STAR in the Community Awards 2011

Do you know someone who has made a difference to your Tower Hamlets neighbourhood? 

It could be someone who does community or youth work, or someone who has overcome a personal obstacles to achieve success.  Or someone who runs a community group or organises events for others.

If so, why not show them how much you appreciate what they are doing by nominating them for a STAR in the Community Award?

Last year, two Swan residents received Star Awards for "Young Person of the Year" and "Inspirational Resident" - read the full story here

The five categories are:

• Inspirational resident award
• Young person of the year award (Under 25s only)
• Contribution to resident involvement award
• Bringing people together award
• Environmental award

More information

Region

Neighbourhoods in Tower Hamlets managed by Gateway HA, Newlon Housing Trust, Old Ford HA, One Housing Group, Poplar HARCA, Spitalfields HA, Swan HA, Tower Hamlets Community Housing or Tower Hamlets Homes.

Sponsors

• Veolia
• East London Business Alliance
• Channel i
• East London News
• London Bangla

Categories

• Inspirational Resident Award - someone who has, for example worked to improve residents health, carried out youth work, improved employment prospects for others, shown dedication to improve the local area or cared for others
• Young Person of the Year Award - someone who is under 25 who has, for example made a positive difference to the neighbourhood, helped promote young people's views, overcome personal obstacles to achieve success or worked to improve relationships between the young and old.
• Contribution to Resident Involvement Award - someone who has, for example encouraged other residents to 'get involved', is a resident's advocate, shown a commitment to resident involvement or works regularly with their landlord
• Bringing People Together Award - someone who has, for example helped bring the community together, encourages residents to have a sense of pride, promotes initiatives to make the community safer, worked to improve residents finances or puts the community first
• Environmental Award - someone who has, for example formed a gardening club, promoted recycling schemes, encourages the use of open spaces

Rules

• Deadline for entries 5pm on 5 August 2011
• All nominations must be via this electronic form or on an official nomination form (available from your landlord)
• All nominations must live in a Tower Hamlets property managed by: Gateway HA, Newlon Housing Trust, Old Ford HA, One Housing Group, Poplar HARCA, Spitalfields HA, Swan HA, THCH or Tower Hamlets Homes.
• Residents or resident groups can nominate
• There is no limit to the number of nominations that an individual or group can receive
• An individual or group may nominate for more than one category
• There is no age limit (except the Young Person of the Year Award where entrants must be under 25 years of age)
• Previous winners will not be considered for the same category

Judging

A panel of independent resident judges will decide the winners.  Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 21 November 2011.

Nominating

Please contact Swan Residents Involvement Team on 01277 844242, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text77319 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or you can nominate online by visiting THCH Star in the Community webpage.