Marsh Awards

Firstly, you have to decide who to nominate. You are not limited to how many nominations you submit, so put a nomination for everyone you think should be recognised for their contribution. 

Whether the volunteer has only recently joined us or they have been with us for many years, if they have made a difference, we want to hear about them. 

Think about the people who have: 

• solved a problem introduced a new way of working that has changed the volunteering, visitor or worshipper experience for the better 
• learnt a new skill, technique or activity 
• achieved a new milestone in their role

The key to a well-written nomination is providing the judging panel with specific information illustrating how the individual’s or group’s achievements have had a positive impact at the Cathedral. 

• Write short sentences that are concise and give specific detail. Keep it brief. 
• Support their nomination with your own observations as well as qualitative and quantitative information - tell us why your nominee deserve to win an award. 
• Provide a complete overview of the nominee’s or group’s accomplishments. It is important to tell the nominee’s story as you would to a stranger. 

We have included some questions to encourage you to share as much information as possible about your nominated volunteer(s). You only need to answer the questions which relate to your volunteer(s) and the reasons that you are nominating them. The questions we are asking are: 

• Please describe the volunteer’s role at the Cathedral and which team they are involved with 
• Please describe how the volunteer has made a difference to life at the Cathedral through their role (e.g. an innovative project they have been involved in, feedback they have received from visitors) 
• Please describe how the volunteer has supported and encouraged other volunteers across the Cathedral (e.g. as a supervisor, providing mentoring support to new volunteers) 
• Please describe how the volunteer has developed in their role while at the Cathedral (e.g. undertaking additional training, overcoming personal barriers, developing in confidence) 
• Please include any additional information on how the volunteer has gone out of their way to support the Cathedral (e.g. giving extra time, taking on unpopular tasks)

The Marsh Charitable Trust was founded as a grant-making body in 1981, providing unrestricted core funding to smaller charities across the sector to assist them with their running costs. 

Since 1987, the Trust has run an Award scheme with larger charitable organisations to help them celebrate and recognise the invaluable contributions that their volunteers make to their causes. Without volunteers, a lot of charities would not be able to do the incredible work that they do and the Marsh Awards always recognise those that support causes that they believe in and seek no recognition for their efforts.