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The Anthony Seddon Fund celebrates royal honour with its volunteers

Thursday, 14 October 2021 16:04

The Anthony Seddon Fund has officially celebrated receiving The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.

The Ashton-based mental health support group discovered it was a recipient of the prestigious royal award back in June.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is commonly known as the MBE for volunteer groups and the highest award a group can receive in the UK. 

The group was one of 241 charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups to receive the honour this year across the UK.

Greater Manchester has received the most awards of any region for the fourth year running. 

The Anthony Seddon Fund closed its doors for an afternoon to celebrate the occasion with a special tea to thank all of its volunteers, while Paul Griffiths - Deputy Lieutenant of the Greater Manchester Lieutenancy - attended to officially present the honour.

The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by volunteer groups to benefit their local communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.

Recipients are announced each year on June 2, the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. 

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At the time the Lord Lieutenant said: “This award recognises the contribution an organisation makes within its community. It is a rare honour. It is not won easily and it recognises real achievement, effort, and a major contribution to the community.

“The last 16 months have highlighted just how valuable volunteering is to the country, with groups innovatively continuing their valuable work in the community, despite the restrictions and threat of the virus and I hope many more will be nominated in the future.” 

The Anthony Seddon Fund was set up in 2014 by Donna Thomas and her husband Brian when they tragically lost their son through suicide, aged 30.

The group delivers a range of support groups and therapeutic activities to support mental health and well-being to the people of Tameside, including a peer support mental health ‘drop in’, family and friends’ mental health support group, a suicide bereavement support group, hearing voices support group, meditation, reiki, and tai chi classes, music sessions and a ‘talk shop’ to support nine to 19-year-olds.

They also provide a bereavement café, enabling survivors to do something positive while being supported. 

In a statement, the Ashton-based charity said: “This a reflection of all the hard work and dedication our volunteers have shown to the charity over the last seven years, helping to provide mental health peer support to Tameside residents.

“Thank you to all those who have volunteers with us or who have championed our work and supported us over the years.”

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