COMMUNITY HEROES OF 2008!

All the winners were notified just before Christmas and will now be invited to an awards ceremony to celebrate their achievement and to pick up their award.

The winners were:

Under 18s Awards

• Abbie Arnold - Uplands Middle School - Sudbury
• Christopher Neill - Hadleigh
• Jack Turner, Andy Hately and Scott Lawrence – Glemsford Sports Club
• Marlon Lockyear, Katrina Henderson and Callum Gibson – The Royal Hospital School - Holbrook
• Year 11 Award Scheme Development & Accreditation Network Group (ASDAN) – East Bergholt High School

Over 18s Awards

• Vicky Charlesworth – The Ryes School, Sudbury
• Shirley Smith – Great Cornard
• Barry Dallas – Hadleigh Sea Scout Group
• Pat and Ron Bennett – West Suffolk Voluntary Association for the Blind
• John Moles – 3 Parishes Response Team
• Sara Sunderland – Glemsford Parish Council
• Les Stebbings – Shotley
• Gillian Robertson – Kettlebaston
• John Blackmore – Bentley
• Michelle Hall – Great Cornard
• Mervyn Austin – East Bergholt
• Tracey Alexander – Hadleigh
• Neil Thomas – Hadleigh
• Daphne Clark – Edwardstone
• Ken and Olive Willingale – Nayland
• Juliet Allerton – Chattisham
• Bryan Quinton – Suffolk Young People’s Health Project (4YP)

Community/ Voluntary Group Awards

• Churches Together in Sudbury & District
• Ansell Community Centre Luncheon Group – Hadleigh

Jill Barton, Babergh’s Corporate Support Officer, said: "We had a vast number of nominations this year and the judges had a very difficult task in naming the final 24 award winners.

“Every year, the award panel is amazed at the commitment, enthusiasm and dedication shown by all our winners and it is fantastic to see so many young people's projects coming out on top this year."

Mark Murphy, from BBC Radio Suffolk’s Breakfast programme will compere the achievement awards ceremony, which is being held on March 5th at the Stoke By Nayland Golf Club and is sponsored by Prolog. ENDS

More Information on 2008 Community Awards.