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Charity fundraising teenager nominated for Community Pride award

Joseph Rowntree School pupil Imogen Bawtry has her head shaved to raise money in  memory of close family friend Charlie White, who died in April 2012

7:41am Saturday 18th May 2013

A TEENAGER who had her hair shaved off in front of her school mates to raise money for a children’s cancer charity has been nominated for a Community Pride award.

Disabled climber nominated for Community Pride Award

Disabled York climber Sianagh Gallagher in action on an     artificial climbing wall

9:51am Thursday 16th May 2013

AN inspirational teenager and champion disabled climber has been nominated for a Community Pride Award.

Elvington Primary School pupils nominated for Community Pride Award

Staff and pupils sweat it out as they pitch in at Elvington CE School

8:07am Wednesday 15th May 2013

YOUNGSTERS trying to grow fruit and vegetables at a York village primary school have been recognised with a nomination in this year’s Community Pride awards.

Nominate parents who go the extra mile for a Community Pride Award

Barbara Anderson with Paul Thompson, of Barnitts

8:09am Tuesday 14th May 2013

IS your mum or dad one in a million? Or do you know parents worth recognition for the lengths they have gone to for their children?

Rowntree School pupils nominated for Community Pride Award

Rowntree School pupils nominated for Community Pride Award

9:22am Saturday 11th May 2013

Four teenage girls who are campaigning to change attitudes to body image on the high street have been nominated for a Community Pride award.

Community Pride Awards: recognising York’s unsung heroes

Alan Smith MBE, left, with the Lord Mayor of York, Coun Keith Hyman

8:22am Friday 10th May 2013

DEDICATION shown by people in York who go out of their way to help others is once again being celebrated.

Do you know a sporting hero?

Geoff Barraclough puts some young athletes through their paces in York

8:36am Tuesday 30th April 2013

NOMINATIONS are being sought for sporting heroes who have made an outstanding contribution to amateur sport in York.

Convenience store staff put forward for Community Pride award

Staff at the One Stop shop in Walmgate who have been nominated for a service with a smile award; from left Shireen Frank, Susan Frary, manager Joanne Stephenson, Fen Nurse, and Emily Hardgrave

8:10am Thursday 25th April 2013

STAFF at convenience store are the latest to be nominated for a York Community Pride Award.

Nominate your health hero for an award

Louise Rochester, right, receives her award from Julie Wainwright of Ramsay Health

8:08am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

NOMINATIONS are being sought to recognise York’s health service heroes in the Community Pride awards.

Community Pride: It’s time to say thank you

Caroline Gilderdale of Dunnington School receives the Best Primary School Project Award from Dave Clarke of Yorwaste

8:44am Wednesday 17th April 2013

DO you know someone who has gone the extra mile to help others? A child who has faced up to life’s challenges with courage? Or someone who makes an outstanding contribution to amateur sport?

Community Pride: Award for those who unselfishly give their time to help others

Angela Darlington, third left, of Aviva, with representatives for the joint Volunteer of the Year Award winners, from left, Simon Moss and Coun Fiona Fitzpatrick, for John Horsley, and Pat Coulson, for Violet Armitage

8:13am Tuesday 16th April 2013

ONE of York’s leading employers has urged people to nominate volunteers who help others for a Community Pride Award.

Community Pride: celebrating our unsung heroes

Julia Unwin

8:02am Tuesday 9th April 2013

COMMUNITY projects which help to improve the lives of York residents will be recognised at The Press Community Pride Awards.

Community Pride: Brenda Mackfall’s lifetime of music

Brenda Mackfall singing at an event in York city centre in 2009

8:44am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

FOR more than 50 years she has raised money for charity and brightened up the lives of thousands of York residents with her love of singing.

Inspirational teachers to be recoginsed at Community Pride Awards

Jean Calverley and pupil Megan Long receive the award from Peter Emery of Drax Power Limited

8:30am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

TEACHERS who help inspire and lead York’s children will again be recognised in this year’s Community Pride Awards.

Community Pride: All in the right spirit

Alfie Barlow collecting his Spirit Of Youth award last year

7:58am Tuesday 26th March 2013

ONE of York’s most famous businesses has urged people to nominate the city’s unsung heroes in The Press Community Pride Awards.

York fundraiser nominated for Community Pride award

Caroline Beavers gets ready for her trip to India to see how international aid is helping people and communities

9:44am Monday 25th March 2013

A FUNDRAISER from York who has been on a mission to India has been nominated for a Community Pride award.

Osbaldwick Scout leaders nominated for Community Pride award

Osbaldwick Scout leaders Graham Bruin, left, and son Ian who have been nominated in the York Community Pride Awards 2013

8:37am Friday 22nd March 2013

A FATHER and son team whose dedication and hard work has transformed the fortunes of a struggling York Scout group are the latest nominees in The Press’s 2013 Community Pride Awards.

Chemotherapy nurse put forward for Community Pride award

Chemotherapy nurse Ellie Hodge hugs ex-patients Kathryn Cook, left, and Rebecca Hastie, who have  nominated her for the Patient’s Choice Award

7:54am Wednesday 20th March 2013

AN award-winning chemotherapy nurse has been nominated for a Community Pride award.

Benenden Health proud to sponsor Community Pride Awards

Significant Achievement Award winner Peter Lawrence, right, receives his award from Benenden’s Lawrence Christensen at last year’s Community Pride Awards  ceremony

9:13am Tuesday 19th March 2013

A director of the major sponsor of this year’s York Community Pride Awards tells HAYDN LEWIS why he is so delighted to be involved

Charity founder backs Tracey Hegarty in Community Pride Awards

Tracey Hegarty, who has been nominated for the Community Pride Parent Of The Year award after helping to save the life of her daughter, Holly

12:41pm Saturday 16th March 2013

THE founder of a national charity has nominated a York mum for a Community Pride award after she helped save her daughter when she was struck down with meningitis.

Nominate an unsung hero for a Community Pride award

Graham Bradbury, left, receiving his York Community Pride Person Of The Year 2012 award from Benenden’s Lawrence Christensen

8:45am Saturday 9th March 2013

A DEDICATED fundraiser whose work has helped raise an estimated £100,000 for good causes says he has been spurred on to do more charity challenges after winning a Community Pride award.

2013 Community Pride awards launched

The 2012 Community Pride finalists gather on stage at last year’s ceremony at York Racecourse

8:06am Tuesday 5th March 2013

It’s hard to believe it, but this year is the tenth year of the Community Pride awards, our annual search for the people who make York a better place to be.

2012 Community Pride Awards winners announced

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11:33am Tuesday 23rd October 2012

Inspirational people who are the pride of York enjoyed their moment in the spotlight as the winners of The Press 2012 Community Pride Awards were announced.

Community Pride Awards 2012: Sporting Hero

Geoff Barraclough, left, receives the award from Tony Lee of York Racecourse

11:40am Tuesday 23rd October 2012

The panel said this was another category with more strong nominees including Albert Pattison, the managing secretary of York Senior Cricket League, who was shortlisted for his lifelong devotion to cricket in York and the region.

Community Pride Awards 2012: York 800 Significant Achievement Award

Simon Newton of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation receives the York 800 Community Pride Award, for Joseph Rowntree, from Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing

11:36am Tuesday 23rd October 2012

This year has been a particularly special one for the city with a series of fantastic York 800 celebrations to mark 800 years since the city received its royal charter from King John.



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