Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last week was National Volunteer Week, and in Moncrieff we celebrated our volunteers following the 'Recognise. Reconnect. Reimagine' theme. It was an honour to open The Venue at Volunteering Gold Coast at Miami in my electorate. It's a unique space for the Gold Coast community to connect with others, host meetings, run workshops, hold board meetings and use as a workspace—a great asset for Moncrieff indeed. I commend CEO Brad Cooper and founder Peter Mark for all they've done to bring this project to life.

Congratulations to all recipients of the 2020 Central Gold Coast Volunteer Awards. The awards seek to publicly thank and celebrate volunteers for their selfless service. We held small ceremonies for the awards this year, due to pandemic restrictions, but I'd like to publicly acknowledge all of the recipients now: Bill Wakefield, the Mermaid Beach Surf Club management team, Elizabeth Massey, John and Beryl Turner, Brenda Godfrey, Diane Miller, Bob Jordan, Graeme Kay, Jules Smibert, Francis Wood, Brian McAllan, Pamela Lowry, Mark Turpin, the Gold Coast Little Theatre booking office team, Kaj Wolf, Rob Dennett, Linda Newton, Timothy Burgess, the Friends of the Gold Coast Regional Botanic Gardens, Duncan Sims, Beris McKavanagh, Elizabeth King and Dr Robyn Cameron. Nominations are opening for the 2021 awards right now.

Many thanks are also due to the volunteers who help our democratic process. Thank you to the members of the LNP Moncrieff FDC for everything that you do to support me and our community.