Local Hero awards nomination deadline rapidly approaching

Fifers reminded to get their nominations in by midnight on April 30

Kingdom FM’s Local Hero awards celebrate their 10th anniversary this year.

The award ceremony has been a fixture in Fife’s calendar for a decade, and time is fast running out for anyone who wishes to nominate their local hero this year, as nominations close at midnight on April 30.

This year’s awards, co-sponsored by The Courier, take place at Rothes Halls in Glenrothes on August 25.

Kingdom FM station manager Darren Stenhouse said the nominations this year have been “overwhelming”.

He said: “The judges will definitely have their work cut out for them when they’re creating their shortlist of nominees to attend the event on the night.”

There are 12 categories this year and for the first time there is a new homegrown talent award that will give Fifers the chance to perform live at the event.

All talents will be considered, and as long as you are a Fifer you are eligible, with the nomination process for all categories online.

“It needn’t be a 2,000-word essay, there isn’t a test at the end of it,” Mr Stenhouse said.

Kingdom FM’s 10th annual Local Hero Awards are supported by The Courier, Paint-Tec Accident Repair Centre, Gym 64, Pentland Landrover Cupar, GIA Business Properties Ltd, Forth Ports and Owen Buchanan Builders and Skips.

The categories and sponsors are as follows: child of achievement (Skene Group), provost award (Fife Council), sports person of the year (Lowes Logistics Limited), fundraiser of the year (Ceramic Tile Warehouse), Mary Leishman award (Mary Leishman Foundation), best school (AH Fireplace Installations), new business start-up (Business Gateway Fife), carer of the year (Abbotsford Care Group), volunteer of the year (Cadham Pharmacy), best community (Diageo), green initiative (St Andrews University) and best neighbour (Delmor Independent Estate Agents).

The new home-grown talent award is also being sponsored by Fife College.

All the information is available at www.kingdomfm.co.uk/life-in-fife/localhero-awards-2017.

The judges will definitely have their work cut out for them when they’re creating their shortlist of nominees to attend the event on the night. DARREN STENHOUSE

Picture: Steven Brown. The Red Hot Chilli Pipers performed at last year’s award ceremony.