VIDEO: Community Stars shine at annual awards ceremony

MORE than 200 people packed into the Dome Cinema on Sunday for the Herald & Gazette Community Stars awards ceremony.
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Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.W50338H13-CommunityAwards

Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.
W50338H13-CommunityAwards Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.

The fifth annual event was a celebration of amazing individuals and organisations going the extra mile on a daily basis to make West Sussex a better place.

Meridian’s Fred Dinenage returned as the compere and talked the audience through a bevy of touching and inspiring stories before presentations were made by the sponsors of each award.

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Every single person nominated in the 14 categories came as a result of somebody noticing the good work that they do, and taking the time to put pen to paper and post nominations in.

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Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.W50338H13-CommunityAwards

Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.
W50338H13-CommunityAwards Herald and Gazette Community Stars Awards. The Dome Cinema. Worthing. Winners of the Awards.

The winners were:

Super Senior, Ron Battell

Sporting Achievement, The Wondergirls and Boys

Charity of the Year, Canine Partners

999 Award, Jordan Bain

Arts and Entertainment, Dave Benson Phillips

Carer of the Year, Debbie Sumner

Best Friend, Danielle Sayers

Best Volunteer, Peter Averillo

Mini-Heroes, Henry Thorne

School Star, Rachel Sim

True Inspiration, Wendy Sykes

Best Community Event, Worthing Lions Seafront Festival

Health Heroes, Selden Medical Centre

Star of the Community, Jennie McNair

Herald & Gazette Award, Jeanette Jones

For the full report, pick up a copy of this week’s paper, out Thursday

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