NOMINATIONS for this year’s Pride of Reading awards are already flying in with multiple entries for each of the categories.
Over the coming weeks, we will be featuring many of them on these pages and we can’t wait to share their stories with you.
Each of people, schools and businesses put forward has an amazing story to tell.
Some will have saved lived, others changed lives.
Across each of the categories, Pride of Reading wants to receive as many nominations as possible.
Those put forward so far include a school that has provided support for children during the covid lockdown, an eco-champion who has helped plant more than 130 trees in her village, and a theatre school that has helped more than 3,500 young people get to grips with performing arts.
And there’s a man who has been nominated for risking his life to help out during a collision on the motorway, while a Mum has been nominated for helping a different charity every year for 16 years.
If that wasn’t enough, there’s a nomination for a man who started a food bank in his garage during the covid lockdown, a small charity that helps people going through chemotherapy, and two youth workers who have worked to turn a tragedy into something positive.
It’s really easy to nominate someone. Just look at the categories on this page and think of your friends, neighbours, work colleagues. If they have been doing something extraordinary to help make Reading a better place, why not nominate them.
There’s an online form on the Pride of Reading website, which gives you the chance to share the reasons as to why judges should consider their nomination for an award. There’s also the chance to upload a photo of them.
So, if you know someone who deserves to be celebrated for their work, nominate them today.
Log on to: https://www.porawards.co.uk/
