Caring Neighbour

The Caring Neighbour Award will be presented to someone who is a caring & 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 with chores, shopping or getting out and about, or simply just being there for a friendly chat or cup of tea.

Service with a Smile

Looking for someone who has provided an outstanding service in the community, not just a brief smile, someone who likes to help others, go out of their way to do more to help the customer, being polite and smiling with them.

The Young Achiever Award

The Young Achiever Award recognizes those young people in the community who have excelled in school, Sport, business & working on community projects. Judges will be looking for young people who are a role model in the local community.

Senior Citizen

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 organization, a person who takes time out of their busy schedule and provides care for someone.

Charity Worker

Hundreds of people across South Holland give up their time to work for a host of good causes. This award recognizes those people/groups who either dedicate their time to charity work, by fundraising or volunteering, some working as a team and not seeking recognition.

Community Hero

In every community there are those who strive to help others & continuously act out of human kindness. These volunteers give up their time & 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

Thousands of volunteers in our area provide help which is vital, without recognition. These people give up their time & often put their personal lives on hold to improve the lives of others. In every community there are those who strive to help others & act purely out of human kindness.

Special Achievement

This Award is for someone or a community group that have outstanding contributions over several years. This could include continued fundraising & 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

This Award is for a community group that has shown excellence in sport taking time to provide and organize 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

This Award is for a registered South Holland Charity organization, (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.