BRIGG PEOPLE URGED TO NOMINATE COMMUNITY CHAMPION

FROM KIRSTY WESTFIELD, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL

Nominate your Community Champion for the fifth Community Champion Awards taking place on Thursday 24 November at The Baths Hall and let them be recognised for their achievements.
Do you know an individual or group that deserves an award:

• For the time they have dedicated to volunteering?
• For their contribution to the health and wellbeing of the community?
• To recognise their personal achievements in overcoming barriers or excelling in a sport or the arts?
• For their work in the local community?
• For being a true inspiration to others?

There are 22 awards. For more information or to make a nomination visit: www.northlincs.gov.uk/champion . For a nomination form call the Sport, Leisure and Culture Team on 01724 297270 or email community.recreation@northlincs.gov.uk
The closing date for nominations is 18 September 2016.
Winners will receive a trophy and certificate, and runners-up will receive a certificate.
Sue Stow the 2015 winner for Outstanding Achievement Award (Adult) has been a foster carer since 1984. She has given over 30 years of commitment and dedication to caring for some of the most vulnerable, emotional, challenging and wonderful children and young people of North Lincolnshire. Sue said:
“It’s a way of life; I’ve done it all those years. I love it and I don’t know what else I would do.”
Coun John Briggs, Cabinet Member for Commercial Enterprise, said: “Preparations are well underway for this year’s Community Champion Awards. Now in its fifth year it is great to see our communities pulling together to recognise those people and groups who go out of their way to achieve great things and help others.
“It is truly humbling to read the nomination forms as there are some extremely wonderful people in North Lincolnshire that go out of their way to do things for others or achieve to the best of their ability. I’m sure there are plenty of stories and achievements out there still to be told.
“If you know someone who deserves to be awarded, make sure you nominate them. Whether it’s for a personal achievement, inspiration to others, work they have done to help their local community or volunteered their services for a good cause.
“The awards are about celebrating the champions of North Lincolnshire.”