There are just under two weeks until this year’s Comet Community Awards takes place, and here we reveal the 2018 finalists.
All finalists have been invited to a special ceremony which is being held at Hotel Cromwell in Stevenage Old Town on Friday, May 18, where our sponsors will be announcing the winners alongside Sky Sports Formula One commentator David Croft
Role Model of the Year
Sponsored by Specsavers Stevenage
Lucy Warne
Lauren Asad
Leeroy Williams
Kerryanne O’Connor
Charity Champions
Sponsored by Kingshott School
Jacqueline Nealon
Holly Manning
Kerry Duggan
Mark Butcher
Nurse/Care Worker of the Year
Sponsored by B&M Care
Anne Kenny
Rachel Earp
Christine Johnson
Richard Griffiths
Good Neighbour Award
Sponsored by Arriva
Pam Biggs
Family Bentley
Vivien Byron
Anni Taplin-Paine
Service to the Community Sponsored by Redwood Bank
Richard Colmar
Anni Taplin-Paine
Alan Morris
Sue Plummer
Lifetime Achievement Sponsored by ceremony hosts Hotel Cromwell
Mervyn Terrett
Barbara Francis
John Procter
Marjorie and Alan McCarley
Carer of the Year
Sponsored by Pinehill Hospital
Paula and Colin Manser
Elaine Kingston
Kay Cameron
Teacher of the Year
Sponsored by Airbus
Hannah Buckley
Anne-Marie O’Sullivan
Caroline Merser
Jane Wagstaff
Valiant Volunteer
Sponsored by Hertfordshire Foster With Us
Alan Morris
Margaret Byrne
Jan Addison
Anni Taplin-Paine
Parent in a Million
Sponsored by the Comet’s parent company Archant
Danny McDonnell
Dan Connor
Tracey O’Connor
Annette Donnelly
Young Achiever
Sponsored by Altro Ltd
Lauren Asad
Zack Allaway
Skye Sapstead
Charlie Friend
Great and Green Award
Sponsored by ReAssure
Eco School Council
Countryside Management Service volunteers
North Hertfordshire Homes
Betty Roberts
Hayley Sarll
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