BEST COMMUNITY WORKER / VOLUNTEER FINALIST - Dawn Patterson

Your Name:

Dawn Patterson

Your Organisation/Company:

Ulster Wildlife

Your Website:

www.ulsterwildlife.org/nature-reserves/bog-meadows

Your favourite thing about West Belfast:

The natural spaces

Your First Job:

Hospitality

What it taught you?

Team work

What do you think are the key ingredients needed to make a person or organisation the Best of the West?  Enthusiasm and a love for what they do.

I work in a community engagement initiative at the Bog Meadows Nature Reserve aiming to create a vibrant community hub through a range of activities like volunteering, education, and skills development around nature. The project connects people with nature, promotes physical and mental wellbeing, creating a sense of community pride.