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The Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire, Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, has presented volunteers from Age UK Bucks with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.

Firefighter Richard Lord, whose 7 year old daughter was born deaf, is to face the 5,895 metre (19,340 feet) climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to say thank you to the charity which has helped his family on Phoebe’s journey to a hearing future.

Abi Purser, founder and owner of the Longcroft Luxury Cat Hotel group is like the cat that got the cream as her company is named a winner of the 2012 Smarta 100, the UK’s most well-known small business awards.

Grandmother Sonia Forster from Springfield, Chelmsford, has been voted Granny of the Month by Grannynet, the community-based website for grandmothers.

Deaf teenagers from 10 countries spent a week at St John’s School for the Deaf in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, to share the differences of their cultures and build relationships with peers from overseas who share the same communication challenges

The Ear Foundation in Nottingham is to be presented with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the country’s highest award for outstanding work in the volunteer sector.

Grannynet, the community-based website for grandmothers and Infacol, manufacturers of Britain’s number one infant colic remedy, have teamed up to recognise all the wonderful grandmothers across the country

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Oxfordshire based Banbury Litho, has become the first Carbon Balanced Publication printer in the county.

Tricia Kemp, a Trustee of The Ear Foundation, has received an MBE from HRH the Prince of Wales for her voluntary services to children with hearing disabilities.