On Thursday 8 December 2022, the Centre for Volunteering in NSW announced the NSW 2022 Volunteer of the Year Awards.
The recipients are:
- Volunteer of the Year and Adult Volunteer of the Year: Clementine Hartson
- Young Volunteer of the Year: Rose Lewis
- Senior Volunteer of the Year: Joy Rappo
- Volunteer Team of the Year: One Meal Northern Beaches Co-op volunteers
- Not-for-Profit Voluntary Governance Award: The Australian Wildlife Society’s Board of Directors
- Volunteer Leader of the Year: Amar Singh from Turbans4Australia
The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards are an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering and supported by the NSW Government.
Clementine said “I am hugely honoured and humbled to have received the NSW Volunteer of the Year Award for 2022, particularly when surrounded by so many incredible people who do such great work to help make our local communities better places.”