Who will follow in ‘legend’ Anna’s footsteps in Pride in Fenland 2024
The deadline is now fast approaching for nominations in this year’s Pride in Fenland awards – so if you haven’t nominated your hero yet, now’s the time to act.
Who do you know who goes to great lengths to support others, has fundraised for charity, volunteers tirelessly, or has done something remarkable for someone else?
Perhaps you know a child or adult who always wants to help others even though they face great challenges, adversity, or ill health themselves?
Or someone who loves their Fenland town or village and goes out of their way to care for and champion it?
These are the people we want to hear about via nominations for the Pride in Fenland Awards 2024.
The awards celebrate the outstanding people of Fenland who have done something, or regularly do something, for the benefit of others.
The most recent Pride in Fenland awards ceremony was held at the end of 2022.
It saw awards for sports club coordinators, caring neighbours, dedicated fundraisers, organisers of a popular community coffee morning, a group that had transformed a church into a community hub, community event organisers and supporters, a young army cadet, youth activity organisers and all-round community-minded and community-spirited people.
The standard of the nominees was extraordinary.
Among the winners last year was Anna Elliott, described by her numerous nominees as a ‘legend’. She picked up the Individual Volunteers Award.
Anna volunteers at the Alan Hudson Day Care Centre and has done so for over 10 years. She supports fundraising events making cakes, she organises knitters and she sells home made craft items and pre-loved jigsaws to boost funds for the centre.
Her dedication and commitment are evidenced in her social media presence where she can be found promoting the clinical services and charity efforts of the Centre. In fact, she never stops.
She proved a hugely popular winning gaining massive applause from the packed audience.
This year who knows who we will find? In previous years awards have included:
l Top community group
l Individual volunteer
l Young individual
l Recreation/environment volunteer
l Lifetime contribution
The closing date for nominations is midnight on Sunday, February 11.
To make a nomination, all you need do is tell us why the person you’re putting forward deserves a Pride in Fenland award.
Nominations can be made online via the Fenland District Council website at www.fenland.gov.uk/prideinfenland.
You can also find a form there to download and print.
Printed nomination forms can also be found in the Fenland Citizen (use extra paper if needed) and send your nominations to Pride in Fenland, Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ.
This year’s awards ceremony is set to take place in March 2024 at Wisbech St Mary Sports and Community Centre.
