By Joshua Robinson – 

On Thursday 20th June, Holocaust Centre North received its King Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) in person and it was presented to Centre Director, Alessandro Bucci, by Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Ed Anderson CBE.

Both Alessandro Bucci and Lord Lieutenant Ed Anderson CBE spoke on the day, with additional speeches made by the Centre’s Chair and artist Jenny Kagan, High Sheriff of West Yorkshire Professor Adeeba Malik CBE DL, and long-serving volunteer Michael Sharp.

The Centre was also delighted to welcome friends, supporters, esteemed guests, and its volunteer community, with survivors and trustees also present.

Holocaust Centre North Director Alessandro Bucci commented: “We are so very proud to have received this Kavs Award at Holocaust Centre North. The volunteer community is an essential part of what we are about. and this award highlights their commitment and vital contribution to our work.”

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

Founded by survivors and their descendants as the Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association (HSFA), Holocaust Centre North is more than an exhibition and learning Centre: it is a community, a source of hope, and friendship, and a vital hub for the region. Its volunteers participate in a diverse and vital range of projects and activities to not only tell the global story of the Holocaust but to do so through local stories from those who subsequently created new lives in the north of England.

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