Mark Farr - February winner
Mark is being honoured with this Good Citizen Award for the work he undertakes for the Coventry Central Young Firefighters Association. Mark dedicates many voluntary hours per week to provide diversionary activities for the young people of Radford, Coundon, Spon End and the City Centre by running a fire cadet group. By leading this group Mark and his team are encouraging, supporting and providing opportunities for the personal development of the young people.
Mark has been a member of the Young Firefighters for over 20 years, as a cadet and a Volunteer Instructor/Officer in Charge.
Mark and his team work tirelessly to involve and integrate the cadets into their communities by teaching them the values of giving something back to society. Mark organises several community events for the Cadets to attend and recently involved them in a community clean-up to support members of the Nauls Mill Park area.
Working with local businesses to support these events and organise local fundraising is another aspect of Mark’s dedication to the work that he is clearly passionate about. Whilst Coventry Central Young Firefighters is one of several Fire Cadet Groups within the West Midlands, the Coventry Branch under the instruction of Mark is one of the most successful in the area. Mark’s branch has 50 young people which is the biggest youth membership across the service.
Mark goes that extra mile to make the young people of Coventry better community citizens and is rightly deserving of this Good Citizen Award.