Duke of Gloucester presents award in Warrington

On Wednesday 25th October HRH The Duke of Gloucester visited Warrington to present The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service to Disability Awareness Day.

The Duke honoured the event in a ceremony at the Town Hall, where David Thompson, Chair of Warrington Disability Partnership, collected the award on behalf of all those involved.

Disability Awareness Day is Europe's largest annual voluntary event on disability, now in its 15th year. It aims to show the wide variety of services available to disabled people to help them live as independently as possible.

Exhibitors support groups, services or companies supplying the latest equipment that can help people to do this. The day also provides the opportunity to show what disabled people can do in the arts and sports fields.

Earlier in the day His Royal Highness paid a visit to the Centre for Independent Living on Beaufort Street. Here, he took a tour of the facilities, met with staff and volunteers and learned about some of the work done at the centre.

David said: "It has gone amazingly well. This award is real recognition of all of the work that goes into Disability Awareness Day and a real testament of the hard work of the thousands of volunteers who have made the event a success. "

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