Provost Gillian Renwick has revealed the winners of the annual Community Champion Awards in East Dunbartonshire.

After an extensive judging session, the Provost and Depute Provost selected seven champions from the pool of submissions with the overall community champion award going to Lorna Thomson from Kirkintilloch.

The community's champions also include Haleema Khan from Bishopbriggs and Heather Bryson from Lenzie, both young champions; Jacqueline Willis, caring champion, from Milngavie; Suzanne Cahagan, sports champion, from Bearsden; Pat Field, arts & heritage champion, from Bearsden and Ivor McClure, sustainability champion from Lennoxtown.

Provost Renwick said: "Once again it was our privilege to sit and read all the submissions about the fantastic work that people are carrying out in our communities.

"Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate someone.

"I also want to give a heartfelt thank you to everyone who was nominated – the work you do, always in your free time and on a voluntary basis is making a huge difference to people’s lives every day.

"We have some wonderfully inspirational people of all ages in East Dunbartonshire, and it was a pleasure to find out more about them.

"Due to the calibre of nominations, it was difficult to choose winners – for the second year in a row we’ve got two winners in our Young category – but the Depute Provost and I feel our winners truly deserve to be named Community Champions.

"Both the Depute Provost and I are now looking forward to meeting each of our 2024 winners and presenting them with their awards.

"I will also be extending an invite to them all to attend the Civic Reception - held on the Gala Night of the Kirkintilloch Canal Festival - as my special guests."