YOUNG Wellington volunteer Rowan Scholes has received a prestigious award from The Abbeyfield Society, which provides housing and care for older people.

Rowan, ten, who has been volunteering at The Old Vicarage in the town, received one of the charity’s Making Time Awards.

The awards recognise staff, volunteers and residents who consistently go above and beyond to make time for older people as well as embodying Abbeyfield’s core values of caring, openness, honesty and respect.

Rowan said: “It came as such a surprise to me to win and it is so wonderful to have been recognised like this. I love doing what I do because it puts a smile on everyone’s face, including mine.”

The award was presented to Rowan for fast becoming The Old Vicarage’s busiest volunteer organising fundraisers, raffles and parties, and giving residents IT lessons.