This year’s Peterborough Civic Award winners have been recognised at a special ceremony.
The Civic Awards are held annually and aim to recognise residents, groups, organisations and businesses who have made a real difference to the local community.
In total, 40 awards were given out at a presentation evening at Sand Martin House on 15 May.
Among the winners were highly regarded Farmer and Landowner Michael Sly who picked up the Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr Sly has run the popular Open Farm Weekend event yearly at Park Farm since 2006.
City artist Nathan Murdoch, well known for his eye-catching murals won an award for contribution to art and culture.
At the same meeting, former councillors Nick Sandford, David Over, Graham Casey, Stephen Lane and Gul Nawaz were awarded Honorary Alderman status. This accolade is given to former councillors were re-elected for at least three terms, serving a minimum of 11 years and gave eminent services to the authority.
Cllr Marco Cereste, the Mayor of Peterborough, said: “It was a great honour for me to present this year’s Civic Awards and meet some true community heroes. I would like to congratulate all of the winners and also thank everyone who made nominations.
“We have some absolutely fantastic communities in Peterborough and the Civic Awards are a great way to celebrate those who make a positive contribution to our city and surrounding areas but don’t always get the recognition they deserve."
The Civic Awards use an ‘open’ nomination scheme. This means that anyone can nominate a resident, group, organisation or business within the city for an award as long as the nominee meets the criteria for that award.
Following the deadline date, all nominations are passed to the council’s Constitution and Ethics Committee. The group then draws up a shortlist of finalists and select winners of each award category.
The full list of winners is below:
Community involvement award
- AllaIrodenko
- Colin Slater
- Daisy Robinson
- Faiza Rehman
- Gabriella Chandler
- Gangadhar Aladakatti
- Gary & Jamie Dorman
- H.E.L.P (Helping Enpower Lives in Peterborough)
- Jon Hebblethwaite
- Indian Friends of Peterborough
- Lesley Kalina
- Nick Pinner
- Nishant Sharma
- Peterborough Army Cadets
- Peterborough Care Leaders
- Raj Yadravi
- Roger Kaye
- Terry Alton
Contribution to art and culture
- Nathan Murdoch
- Pete Elderkin
Sport award
- Andy Wallman
- Jamie Carter
- Jonathan Bigham
- Marc Over
- Peterborough Roller Hockey Club
- Ramesh Thampy
Business award
- Crowdsafe
- Ian Smith – Smith’s Funeral Directors
- Ibrar Razaq – Hampton Pharmacy
- Osman Rafiq – Glinton Chemist
- Pengally & Mizan – Veterinary Practice
- Udgam Service Solutions
- Waitrose & Partners
Young person award
- Aryan Nahata
- Children in Care Council
- Ethan Chan
- Jess Ryan
- Soup Walker
- Peterborough Young Inspectors
Lifetime achievement
- Michael Sly