Fathoms Free are winners of the Kings Award for Voluntary Service
- Julian Collison
- Nov 14, 2025
- 2 min read
We're incredibly proud to be able to announce that Fathoms Free have been awarded the King's Award for Voluntary Service! Equivalent to an MBE, this is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK! The award celebrates exceptional contributions volunteers make to their local communities, and we're deeply humbled to have been honoured with it.
This year has been particularly significant for Fathoms Free, marked by the launch of our dive boat Stingray. Refurbished in-house by our volunteer team, Stingray has enabled us to expand our marine conservation operations and increase collaboration with other local charities that share our mission. In addition to ghost gear recovery work, since its launch earlier this year, Stingray has supported Cornwall Wildlife Trust Seasearch programme, carrying divers and snorkellers for marine surveys across Cornwall, assisted the Ocean Conservation Trust with seagrass restoration work, and supported fundraising for DDRC Healthcare which looks after our divers.
This award is a huge honour for everyone involved with Fathoms Free. Our volunteers give their time, skills, and energy to protect the marine environment, and this recognition shines a light on their dedication. Stingray in particular has transformed what we can achieve, and this award belongs to everyone who has helped make that possible.
The King's Award for Voluntary Service aims to recognise outstanding work by local volunteer groups to support their communities. It was created in 2002 to celebrate Her Late Majesty The Queen's Golden Jubilee and was continued following the accession of His Majesty The King. 2025 marks the third year of The King's Award for Voluntary Service.
Fathoms Free will be formally presented with the award by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, Sir Edward Bolitho KCVO OBE, at a ceremony later this year, and will attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in the summer of 2026, along with other recipients of this year's award.
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A huge congratulations to the Fathoms Free team! Winning The King's Award is a testament to the incredible grit and passion of every volunteer involved in cleaning our coasts. As someone who also spends weekends hauling heavy marine debris and ghost nets, I know how much it can wear down your joints, especially the knees and lower back. I've found that MrJointPatch is a total game-changer for managing that post-cleanup stiffness. It helps me recover faster so I can get back out there and keep fighting for our oceans without the pain
Huge congratulations to the entire team! The collaboration with Cornwall Wildlife Trust and the seagrass restoration work shows how vital Fathoms Free has become to our marine ecosystem. I wanted to share this inspiring announcement with my environmental studies group, so I used Free Online Markdown to convert the blog post into a professional document for our weekly discussion. This kind of recognition truly motivates more people to join the cause for our oceans.
What an outstanding achievement for Fathoms Free! Winning the King's Award for Voluntary Service is a well-deserved recognition of the tireless work the divers do to clear ghost gear from our coasts. The story of the Stingray boat's refurbishment is particularly inspiring. I used MarkdownCo Pro to organize the key highlights of their conservation impact into a clean summary for our local diving club's bulletin. It’s important to spread the word about such high-level volunteer dedication