Patrick Barber, who runs the local Fei Lung Kwan kung fu group, was shocked to find he had won the top award when he was invited along to the awards ceremony.
“It was a wonderful surprise – I thought I had been invited along to the ceremony to support the event rather than receive an award myself,” he told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
Patrick has been working as a volunteer with youngsters for over a decade and added that he was “deeply honoured” to be presented with the award by Sedgemoor District Council Chairman Jane Moreton.
Patrick is pictured above (in the white shirt) at the awards ceremony where he was named Sedgemoor’s volunteer of the year
