Who will be crowned Glasgow’s Community Champions for 2022?
The public vote to determine the winners of the regional heats opens today - so it is time to get behind your favourite.
The Glasgow Times awards, in association with Glasgow City Council, Wheatley Glasgow, Trades House of Glasgow and Merck, celebrate everything that is great about the city and its people.
Once again, our readers will determine who triumphs in each category in the north west, north east and south areas.
On Monday, we announced the finalists for the Team and Uniformed Services categories.
Yesterday, we revealed those fighting it out in the Individual, Public Service and Young categories.
And today we reveal the finalists in the remaining four categories - Senior, Health and Wellbeing, Sport and School of the Year.
The public vote is open now all our finalists have been revealed.
You can vote online via glasgowtimes.co.uk/community-champion-awards.
It is free to cast your vote and voting closes on November 2. The winners will go through to the Grand Final at the City Chambers on December 8.
The north east finalists in the Senior category are Peter Wilson, a volunteer driver with Glasgow’s Golden Generation, who has helped the charity for more than 25 years despite his own health problems; selfless volunteer Jean Menzies, who runs Carntyne Sunshine Club; and Agnes Mackie of Bridgeton Family Learning Centre, who organises food, clothing and toy banks to help families in need.
In the north west, the contenders are Ann Mills, Mary Wright and the Milton Rattlers.
Ann Mills is a volunteer befriender with Glasgow’s Golden Generation. She has supported several older adults since she started in the role, and her dedication and kindness have made her a firm favourite with those she helps.
Mary Wright runs a weekly community club in Lambhill, having stepped in following the sad death of its convener. She organises outings, parties and guest speakers, bringing people together.
The Milton Rattlers have gone from strength to strength since it started up with a handful of local people determined to make a difference in their community. They deliver everything from bingo nights to coffee mornings, supporting neighbours and friends and ensuring the community is healthy and happy together.
The south finalists are Annabell Palmer, who maintains a growing space in Nitshill to help her vulnerable neighbours, providing support and advice and helping to organise the local festival; and Thelma Leinster, who has raised hundreds of pounds for Glasgow’s Golden Generation by taking part in a zip-slide across the Clyde, despite a recent hip replacement.
The Health and Wellbeing finalists in the north east are community garden Shettleston Community Growing Project; women’s running group The Jiggly Joggers; and inspirational inclusive cycling and community cafe project Free Wheel North Glasgow Green Team.
The north west contenders are Amma Birth Companions, receiving their second nomination for their work with women from ethnic minority backgrounds during pregnancy; Growing Together, which supports adults with learning disabilities in a range of activities; and North Glasgow Community Food Initiative Volunteers, who run cooking and gardening sessions at food hubs in Milton, Royston and Springburn, reaching almost 2000 people this year alone.
In the south, the finalists are Connect All Walkers, a volunteer group helping people of all ages and abilities stay active; and the Urban Youth Project, which provides life coaching and development support to young people.
This year’s Sport and School awards are citywide.
The Sport finalists are Glasgow Gals Cycling Club; North Glasgow ABC Boxing club; JKS Glasgow, which runs karate sessions for children and adults in the north of the city; Barlia Pitches Matter, which runs free football camps; and Sparta Trampoline Club.
The 2022 School of the Year finalists are Parkhill Secondary, which runs a successful Enterprise Academy boosting young people’s skills and life chances; Haghill Park Primary School and Nursery Class, whose entertaining choir dazzled locals at Christmas, spreading festive spirit and bringing joy back to the community; St Philomena’s Primary, which runs a successful bike repair station; Shawlands Primary, for its sustainable transport initiative the Shawlands Bike Bus; inclusion champions St Albert’s Primary, who published a collection of stories challenging the diversity of characters in children’s books; and Lochend Community School, which takes great pride in its role at the heart of the Easterhouse community.
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