Pride of South Tyneside Awards

Published 18 January 2010

Do you know someone who deserves a Pride of South Tyneside award?  

 

Held in association with main event sponsor, Siemens Transmission and Distribution Limited, 2010’s awards will take place on 22 July 2010 at The Customs House to recognise the simple acts of kindness and things that people do every day that contribute to the strong community spirit, which makes South Tyneside a special place.

 

Organisers (South Tyneside Council, The Customs House and The Shields Gazette) are looking for your help to submit entries for the sporting excellence category, which recognises:

 

 You can also nominate for eight other categories:  

Nominations for the tenth and final category, the judges’ special award, will be chosen by the judges alone for making a truly exceptional contribution to South Tyneside.

 

As part of the short-listing process, there will also be a young performer(s) of the year (under 21s) talent show, which will showcase 16 spectacular talents within this category.  The event will take place on 20 April 2010 at The Customs House in association with Port of Tyne.  With these talents in mind, the main judging panel will then meet to select a winner from each category.

 

Courtesy of Ford Component Manufacturing Ltd and Ford Aerospace Ltd, each category winner will take home £100.  But that’s not all!  The company is also giving one lucky finalist a chance to scoop £100 in a prize draw! 

 

Nominate now!

You can nominate on-line at www.southtyneside.info/prideand www.shieldsgazette.com from 18 January 2010.  Nominations close on 15 March 2010 at 10am.

 

For more information contact Connie Shek at South Tyneside Council on 0191 424 7358.