Northamptonshire Community Foundation Community Heroes of the Week

Dozens of small, grassroots charities and dedicated volunteers from across the county were honoured with awards presented across eight categories.

placeholder image — Dozens of small, grassroots charities and dedicated volunteers from across the county were honoured with awards presented across eight categories.

This week, Northamptonshire Community Foundation is celebrating the eight award winners who were honoured at the Foundation’s Annual Awards event last week.

Volunteer Action won the Building Better Communities Award for the Community Transportation Scheme they run for older people, and those who are mobility restricted, in North-East Northamptonshire.

People’s Theatre Collective won the Celebrating Culture and Heritage Award for their musical play A Home for Harmony, which is about a disabled owner, Sam, their cat, Harmony and assistance dog Bouncer learning to live together.

Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust won the Excellence in Education Award for their work tackling community challenges such as the scarcity of green spaces, health inequality and food insecurity through their Growing for Wellbeing project.

Headway East Northants won the Happy and Healthy Communities Award for the support and services they provide to survivors of brain injury.

Higham Gateway Club won the Tackling Inequalities Award for their weekly leisure, social and wellbeing sessions for their members, all of whom are adults with a learning disability.

South Northants Youth Engagement won the Northamptonshire High Sheriff’s Initiative Award for their weekly youth club in Towcester, for young people aged 10-12 years.

Dylan Jake won the Lady Juliet Townsend Award for Volunteering, for his dedication to and support of Lumina Arts Alliance.

Summer McLaren, Jamie Hustwait and Nathan Crockett won the David Laing CBE Young People Poetry Award for their poems Hold On, and From College to Kick-Off respectively.