Crawley Community Awards 2026: Nominations now open - celebrate your local heroes
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Crawley Community Awards, organised by Crawley Borough Council in association with the Crawley Observer and The Hawth and headline sponsor, London Gatwick.
The awards recognise and reward those special people in our community who give their time, effort and skills to help and support others.
You can vote for individuals and groups across a variety of different categories representing everything from volunteering and charities to education and sports. Nominees must live, work, volunteer or study in Crawley.
An independent judging panel will consider all nominations, and shortlisted nominees will be invited to attend the awards presentation at The Hawth in May.
The Crawley Community Awards are hugely popular, reflecting the wonderful community spirit that exists in our town. So, if you know someone who deserves recognition, please take a few minutes to complete a nomination at crawleycommunityawards.org
Businesses interested in supporting this wonderful event as a category sponsor should contact [email protected]
The Hawth Theatre
The Hawth Crawley is thrilled to be hosting Crawley Community Awards once again and looks forward to welcoming all the nominees to the presentation evening in June.
As we head towards to the Summer, there is lots to look forward to at the Crawley theatre, including Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story (May 8 & 9), the world-reknowned Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing An Afternoon at The Opera (June 7), plus another classical music giant, Nigel Kennedy, will take to the stage with Virtuoso (June 27). There’s comedy from stand-up legend, Stewart Lee (July 4) and dance from Strictly Come Dancing favourites, Amy and Carlos: Reborn (June 11).
With the warmer weather comes the opportunity to enjoy great theatre in the great outdoors. The award-winning Illyria theatre company return to the beautiful woodland amphitheatre with three fantastic performances: As You Like It (July 15), The Three Musketeers (July 21) and The Pirates of Penzance (July 31).
There are also a host of West End favourites coming up with Mean Girls (Sept 28 - Oct 3) bringing the Plastics to The Hawth stage, Annie (Oct 20 - 24) starring Claire Sweeney promising the sun’ll come out Tomorrow, Willy Russell’s legendary Blood Brothers (Nov 10 - 14) making a welcome return and the sensational new musical, Operation Mincemeat (Nov 23 - 28), bursting at the seams with the kind of chaos you couldn’t invent.
The festive season may seem a long way off, but tickets are already selling fast for the fun-packed family pantomime, Aladdin (Dec 5 - 31). Book early to secure the best seats for this show full of sparkle, silliness, and show-stopping magic
As always, there’s lots more to choose from throughout the year. To find out more or book your tickets, visit https://www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/the-hawth.