Heart of the Community winners given gongs for commitment and kindness at Northampton ceremony

Ten residents and a cancer charity have been selected as this year's winners of Northampton's 2018 Heart of the Community Awards, after being shortlisted from a huge 34 nominations.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st May 2018, 15:16 BST
Updated 2nd May 2018, 07:42 BST
Thomas is a fantastic person with a kind and caring nature. He helps to feed the homeless on a Sunday night with the Langar Seva and distributes coats and other items of clothing to them which he has collected from family members. Helping the homeless has really helped Thomas with his social skills and confidence. Hes described as a fine young lad who is a credit to his family.Thomas is a fantastic person with a kind and caring nature. He helps to feed the homeless on a Sunday night with the Langar Seva and distributes coats and other items of clothing to them which he has collected from family members. Helping the homeless has really helped Thomas with his social skills and confidence. Hes described as a fine young lad who is a credit to his family.
Thomas is a fantastic person with a kind and caring nature. He helps to feed the homeless on a Sunday night with the Langar Seva and distributes coats and other items of clothing to them which he has collected from family members. Helping the homeless has really helped Thomas with his social skills and confidence. Hes described as a fine young lad who is a credit to his family.

The awards, held at the Guildhall on Monday night, celebrated community spirit and recognised neighbourhood achievement in this town - giving thanks to the heroes next door who work hard to help others.

The winners included The Lewis Foundation, Graham Croucher, Inderjit Jutla, James Richardson, Jane Langer, John Griff, Nick Stephens, Paul Scully-Sloan, Peter Lindfield and Teresa McCarthy, who were each nominated for striving to help make their communities better places to live, work and visit.

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This year, the judges decided to give an additional ‘rising star’ award to Thomas Wareing, who at just ten years old, is the youngest person ever nominated.

James manages and delivers weekly multi-sports sessions to young people as part of the Northampton Street Sports Programme, which provides young people at risk of committing anti-social behaviour or entering the criminal justice system with free opportunities to participate in structured activity. James participated in the project, then completed over 350 hours of voluntary work and gained a level 1 FA coaching qualification. He has a passion for coaching and a desire to help young people follow in his footsteps.James manages and delivers weekly multi-sports sessions to young people as part of the Northampton Street Sports Programme, which provides young people at risk of committing anti-social behaviour or entering the criminal justice system with free opportunities to participate in structured activity. James participated in the project, then completed over 350 hours of voluntary work and gained a level 1 FA coaching qualification. He has a passion for coaching and a desire to help young people follow in his footsteps.
James manages and delivers weekly multi-sports sessions to young people as part of the Northampton Street Sports Programme, which provides young people at risk of committing anti-social behaviour or entering the criminal justice system with free opportunities to participate in structured activity. James participated in the project, then completed over 350 hours of voluntary work and gained a level 1 FA coaching qualification. He has a passion for coaching and a desire to help young people follow in his footsteps.

The panel of independent judges consisted of the Mayor and Mayoress, the Deputy Mayor and Mayoress, Father Oliver Coss, Rector of All Saints Church, and representatives from NN Live Community Radio and the Chronicle & Echo.

The winners were congratulated by the Mayor of Northampton, Councillor Gareth Eales at the ceremony where they were joined by friends, family and nominators to receive their certificates.

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