Lambeth Council are calling for nominations for this year’s Community Awards recognising individuals who are helping their fellow residents.
The closing date for nominations is 27 June 2014 at 5 pm. The awards ceremony will take place in July. The eight categories are as follows:
1. Bringing your neighbourhood together award
This could be someone who goes out of their way to improve a public space in your area for the benefit of others (e.g. a street, park or community centre), or someone who goes out of their way to bring their community together.
2. Making Lambeth safer community award
A citizen who works with the community to encourage practical, safer ways of living by activities including advice giving, providing support or helping others to live in harmony.
3. Helping people into jobs and training community award
A local who helps people onto the next step of their training or career pathway through, for example, mentoring, advice, encouragement or offering practical tip about courses, funding or CV’s.
4. Cleaner and greener community award
Someone who has made a real difference to the local environment in a particular area or someone who has delivered an environmental improvement project such as a renewable energy project that is both innovative and creative.
5. Keeping Lambeth healthy community award
An individual who raises awareness of how to improve health and wellbeing and/or helps others to do so. This could be through advice, befriending or group activities.
6. Young person’s community award
An under-18 who shows commitment to their local area in any one or a variety of ways, including representing young people, helping others, or by getting involved with local groups.
7. Lord Scarman award
Someone who has contributed to developing, or promoting equality and inclusion in the areas of race, gender, disability, age, sexuality, religion or belief and achieving or encouraging achievement in challenging circumstances.
8. Voluntary or community organisation of the year award
To be awarded to a local community group or voluntary organisation that is working towards meeting the Lambeth Council overarching community outcomes: more jobs and sustainable growth; communities feel safer and more resilient; and/or cleaner, greener streets.
Lambeth welcome nominations from anybody who believes they know someone or an organisation who they feel should be recognised. Nominations will be judged by a panel of councillors, the Metropolitan Police, Fire Brigade and independent members of the business and voluntary sectors of the community.
Please note that these descriptions are not exclusive, but are intended as examples. There may be other types of activity within each category that you want to nominate someone for.
To be eligible nominees need to live in the borough and nominated organisations must be located within Lambeth. You can only nominate individuals, for categories one to seven and groups or organisations for category eight. Elected members (councillors) cannot be nominated and any nominees who are successful in seeking election, will be disqualified from the awards. You can make only one nomination on each form.
If you have any questions please contact communications@lambeth.gov.uk.
To nominate a person or organisation for a Lambeth Community Award please click here and fill in the nomination form.