It’s your last chance to nominate your community heroes to ensure they get the recognition they deserve.
January 31 is the last day to get your nominations in for this year’s Pride of South Holland Awards.
The big event takes place on Sunday March 5.
There’s already plenty of nominations, but there’s still a bit of time to get your nominations in.
Organiser Jan Whitbourn, said: “We’ve had so many fantastic nominations and the judges already have some incredibly difficult decisions on their hands.
“But there’s still time to add to that.
“We all know a person or group who deserve more recognition for the work they do to make South Holland a better place.
“Tell us about them. We’d love to see them up on the South Holland Centre stage on March 5.”
There’s a host of categories for you to send your nominations to Jan on 07779 895388, email [email protected] or email [email protected]
Send us as much information about your nominees as you can.
The more we know about their good work in the community the more likely they are to receive a nomination or even win one of the prestigious awards.
The categories are:
Caring Neighbour (sponsored by Coun Glynnis Scalese and Peter Coupland) – The Caring Neighbour Award is about someone who is a caring and considerate figure in their neighbourhood.
In this category we are looking for people who go out of their way to help others in their community in any number of ways, such as, carrying out chores, shopping or getting out and about, or simply just being there for a friendly chat or cup of tea.
Service with a Smile (sponsored by Coun Elizabeth Sneath) – We’re looking for someone who has provided an outstanding service in the community, is not just a brief smile, but someone who likes to help others, go out of their way to do more to help the customer.
The Young Achiever Award (sponsored by Molsom Optometrists) – The Young Achiever Award recognizes those young people in the community who have excelled, be it in school, sport, business or working on community projects. The judges will be looking for young people who are a role model in the local community.
Senior Citizen (sponsored by Calthrops) – This award looks to recognizes those who are of an elderly age, who have strived to continue to help others in their community.
This could be someone who continues to work hard within an organisation or a person who takes time out of their busy schedule and provides care for someone.
Charity Worker (sponsored by Coun Jack Tyrrell and Coun Jo Reynolds) – Hundreds of people across South Holland give up their time to work for a host of good causes. This award recognises those people/groups who either dedicate their time to charity work, by fundraising or volunteering, some of whom may be working as a team and not seeking recognition.
Community Hero (sponsored by Coun Andrew Woolf and Coun Henry Bingham) – In every community there are those who strive to help others and continuously act out of human kindness. These volunteers give up their time and energy to help others in their hour of need, either by helping with fundraising, set up a new community group or simply being someone who makes a difference by helping others.
Volunteer of the year (sponsored by David Wilkinson and Ivan Thompson) – Thousands of volunteers in our area provide help which is vital, without recognition. These people give up their time and often put their personal lives on hold to improve the lives of others. In every community there are those who strive to help and act purely out of human kindness.
Special Achievement (sponsored by Springfields) – This award is for someone or a community group that has made outstanding contributions over several years.
This could include continued fundraising and commitment to a cause or someone who has helped to make South Holland a better place to live, work or relax through their continuing efforts over many years.
Community Sports Group (sponsored by Coun Paul Redgate) – This award is for a community group that has shown excellence in sport taking time to provide and organise friendly competitive activities and team work bringing together people of different abilities from across the community to get active and enjoy sport.
Local Charity Champion Award (sponsored by Bakkavor) – This award is for a registered South Holland Charity organisation (not a national charity). The charity needs to describe its objective and how long it has been registered, it also needs to tangibly demonstrate how it uses its funds to support its local community, describe how it fund raises and the number of people that are involved in running the charity/volunteers/paid employees), it also needs to describe it’s long-term goal.
