Borough Awards

Time to nominate your heroes

Residents across the Stafford borough –including in Stone and Eccleshall - are being asked to nominate their unsung heroes for an annual awards’ scheme.

The Stafford Borough Council ‘Community Awards’ are now in their sixth year and recognise the efforts of local people, businesses, schools and other groups that help to support and improve the community.

The categories are Local Hero, Community Action, Sports and Leisure and Social Wellbeing. And the borough council has introduced two new awards this year for Community Learning and Sustainable Environments.

Nominations are open to all people, groups and organisations operating within the borough with projects that have been running during the last 12 months.

Councillor Jeremy Pert, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Communities and Health at the council, said: “This is such a great opportunity to recognise those people within our borough who put others before themselves and help make our area a wonderful place to live, work and visit.”

He added: “There are so many inspiring, selfless people in our community and I expect to see lots of nominations – with the most difficult task determining a winner, because they are all deserving of our heartfelt thanks, recognition and respect.

“Their work often goes unnoticed, so these awards give us the opportunity to pay tribute to them and demonstrate that we value all that they do.”

To find out more about the criteria for each category, and to nominate, go to www.staffordbc.gov.uk/communityawards. The closing date for nominations is September 30 with the winners being announced at a ceremony in November.

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