Start voting for your unsung hero

With leading local law firm Pictons returning for the third year running as the headline sponsor of this great local event, The Community Awards are launching the search for Luton’s local unsung heroes.

Everyone in the Luton community is encouraged to nominate the people and projects which deserve that special recognition. There are fourteen awards in all ranging from Exceptional Achievement, Role Model of the Year, a local Young Hero, Charity Champions, Community Projects and much more. The fifteen judges will have a very tough task. Sukh Saini, Pictons Managing Partner said: “Every year this just gets harder because you feel that everyone who is nominated for a Community Award deserves to win. They are really the best of the best just by being nominated.

“It is incredible how much fantastic work is being done by individuals, whether that’s something that goes way beyond the call of duty, or simply because they are warm, caring and generous individuals who make life better for the people in the town.”

The Community Awards nominations will close on Monday September 2.

Every year the Community Awards gives a generous donation to two charities.

This year Keech Hospice Care and the Children’s Ward at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital will be the recipients. Community Magazine proprietor and Community Awards founder Mostaque Koyes says: “Last year we raised £10,000 for Keech Hospice and the same amount for a community project in Malawi which involved students from Luton’s Sixth Form College.”

For more details, to nominate your local hero or to donate to Keech log on to www.communitycommunication.co.uk or pick up a nomination form at any Luton community centre or the local library.