We Love Lucy!
Lucy Wallace receives national volunteering award for services to science
Dr Lucy Wallace who lives in Headley and works at the University of Reading has been named Volunteer of the Year by the British Science Association. To commemorate this, she has received the Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers in recognition for her hard work and dedication as the Founder and Chairperson of the Thames Valley Branch of the British Science Association.
Since she reformed the branch in January 2009, Lucy has worked tirelessly, alongside her full time job, to maintain the branch activities, instilling the values and ethos of the British Science Association throughout the Thames Valley region of the UK.
She is the driving force behind all of the branches activities and runs the Café Scientifique event that takes place every month in Reading.
The Thames Valley branch is relatively small, but with the guidance and dedication of its Chairperson, and on a limited budget, launched the first ever Reading Science Week, a 10 day festival of scientific events run in conjunction with National Science & Engineering Week in 2010. During the week this year, Lucy lead a small team to put on 7 events and reach over 2000 people in Reading and the surrounding area.
Lucy commented;
“I feel incredibly honoured to have been nominated and selected to receive this award. I would like to thank the other volunteers and staff at the British Science Association for everything they have done to support the Thames Valley Branch over the past few years.
“One of our main aims as a branch is to find new ways of engaging with people who would not ordinarily think that science is relevant to them, and then share our passion for science. I hope the activities that we run go some of the way to doing that in the Thames Valley area.
The great thing about volunteering for the British Science Association is that it is fun! I have met lots of new people through the events, and I enjoy working with the other volunteers to help them develop their skills too.”
The award is given annually by the British Science Association to a dedicated volunteer or group of volunteers in recognition of the great value and impact of its volunteers. Lucy will attend the British Science Festival in Bradford this September to collect her award.
‘Lucy is extremely deserving of this award, and we would like to thank her for all her hard work and dedication in the Thames Valley area and the development of Reading Science Week’ says Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association. ‘She is a marvellous example of how our large network of volunteers around the UK helps us to develop links with local communities and reach a wide audience of all ages. Without enthusiastic individuals such as Lucy we could not hope to achieve even a fraction of what we currently do.’
For more information about volunteering for the British Science Association, visit www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/AboutUs/Volunteering.
Dr Lucy Wallace who lives in Headley and works at the University of Reading has been named Volunteer of the Year by the British Science Association. To commemorate this, she has received the Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers in recognition for her hard work and dedication as the Founder and Chairperson of the Thames Valley Branch of the British Science Association.
Since she reformed the branch in January 2009, Lucy has worked tirelessly, alongside her full time job, to maintain the branch activities, instilling the values and ethos of the British Science Association throughout the Thames Valley region of the UK.
She is the driving force behind all of the branches activities and runs the Café Scientifique event that takes place every month in Reading.
The Thames Valley branch is relatively small, but with the guidance and dedication of its Chairperson, and on a limited budget, launched the first ever Reading Science Week, a 10 day festival of scientific events run in conjunction with National Science & Engineering Week in 2010. During the week this year, Lucy lead a small team to put on 7 events and reach over 2000 people in Reading and the surrounding area.
Lucy commented;
“I feel incredibly honoured to have been nominated and selected to receive this award. I would like to thank the other volunteers and staff at the British Science Association for everything they have done to support the Thames Valley Branch over the past few years.
“One of our main aims as a branch is to find new ways of engaging with people who would not ordinarily think that science is relevant to them, and then share our passion for science. I hope the activities that we run go some of the way to doing that in the Thames Valley area.
The great thing about volunteering for the British Science Association is that it is fun! I have met lots of new people through the events, and I enjoy working with the other volunteers to help them develop their skills too.”
The award is given annually by the British Science Association to a dedicated volunteer or group of volunteers in recognition of the great value and impact of its volunteers. Lucy will attend the British Science Festival in Bradford this September to collect her award.
‘Lucy is extremely deserving of this award, and we would like to thank her for all her hard work and dedication in the Thames Valley area and the development of Reading Science Week’ says Roland Jackson, Chief Executive of the British Science Association. ‘She is a marvellous example of how our large network of volunteers around the UK helps us to develop links with local communities and reach a wide audience of all ages. Without enthusiastic individuals such as Lucy we could not hope to achieve even a fraction of what we currently do.’
For more information about volunteering for the British Science Association, visit www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/AboutUs/Volunteering.
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For further information please contact:
Ollie Christophers, Communications Manager, British Science Association.
Tel: 020 7019 4946
Email: ollie.christophers@britishscienceassociation.org
Notes for editors
1. The British Science Association (formerly British Association for the Advancement of Science) is the UK's nationwide, open membership organisation that exists to advance the public understanding, accessibility and accountability of the sciences and engineering. Established in 1831, the British Science Association organises major initiatives across the UK, including National Science & Engineering Week, the annual British Science Festival, programmes of regional and local events, and an extensive programme for young people in schools and colleges. The British Science Association also organises specific activities for the science communication community in the UK through its Science in Society programme. For more information about the British Science Association, please visit www.britishscienceassociation.org
2. In recognition of the great value and impact of our volunteers, the British Science Association instituted the Sir Walter Bodmer Award for Volunteers in 2004. This annual award is made each June, and the winner is invited to receive their award at the Science Festival Dinner. The patron of the award is Sir Walter Bodmer, a past Chair of the British Science Association Council, and a founder of one of the biggest volunteering organisations in the UK (Imperial Cancer Research Fund).
3. For further information about the British Science Association’s branches, visit www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/RegionsandBranches
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