On Friday 29th April 2022, the Military Wives Choirs had the pleasure of attending and performing at the 2022 Celebrating Forces Families Awards—and we were delighted to watch our Chair of Trustees, Maggie Pedder, win the Family Volunteer of the Year award. 

Maggie is a modest person, having spent most of her life in a “behind the scenes” role, with very little public recognition. She started volunteering in the 1990s with SSAFA and Relate whilst her husband was serving in the Army in Germany. Maggie continued to volunteer her time with the Army Families Federation, the Army Widows Association, the Peter Cowley African Trust, ABF the Soldiers’ Charity, and the Military Wives Choirs—both since its inception in 2012 and as Chair over the past three years. 

As a charity, we have benefitted greatly from Maggie’s support since she joined us, and we are so pleased that her valuable contributions to the charity sector have been marked with such a prestigious award. We look forward to continuing to progress under the guidance of Maggie, and we are very excited to see how we grow over the coming months and years.