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Awards for community champions.

01/03/08

People who've made an outstanding difference to their community have been celebrated at a glittering awards ceremony in Manchester. Nominations were invited last month and a judging panel of neighbourhood workers had the difficult task of sifting through these to find the ultimate community champions.

New Charter plans to hold the event each year as a public thank you for the many tenants and owner-occupiers who contribute so much to the life of their communities. Residents who had courageously provided witness statements to tackle anti-social behaviour were also honoured. The audience included representatives from all tenant and resident associations across the Group.

Winners ages ranged from 12-80 and they were presented with a specially engraved award in recognition of their outstanding contribution.

New Charter's Director of Tenancy Services, Tony Powell, said:

"This has been a wonderful celebration of what makes our neighbourhoods great. We have invested much in the homes and environment, but on its own, that isn't enough. We need champions like our award winners to help us make the difference in peoples' lives."

And the winners were.

• Long-standing contribution to your neighbourhood
• Connie O'Neill, Barleycroft Road, Hyde
• Mary Buckley, Robinson Street, Stalybridge
• Stewart Hadfield, Pendle Road, Denton

• Good neighbour award
• Alan Hough, Vicarage Crescent, Ashton
• Amrutbhai Patel, Pot Hill Square, Ashton

• Contribution to youth activities in your neighbourhood
• Frank Gittens, The Larches, Mossley

• Reaching out
• Judith Quinn, Greenwood Avenue, Ashton

• Golden Years
• Sam Alcock, Stanley Avenue, Hyde

• STEP community learner of the year
• Gladys Yarwood, William Ford House, Mottram

• Training champion
• Vinnie Brockbank, Stayley Drive, Stalybridge

• Green Fingers
• Brian Schonhut, Rufford Avenue, Hyde
• Central Residents Action Group, Dukinfield

• Bright young star
• Rebecca Morgan, The Laurels, Mossley

• Taking a stand
• Julie Richardson, Sycamore Crescent, Ashton
• Linda Middleton
• Vicky Rolance
• Duncan Woodhouse
• Nicola Pimblett
• Vonya Dodd, Mill Lane, Denton
• Lynda Croft, Mill Lane, Denton
• Joan Carter, Mill Lane, Denton
• Monica Wilkinson, Kings Walk, Droylsden
• Thomas Turton, Kings Walk, Droylsden
• Candice Holt, Kings Walk, Droylsden

• Fundraising champions
• Copley Tenants' & Residents' Association, Stalybridge

• Contribution towards project work on estates
• Fairfield Estate Residents Association, Droylsden

• Respect your neighbourhood
• Brushes Estate Management Board, Stalybridge

• Outstanding contribution to tenant involvement
• Taff Jeffery, Pleasant Terrace, Dukinfield
• Belinda Jeffery, Pleasant Terrace, Dukinfield
• Vera Anderton, Assheton House, Ashton

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