Royal Visit For Harborough Morsbags Volunteers

Representatives from Harborough Morsbags have rubbed shoulders with royalty after being handed The King’s Award for Voluntary Service.

The dedicated team were given the award last year, which is the equivalent of an MBE for voluntary groups, and part of the prize was an invite to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.

Sandra Skett & Steph Allen at the garden party

The group have made over 48,000 shopping bags from unwanted fabric and given them away to the community since launching it 2008.

Harborough Morsbags Chair Sandra Skett and Secretary Steph Allen attended the garden party and Sandra told HFM it’s a day they will never forget:

Scenes from the garden party

The Harborough Morsbags team

The Harborough Morsbags team receiving the King’s Award for Voluntary Service