Five Queen’s University Belfast students have been recognised by the UK Cabinet Office for their contribution to volunteering. One student has been honoured by the Prime Minister David Cameron with a Points of Light Award and four students have been selected as Young Social Action Ambassadors in recognition for volunteering excellence.
Mogue Lawless, a fourth year Business Management student, was named the 123rd recipient of the Prime Minister’s Points of Light Award.
Mogue, who was last year named Queen’s Student Volunteer of the Year, has drawn on his personal experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder to raise awareness of mental health problems.
Out of six Ambassadors chosen in Northern Ireland, four are from Queen’s University. They are: Fergal McFerran from Dunloy, Paul Loughran from Belfast, David Sands from Lisburn and Ryan Clarke from Newtownabbey.