3i. Celebration of Volunteering – The Volunteer of the Year Award were Volunteer Award of the Year (VOYA) presented to the successful volunteers which In June 2021, we organised an online event was sponsored by Double Tree Angel Kings during Volunteers’ Week to celebrate and Cross. You can the winners and their stories recognise the efforts of our volunteers who here: https://vai.org.uk/volunteers-of-the- delivered vital work as part of the COVID-19 year-2021/. Vaccination programme roll-out and those who usually volunteer but were not able to due to the pandemic. The Mayor Cllr Gallagher; Jeremy Corbyn, MP for Islington North; Orla O’Neil, COVID-19 Vaccine Programme Service Manager, GP Federation; Paul Reddish, CEO Volunteering Matters; Mohsin Shafi, North Central London NHS; Colin Adams, Octopus Community Network; Vanessa Freeman, Food Bank Co- ordinator, Brickworks Community Centre; Melissa O’Carroll, Volunteer Coordinator, Tollington/Hillrise Mutual Aid; Tessa Havers- Strong, Director of Forum+ acknowledged the huge efforts of the volunteers across Islington who made the COVID-19 Vaccine roll-out Ian Spencer - Volunteer of The Year programme a huge success. Some of the volunteers’ stories can be found at https://vai.org.uk/volunteers-week-2021/. 32 Annual and Impact Report 21/22