Community Champion sponsored by Reading Football Club
A person who works tirelessly in their community, in the voluntary sector, as a carer, for a community group or in public service who devotes their time to others.
George Joyce
A 75-year-old who has “spent all his life helping others”, George works at food bank Readifood delivering food parcels, ready to undertake emergency deliveries and making time to listen to clients problems.
He volunteers until the early hours at First Stop, a charity helping those out at night and in distress in Reading. A volunteer at Readistreet, a place for the homeless and hungry to go for food and hot drinks, he also maintains properties for Hope into Action, a charity providing housing for the homeless. He is “a friend and supportive mentor” to refugees and asylum seekers.
