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# Allsorts volunteer wins national Red Cross award for young volunteers
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/allsorts-volunteer-wins-national-red-cross-award-for-young-volunteers/
- Published: 2015-11-29T23:29:25.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-29T23:29:25.000Z
- Description: Reuben Davidson, a lead volunteer with the Brighton-based Allsorts Youth Project, has won the national Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award 2015 for volunteering for people under the age of 26.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: In The South, News, Allsorts Youth Project

## Reuben Davidson, a lead volunteer with the Brighton-based Allsorts Youth Project, has won the national Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award 2015 for volunteering for people under the age of 26.

![Allsorts](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/web-60075.jpg)

Reuben Davidson with Anna Roscher at this week’s Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Award 2015 ceremony in London

**Allsorts Youth Project** is a registered charity. It has three full-time staff, three part-time staff, a team of volunteers and provides a variety of services for LGBTU young people, among them weekly drop-ins, a mental health and well-being group and a Trans Kids group. It works in partnership with a wide range of third-sector organisations, public services and schools, colleges and universities and runs a parent support group. Its youth volunteering hub offers opportunities in campaigning, fund-raising, educating and offering peer support.

**Reuben aged 22 said:** *“I am so pleased to have won the award.*

*“I love Allsorts and feel passionately about the project’s mission to support and empower lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and unsure (LGBTU) young people to take a lead in raising awareness of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and challenge prejudice and discrimination in all areas of young people’s lives.*

*“Allsorts supported me when I first came out and has done every day since. Having the opportunity to give back in such worthwhile ways has been amazing. I would recommend volunteering to any LGBTU young people interested in being part of a community and developing their skills.”*

**LGBTU Youth Volunteer Co-ordinator Anna Roscher, who nominated Reuben for the national award, said:** *“Reuben is an extraordinary and dedicated lead youth volunteer at Allsorts, devoting huge amounts of his time weekly to the project, while studying and working part-time.*

*“He spends a day a week on office admin, is a peer supporter in our under 16’s group (TAG), leads a youth volunteer campaign group (The Hub), is a peer educator helping to deliver LGBTU awareness workshops and training and supports the running of our trans and gender questioning group (Transformers).*

*“On top of all this Reuben is a committed and active Trustee and represents Allsorts at high-level meetings across the city. He is a phenomenal young man, and hugely valued volunteer who gives so much of himself and his time to Allsorts. He is a wonderful role model for other young people we work with.”*