Holocaust Center North receives King Award for Voluntary Service

Left to right: Bob Cryan CBE, Vice-Chancellor, University of Huddersfield, The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DL, Cllr Liz Smaje, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson CBE, Dr Alessandro Bucci, Holocaust Center North CEO Alison Lowe West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Jenny Kagan Holocaust Center North Chair Lord Mayor Abigail Marshall-Katung Mayor of Leeds

by Joshua Robinson –

Thursday, June 20, Northern Holocaust Center receiving a King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) in person and was introduced to him Center Director, Alessandro Bucci, of The Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Ed Anderson CBE.

Both Alessandro Bucci and Lord Lieutenant Ed Anderson CBE spoke on the day, with additional speeches given by Center Chair and Artist Jenny Kagan, High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DLand longtime volunteer Michael Sharp.

The Center was also delighted to welcome friends, supporters, esteemed guests and its community of volunteers, with survivors and administrators in attendance.

Director of Holocaust Center North, Alessandro Bucci, commented: “We are very proud to receive this Kavs award at Holocaust Center North. The volunteer community is an essential part of who we are. and this award highlights their commitment and vital contribution to our work.”

This is the highest award a local volunteer group can receive in the UK and is equivalent to an MBE.

Founded by survivors and their descendants ca Holocaust Survivors Friendship Association (HSFA), Holocaust Center North is more than an exhibition and learning center: it is a community, a source of hope and friendship, and a vital center for the region. Its volunteers take part in a diverse and vital range of projects and activities, not only to tell the global story of the Holocaust, but to do so through the local stories of those who went on to create new lives in the North of England.

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