Recognising those unsung heroes who work quietly and tirelessly in our communities.

2024’s Champions’ celebration was held on November 27

 

In order to showcase the considerable difference that our 31 finalists made - and still make - within our communities, their impact, passion and enthusiasm, and to inspire others to follow suit, a programme of mini films was shown on the evening.

See button below to view the awards films shown on the night.

 
 

Recognising those unsung heroes who work quietly and tirelessly in our communities.

See below for inspiration in making your nominations from previous, recent Community Champion finalists

 

Be inspired by the video run-through of the entire 2022 presentation, showcasing the community endeavours of all of that year’s record number of finalists and identifying the winning Champions.

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Is there someone in your local area who goes above and beyond to support the environment, arts, sports or community? 

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2024 Sponsors

A range of community-focused businesses are on board this year who are keen to ensure the huge amount of community-centred endeavours which go on in the District are celebrated, applauded and awarded. 

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2020 Awards Show

Relive the magic of the 2020 NK Community Champion Awards by watching our video presentation. For 2020, everything was digital, as we had to work a bit differently. But we still made sure our wonderful finalists got the praise they deserve.

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Marc Jones,

Police and Crime Commissioner Lincolnshire

“Safer communities for our residents is a top priority for my office but I recognise how important the public are in helping us to create and sustain that security.

There are hundreds of amazing volunteers who give their time and energy to help protect their neighbours, vulnerable people or whole villages and towns.

I hope supporting this award will enable us to shine a light on those volunteers and their work and give us an opportunity to recognise their efforts.”

 
 
 

News

Keep up-to-date with the latest news from the NK Community Champion awards

2024’s NK Community Champion Award finalists revealed

A celebration on November 27 of the enormous extent of volunteering that enriches life across North Kesteven will champion everyone who contributes through generosity of spirit, voluntary endeavour and community-minded consideration.

While 31 exceptional individuals, groups and businesses singled-out as exemplars of such action across 11 categories will be the guests of honour, the ethos of the NK Community Champion Awards is to shine a bright starry light on everyone who contributes to enhancing lives and localities throughout the District through their expressions of community spirited kindness and by sheer stint of enthusiasm and energy; all of whom are champions within their community, for their community, and of their community.

This year almost 100 nominations were made across the breadth of categories that encapsulate the manner through which contributions are made across health & wellbeing, art & culture, sport, climate action, in pursuit environmental enhancement, as a good neighbour, young achiever or community-minded business. And in response to one specific example of voluntary endeavour a new award has been instituted celebrating community resilience.

Click on the ‘Read More’ button to link to the list of finalists for 2024.

2022’s NK Community Champion Award finalists revealed

The 33 exceptional individuals, groups and businesses celebrated as community champions within North Kesteven this year can be revealed.

Each one is a finalist within the NK Community Champion Awards 2022 which, across 11 categories, look to award and applaud those who make a significant contribution to life locally through their generosity of spirit, voluntary endeavour and community-minded consideration.

This is the 12th year of the awards which are only possible through the generous support and sponsorship of community-focused businesses and organisations which fund them, and the nominations made by appreciative District residents grateful for the difference their nominees make to their own and broader community life.

From around 110 nominations made across the 11 categories, a panel of judges made up of representatives from the sponsor organisations selected a total of 33 finalists; three in each category.

In order to both thank them for all that they do in contributing to our District of Flourishing Communities and also to inspire broader, similar consideration in support of our neighbourhoods, a celebration event at the Hub, Sleaford, on November 16, will shine a light on each one’s personal, voluntary, tireless and community-minded actions.

Read more and find out who won via the ‘read more’ button.

 

2021’s Community Champions are crowned

Some of the best examples of voluntary community endeavour within North Kesteven have been celebrated at the annual NK Community Champion Awards.

Held in-person within the stunning surrounds of Doddington Hall’s Long Gallery, the evening saw 110-people come together in a Covid-conscious way to champion the contributions made by 36 finalists across an enlarged programme of 12 categories.

Read more and find out who won via the ‘read more’ button.

2021’s NK Community Champion Award finalists selected 

With four weeks to go until the NK Community Champion Awards presentation for 2021 (on November 10), the 36 finalists can be revealed.

From around 100 nominations made by people impressed and positively impacted by their voluntary community endeavour, the finalists were selected by a panel of judges representing the 12 community-minded businesses and organisations that finance the awards programme and make it happen.

 
 
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2020’s NK Community Champion Award finalists selected 

From almost 100 nominations put forward by grateful recipients of these actions and people within the community impressed by such undertaking, 31 finalists have been selected across 12 categories by a panel representing the community-minded businesses that sponsor the awards.

 
 
 

Chairman’s Charity


At the 2024 Community Champions celebration evening, the charitable cause will be the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network, the nominated charity of Council Chairman, Cllr Andrew Hagues.
You can support the cause right now if you wish through a dedicated Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/page/nkdc-chairman

Each year the Chairman of the Council selects a charity to raise money for. In 2022 the charitable cause of Cllr Lucille Hagues was Children with Cancer UK and in 2021 the Cllr Susannah Barker-Milan chose to support EdanLincs. .