Award Categories
Shropshire Courage Award:
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Someone who in a personal or community capacity has overcome adversity. Someone who has had the courage to face their fears or do something new. They may have made their community a safer place by their action, done something courageous for someone else or made a selfless act, putting other people first.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Young Entrepreneur Award:
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Someone who is successful in business, with an innovative approach. They may have diversified into new areas of work or use new technologies. Their business makes a contribution to the local economy and ideally has raised the profile of Shropshire regionally and nationally.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Learner Award:
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Someone who has learnt new skills or knowledge and uses them in their day-to-day life. An achiever who may have overcome obstacles to progress. They may have gained recognised qualification that has helped them to gain a new job, or use newly learnt skills to help others in their community.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire’s Greenest Family Award:
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A family who have made a difference to the environment in their home or local community. The family may have introduced a recycling scheme, cleaned up a messy area or cleared footpaths. They may have introduced a recycling scheme, cleaned up a messy area or cleared footpaths. They may have been champions for climate change, bio-diversity, preservation of key species or conservation or local historical buildings.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Neighbour Award:
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Someone who has proven an asset to their immediate neighbourhood or their neighbour’s. This may be through good deeds done on a regular basis or just someone who brightens their neighbour’s day.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Volunteer Award:
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Someone who in a personal capacity volunteers on a regular basis to undertake work or activities of their own accord. They may care for animals that need help. They may do shopping, run errands, clean around the house or tidy gardens or just keep someone company.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Healthy Star Award:
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Someone who has improved people’s health and quality or life. They may have organised a sport and recreational activities in their community, support a club, organise a walking group, dance class or healthy eating club. They may be a champion for health issues, healthy lifestyles and exercise, in their own time.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Carer Award:
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Someone who looks after or helps others, whether family at home, in their community or in their day-to-day career. they may care for animals that need help. They may do shopping, run errands, clean around the house or tidy gardens or just keep someone company.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Shropshire Community Project Award:
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Shropshire’s Community Project Award is open to any voluntary community group or voluntary organisation which has come together and made a real difference in the quality of local people’s everyday lives. This can include: environmental projects like litter picking, organising a local fun day, helping vulnerable people - the old, the very young, helping people with problems.
Nominations accepted in January 2009.
Overall Winner
Pride of Shropshire Award:
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Someone from all the categories who is deemed to be outstanding in what ever they have been nominated for. A person or persons who the judges feel have been and have taken Pride in Shropshire.