One of Edinburgh’s largest primary schools has secured £5,000 to buy tablet computers for its students after winning a national award. Continue reading OneFamily Foundation community award for city school
Tag: Community awards
We’ll discover Scotland’s Real Heroes a week tonight
Can local youth club Fet-Lor win Community Project of the Year? Come to that, can Sid the horse win Hero Animal of the Year? All will be revealed a week tonight …
RBS-Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes: The Awards will air on STV at 8pm next Tuesday (14 October). The star studded event is hosted by Carol Smillie (pictured above)and will recognise local champions from across Scotland.
The hour long programme will see a total of 11 awards handed out by famous faces, including Nicholas McDonald of The X Factor, actor Bill Paterson, actor Clare Grogan and Taggart star Alex Norton, to Scots who have worked tirelessly to improve the lives of people in their local area.
The Scottish public were asked to nominate friends, neighbours or groups who they thought deserved to be recognised earlier this year and the judging panel revealed a shortlist of nominees after an overwhelming response. Each week six nominees in ten categories were showcased for the RBS – Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes series in which the viewers were invited to vote for the candidate they believed most deserved to collect an award.
A winner from each category will be revealed in STV’s programme on Friday 14th October then one extraordinary hero, selected from the final category winners, will collect the RBS Scotland’s Real Hero of the Year Award.
Elizabeth Partyka, deputy director of channels at STV, said: “To stand out from thousands of entries, our nominees are all doing something pretty remarkable. But their commitment, energy and inspiration are typical of the truly inspiring Scots who go the extra mile for their community. This awards ceremony on STV is a great way to celebrate and reward their achievement.”
Chris Wilson, Royal Bank of Scotland’s Managing Director of Branch and Private Banking in Scotland, said:“We’re really pleased at how successful this year’s series of RBS – Finding Scotland’s Real Heroes has been and the way the Scottish public has got behind all of the finalists. It’s important to celebrate the extraordinary lengths people in communities all around Scotland go to make a difference to the lives of those around them. We’re really looking forward to finding out who the Scottish public has voted as their Real Heroes and giving them the recognition they deserve at the awards ceremony.”
The following individuals, groups and organisations have been shortlisted for an RBS Real Hero award:
COMMUNITY ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR
Jim McConkey – Govan, Glasgow
Vicki McCarthy (REACH for Autism) – Greenock, Inverclyde
Ross Cowie (Lucky2BHere) – Portree, Isle of Skye
SPORTING VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Elaine McKenna (Special Olympics Lothian) – Blackburn, West Lothian
Pat Bannan (Bannan Fitness Club) –Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
Andrew Campbell (Camran Taekwando) – Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire
HERO NEIGHBOUR OF THE YEAR
Ann Graham – Riverside, Stirling
Mo and Roxy Razzaq – Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
Margaret (Garry) Robertson – Wick, Caithness.
COMMUNITY CHAMPION OF THE YEAR
Bathgate Street Pastors – Bathgate, West Lothian
Jackie McIntosh (MS Therapy Centre Inverness) – Inverness, Highlands
Margaret Gibb (West of Scotland Play Scheme) – Bellshill, South Lanarkshire.
RBS COMMUNITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Fet Lor – Crewe Toll, Edinburgh
The Driving Force – Bonnybridge, Falkirk
The Serenity Cafe – Edinburgh.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR
Saltburn Woodland Walk – Invergordon, Highlands
Yooz Reuse & Recycling – Bellshill, North Lanarkshire
Killie Can Cycle – Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.
SCOTLAND’S REAL HEROES COURAGE AWARD
Dean Reilly (Dean Reilly V’s MS) – Portobello, Edinburgh
Amanda McTaggart (Wigbank Glasgow) – Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire
Jenny Cook (Wee Jenny Cook) – East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire.
CARER OF THE YEAR
Nell Graham (Portobello Monday Centre) – Portobello, Edinburgh
Maw’s Mafia (The EK Hangout) – East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
Anne Swartz (Scottish Kinship Care Alliance) – Dumbarton, W. Dunbartonshire.
