Three Island Students attending college in Truro have successfully completed an award scheme set up by Millennium Volunteers.
Millennium Volunteers is a national organisation designed to help youth orientated initiatives through community work. Rebecca Brint from Tresco clocked up 100 hours while Steve Duncan from St. Marys and Julian Pearce from St. Agnes clocked up 200 hours each. On receiving the award the students commented that they felt they had benefited personally from the scheme and that they also thought others would have benefited from the work that had been done.
All three students have been involved in the ‘Isles of Scilly ? Support our Students’ (IOS-SOS) project which aims to help secondary school students make the right choice when moving to the mainland. Additionally Stephen has worked on web sites and Julian has been involved with the national youth parliament.
Area co-ordinator, Laureen Lessels, said ‘It always makes me feel so proud when the volunteers achieve their awards’. A special lunch was set up for the students which took place in Truro. Hillary Workman, the chief executive of the Cornwall centre for Volunteers presented the students with their certificates as well as the prizes which are given out at each stage of the award, including t-shirts, fleeces and woolly hats.
For more information on the scheme, contact the head office in Truro on 01872 261441.
Alternatively, visit the website http://www.millenniumvolunteers.gov.uk/