{"id":147220,"date":"2026-05-17T18:33:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/?p=147220"},"modified":"2026-05-17T18:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:38:44","slug":"hm-lord-lieutenant-of-befordshires-service-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/17\/hm-lord-lieutenant-of-befordshires-service-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"HM Lord-Lieutenant of Befordshire&#8217;s Service of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-147222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0008.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>BCPD Trust a Luton based Charity was invited to attend HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedforshire&#8217;s Service of Thanksgiving in recognition of their continued support in Luton Inspiring young people into Education, Careers, Business and Sports.<\/p>\n<p>This event was held at St Paul&#8217;s Church in Bedford and was attended by many charities and community volunteers, service people and other dignitaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The guests were welcomed by Reverend Anthony Davis the Vicar of St Paul&#8217;s Church and this followed a very carefully planned programme recognising the contributions made by all volunteers to make Bedfordshire a better place.<\/p>\n<p>According to H.M Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Mrs Susan Lousada all organisations and their volunteers who attended this service were invited because they play a significant role within Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n<p>This was a great event and BCPD Trust volunteers and supporters make it possible to provide the service and support each year and are at the heart of this organisation.<\/p>\n<p>BCPD Trust was represented by their Trustee &amp; Chairperson Sundar Ali, Trustee &amp; Treasurer Ifthekher Alom. One of their volunteer Tutor who is also their Education &amp; Training Secretary Eijaz Bhunnoo was invited but due to train cancellations unfortunately could not attend.<\/p>\n<p>A big thank you to everyone involved with BCPD Trust, without your support we could not have received this recognition. Also would like to thank all other organisations and volunteers who attended today, your support is making a difference in Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"147226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0014.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"147227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-1082x1536.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307-1442x2048.jpg 1442w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260517_173307.jpg 1739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"147225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0010.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003-1024x484.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003-1536x727.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bcpdt.org.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260517-WA0003.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BCPD Trust a Luton based Charity was invited to attend HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedforshire&#8217;s Service of Thanksgiving in recognition of their continued support in Luton Inspiring young people into Education, Careers, Business and Sports. 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