YOUNG REAL HERO OF THE YEAR
Danii McArthur (Young Carer) – Barrhead, Glasgow
Mitchell Kinnen(Bright Lights Theatre Group) – Blantyre, South Lanarkshire
The Volunteers of the Glasgow 77th (Disabled) Scout Group – Glasgow.
HERO ANIMAL OF THE YEAR
Barra the Dog (K9 Search and Recovery Scotland) –Luss, Argyll & Bute
Sid the Horse (Aberdeen RDA) – Milltimber, Aberdeen
Ben the Dog (Therapet) – Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire.
For more information, visit www.stv.tv/realheroes
or get involved on Twitter #scotlandsrealheroes
or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/scotrealheroes
Cast your vote for the Forth Awards
Still time to nominate your community champion!
The ceremony recognises those living in our community as well as some of the biggest names in music and entertainment today.
Voting closes at 12noon on Sept 26th so you still have the chance to nominate someone from your community that you think goes the extra mile and deserves to be recognised for their hard work.
Please have a look around and nominate someone who you think deserves an award. Perhaps you know a community group who have raised funds for your local area or maybe you know of a teacher that goes the extra mile? Alongside this we also award The Best Artist, Fringe Act and Sports Recognition.
You can nominate who you think deserves to win here!
Just by casting your vote you can be in with a chance of winning VIP tickets to the event at The Usher Hall on Thursday 20th November 2014.
This year’s line-up is TOP SECRET until the day itself … previous guest appearances have included JAMES BLUNT, BOY GEORGE, THE STEREOPHONICS, PAULO NUTTINI, OLLY MURS, TEXAS, THE WANTED, DEACON BLUE, DAVID GRAY, ALESHA DIXON to name but just a few!
Spirit of the Community awards for local groups
The Water of Leith Conservation Trust and Pilton Equalities Project (PEP) are among twenty four community groups from across Scotland to share in a funding boost of £175,000 to make a real difference in their local areas.
Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards announced the substantial donations to voluntary groups at an awards ceremony in Glasgow earlier this week to recognise the charities and not-for-profit organisations which are going the extra mile.
Water of Leith Conservation Trust has been awarded £10,000 to support its community and volunteer development programme which aims to target new groups and extend existing partnerships. The funding will be used to increase the hours of the Community and Volunteer Officer, purchase additional equipment such as litter picks, produce a volunteer guidance pack and cover staff training costs.
Pilton Equalities Project (PEP), which aims to enhance the quality of life for older and other vulnerable adults in North Edinburgh, has been awarded £5,000 to expand its literacy programme, combining both literacy and employability skills.
Another award for Edinburgh was National Trust for Scotland, awarded £5,000 to assist with its ‘Beyond the Gate’ six month pilot project which will deliver weekly events at the Hailesland Child & Family Centre in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. National Trust will work in collaboration with the centre staff to deliver a gardening programme focused on growing food and promoting healthy eating as well as outdoor learning.
The awards, which launched in January this year to mark the Bank’s 175th Anniversary, were open to a range of organisations across the third sector which could demonstrate their support for the local community. Groups were invited to enter the awards scheme under one of three categories; education, employability and environment.
Three winners have been selected in each category, securing a funding boost of £10,000. An additional five winners in each category have been awarded £5,000. A further £10,000 was awarded to one charity whose contribution to the community the judges felt was outstanding meaning one organisation received £20,000.
David Thorburn, Chief Executive of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks, said: “Clydesdale Bank’s Spirit of the Community Awards aim to recognise and support the vital contribution that voluntary and charitable organisations make to their local communities. It has been inspiring to see the great work which is being done at grass roots level across the country. “Water of Leith Conservation Trust, Pilton Equalities Project and National Trust for Scotland are extremely deserving winners which have been recognised for their community spirit with these awards from Clydesdale Bank.”
The recipients said they were delighted to receive the awards. Helen Brown, Trust Manager at Water of Leith Conservation Trust, said: “As a small charity this kind of investment in our work and that of our volunteers means an enormous amount. We work to keep Edinburgh’s river clean, green and full of wildlife. Thank you to Clydesdale Bank for recognising our work and choosing to support us.”
Helen Brown is pictured below (centre) with Water of Leith’s award
