duddleston	Norfolk
Michael Gordon	North Dorset
Robert Walton	North Yorkshire
Sue Walters	Northamptonshire
Carol Brady	Northamptonshire
Stephen Porter	Northamptonshire
Len Snelling	Northamptonshire
Ben Higgins	Northern Ireland
Cecil Bates	Northern Ireland
Ivan Patrick	Northern Ireland
Gerald Bowers	Nottinghamshire
Stephen Charnock	Nottinghamshire
David Quick	Oxfordshire
Stephen Roworth	Perth and Kinross
Barbara Moon	Plymouth
Clive Morris	RAF Honington
Paschal Sage	Republic of Ireland
David Langford	Republic of Ireland
Gillian Beare	Republic of Ireland
Lt Col Graham Meacher MBE	Scotland
John Forrest	Somerset
Paul Amor	South West Wales
Gwyneth Palmer	South West Wales
Cilla Galloway	Staffordshire
Malcolm Vernon	Staffordshire
Brian Graham QGM	Sunderland
Christopher Coe	Surrey
Martin Sykes BEM	Surrey
Denise Reekie	Sussex
Lt Cdr Mark MacIntyre	Sussex
Anne Maclean	Sussex
Carol Forster	Tyne & Wear
Edward Grist	Tyne & Wear
Irene Ramdehal	West Midlands North
David Covey	Wiltshire
Peter McCree	Worcestershire
George Groves	Worcestershire
Martin Stevenson	Worcestershire
Gloria Newman	Worcestershire
Barry Standham	Worcestershire
Anthony Archer	Worcestershire

Volunteer Team Local Award winners

Team	SSAFA Team
South West Durham Division	South West Durham Division
Claire and Anthony Brougham (fundraising)	Merseyside
Sally and Kirsty Hobbs (casework)	France
The Glasgow and Renfrewshire Management Group Richard Creighton Kate Aitken Chrissie Love Iain Boyle Irene Wright	Glasgow & Renfrewshire
Martin and Roanne Bell (fundraising)	Bedfordshire & Cambridgeshire
Plumstead Office (support the Nepalese community)	London Central

Employee Individual Local Award Winners

Name	Department
Thomas Arnold	Accounts Assistant
Mandy Collett	Business Support Officer / Referral Coordinator
Carol Forster	Temporary Branch Casework Manager
Susannah (Susie) Duffy	Branch Secretary Tyne and Wear
Edward Grist	Branch Treasurer Tyne and Wear
Brian Graham QGM	Sunderland Divisional Secretary
Natasha Bennett	PR Manager
Millie Fernandez	Executive Assistant Finance, Governance and IT
Melanie Ponomarenko	Public Health and Engagement Manager
Anna Masson	Casework Administrator
Rachel Fallows	SAVI Volunteer Operations Subject Matter Expert/Volunteer Experience Manager
Paul Smith	Business Systems and Integration Analyst
Connie Campbell	Casework Administrator
Richard Raanes	Casework Administrator
Dominika Sarosiek	Learning and Organisational Development Business Partner
Clare Bain	Mentoring Services Manager
Lizzy Collins	Individual Giving Manager
Pam Evans	Personal and Family Support Worker
Stephen Boswell	ROSM, Wales Region
Alice Farrow	Head of PR & Public Affairs
Liam Coates	People Advisor

Employee Team Local Award Winners

Team Name	Department
IT team	Finance
Regional Operations Support Manager	Volunteer Operations
Queen Elizabeth House Facilities team	Facilities

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