Community heroes honoured at special awards night

Peterborough community heroes who have gone the extra mile to make a difference in the city have been honoured at a special awards ceremony.

The Peterborough Civic Awards night saw residents from all corners of the city come together to celebrate the hard work of volunteers, organisations and businesses.

The winners had been announced in January this year – but the ceremony was only able to be held now because of the covid pandemic.

The awards were presented by Mayor of Peterborough, Cllr Stephen Lane.

Along with the awards themselves, there was a performance from The Kindred Youth Theatre Company

Councillor Peter Hiller, chairman of the council’s honours panel, said: “We are living through very challenging times and it is extremely heartwarming to see how people in our communities have responded to help those in need.

“The honours panel were very encouraged to see that the popularity of the awards has increased tremendously, with many more nominations being submitted.”

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT CIVIC AWARD WINNERS:

. Brian Townsin

· Celseo Oliveria

· Chiltern Cold Storage Group

· City Leadership Forum · Del Singh

· Derek Brown

· Femi Olasoko

· Interfaith Support Group · Jack Hunt School · Katharine Gator-Condon · Kings School

· Mick & Jackie Coulson · Multi Agency Forum · Nathan Murdoch

· St John Fisher School · Tom Brown

· Tony Forster

· Torin Gibson

· Voluntary Support Group · Zara Robson

· Wendy Sayer

CONTRIBUTION TO ART AND CULTURE AWARD WINNER:

· Nathan Murdoch

SPORT AWARD WINNER: · Stuart Haw

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS:

· Mandy Eddings · Sarfraz Khan

Community Involvement Award recipient Mr Nawaz from Jack Hunt

Community Involvement Award recipients City Leadership Forum

Community Involvement Award recipients Chiltern Cold Storage

Canon Tim Alban Jones on behalf of the Interfaith Support Group

Community Involvement Award recipient Brian Townsin

Community Involvement Award recipient Celso Oliveria

Community Involvement Award recipient Derek Brown

Community Involvement Award recipient Torin Gibson

Community Involvement Award recipient Del Singh

Contribution to Art and Culture Award winner Nathan Murdoch

Contribution to Sport Award to Stuart Haw

Community Involvement Award recipients The Kings School

Community Involvement Award recipient Brian Townsin

Community Involvement Award winners Mick and Jackie Coulson

Community Involvement Award recipients the Voluntary Support Group

Lifetime Achievement Award to former city engineer Sarfraz Khan

Community Involvement Award winner the Multi Agency Forum

Community Involvement Award recipients John Fisher School

Kindred Youth Theatre Company performed at the awards

Lifetime Achievement Award to Mandy Eddings