Ruth Birt is our Volunteer of the Week. Ruth has been working with IFST HQ to coordinate an event which will coincide with our Jubilee Lecture in November. Ruth currently chairs IFSTs Scottish Branch actively encourages the committee to get involved and is always willing to help when needed.

Rachel was awarded Volunteer of the week as she secured sponsorship for the Scottish Branch Jubilee Lecture.  Rachel has recently join our new Food Safety Register.  For more information about our Food Safety meetings, please contact Erin Taylor.

Tony kindly agreed to give a talk on TACCP at our next Food Safety meeting on 11 September and has agreed for it to be recorded so that members who aren't able to attend the meeting are able to access the talk after. Tony also encourages his team at Leatherhead Food Research to become IFST members and was a speaker at our Jubilee Conference.

Melisa Kupaza was awarded Volunteer of the Week as she recently volunteered to Chair a working group to look at setting up a new student group for IFST. She's also a member of our Education and Careers Committee. For more information about the student working group, please contact Erin Taylor.

David Rosie was awarded Volunteer of the Week for his active and continued support of the Institute. David has been actively involved in the creation of the Register of Food Safety Professionals. He has/continues to serve on a number of Committees and is also an active member of the South East Branch. He was elected as an Honorary Fellow in 2013.

Margaret Everitt is the Volunteer of the Week for her continued support of the Institute. Margaret has been heavily involved with the Sensory Science Group (formerly Professional Food Sensory Group) and is involved in two different committees.

Simon Dawson was awarded Volunteer of the Week for his continued and recent support for IFST, Simon provided support for the upcoming House of Lords reception and has gone to great lengths to become and active volunteer, writing articles for the next edition of iConsult and leading a recent IFST event at Cardiff Metropolitan University.

Lucy Foster was awarded Volunteer of the Week for her continued and recent support for IFST by perfoming 'dragon duties' at Ecotrophelia.

Ian helped secure IFSTs third Student LaunchPad event, which will be held at FERA in York later this year. Earlier this year Ian was also a judge at the annual 'Young Scientist of the Year' competition which was held at Huddersfield University.

Lindsey is at the heart of IFST’s active volunteer community. Lindsey provides regular articles for Food Science & Technology; is a key contributor to the iConsult, IFST's Consultancy Group newsletter; and more recently, has been instrumental in re-launching the Nutrition & Health Group. She has served on a number of Committees and currently serves on the Volunteers and Networks Committee.