There are just under two weeks until this year’s Comet Community Awards takes place, and here we reveal the 2018 finalists.

The Comet: Our sponsors for the Comet Community Awards 2018. Picture: ArchantOur sponsors for the Comet Community Awards 2018. Picture: Archant (Image: Archant)

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