Countless young people give their free time to support projects and people within their communities and get no recognition for their efforts.

We’re looking to celebrate a young person who is either pioneering or supporting an activity or project that is making a difference in their local community.

The judges are interested in hearing their story. Have they set up a new group, club or activity.

Do they support the local community through volunteering and do they engage with others to meet the needs of their community?

Nominations are encouraged in support of young people aged up to 25 years.

Make your nomination here.

Do you know a business involved in its local community? Perhaps it is working to make the local area smarter, safer, healthier or more sustainable? Maybe its managers and staff are supporting local groups or clubs to do what they do to help their community?

We know that businesses, both local and national chains continue to play a vital part in helping to feed and support those in need in our communities.

They have made enormous contribution through internal and external projects to reducing carbon emissions and improving climate change outcomes. Nominations are encouraged for all sizes of businesses that operate locally.

Make your nomination here.

This award celebrates green projects that have demonstrated success in the protection and or conservation of the environment.

Nominations can be for school projects in the community or for projects that focus on improving the environmental impact with the school setting.

The judges are looking for projects of any scale and are especially interested in:

• Pupil participation and enthusiasm
• Creative approaches to environmental issues
• Positive impact on the local community
• Positive improvements to the school

Make your nomination here.

This award is for someone who has gone above and beyond to help their neighbour or their immediate neighbourhood.

This may be through good deeds done on a regular basis – help with shopping, gardening etc to leaping in when there’s an emergency. We’re looking for someone you neighbourhood couldn’t manage without.

The judges are especially interested to hear their story, hear about the difference they make to their neighbours lives and exactly what they do as a good neighbour.

Make your nomination here.

In this category we’re looking to celebrate an individual who has contributed a huge amount of their time and effort to a club, group, charity or organisation.

The judges want to hear their story. Is there someone in your community who has given their life selflessly in the service of others?

Are they (or have they been) a public servant, a local charity worker/supporter, a fund raiser or the person who organises a local community event year-on-year with no thought of thanks or reward?

Make your nomination here.

We want to hear about an individual or group that has contributed to the wellbeing of others. Is there someone in your community who has helped others to make positive healthy lifestyle changes?

Whether the impact has been positive for people’s physical or mental health our judges are looking for nominations for those whose actions have a positive impact on sports and physical activity locally.

Make your nomination here.

This special award, given in remembrance of our late colleague Neil Smith, is to acknowledge the amazing work of our blue-light services.

Nominations can be for a community police officer, a paramedic or ambulance crew, a local fire officer or crew, a volunteer first responder, a doctor etc.

In fact anyone who saved someone’s life often by putting their own in harm’s way.

We’ve all read the stories of lives being saved with community defibrillators by off-duty emergency service personnel; or police or fire officers putting the safety of others first.

This is the opportunity to say a very public thank-you to all our local heroes.

Make your nomination here.