Dedicated Donnie in award honour
A local SSAFA volunteer from Clackmannanshire has been awarded the prestigious Sir James Gildea Global Award for his commitment to the Armed Forces community.
Army veteran Donnie Munro, 71, has supported SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, in a variety of roles for the past nine years. He is currently the SSAFA Forth Valley Branch fundraising convenor which includes visiting clients and being a general helper for SSAFA.
Donnie has raised more than £80,000 of funds to support the Service community since joining the branch, organising numerous events and still putting in enormous behind the scenes work to achieve this.
Serving in the Army for 40 years, Donnie joined the Queen’s Own Highlanders straight from school in 1965, with postings including Berlin, the Middle East and the Falklands.
Donnie retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2005 and saw for himself the vital service SSAFA provides to serving and retired Service personnel and their families.
His other achievements include consolidating a partnership with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Association to support branch fundraising, and establishing the SSAFA Forth Valley Office at
Forthside Depot after two complex office-moves. Although standing down now as the fundraising convenor, Donnie will still keep busy as a SSAFA volunteer.
Married to Maureen and with one daughter, Donnie said:“I feel very honoured to have been selected for this award. I decided to volunteer with SSAFA due to the breadth of help it offers the Service community. As a 40 year veteran, I totally back its efforts to help our Servicemen and women and their families when they need support.”
Find out more about volunteering for SSAFA Forth Valley at ssafa.org. uk/forth-valley, email forthvalley. branch@ssafa.org.uk or call 01786 479541.