Cumbria's community heroes 2008

Community awards photo SLIDESHOW: The winners in this year’s Cumbria Community Awards have been announced at a glamorous ceremony near Penrith. See who picked up the sought after prizes . . .

Hard choices for judges finding community champions

NOMINATIONS have closed for the Cumbria Community Awards, and judging is now underway.

Faye delighted to help disabled fulfil potential

SHE may be disabled, but that hasn’t stopped 23-year-old Faye Metcalfe volunteering to support those with learning disabilities.

Lawrence still can’t get enough of volunteering after 50 years

WITH more than 50 years of unpaid work in the community under his belt, Lawrence Marshall knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a winning volunteer. The 73-year-old Silloth man was the runner-up in the Volunteer of the Year award at last year’s Cumbria Community Awards.

Going for gold in green award championships

A look back at the 2007 winners of the Cumbria Community Awards

CUMBRIA boasts a small army of selfless volunteers – and the cream of the crop were given the red carpet treatment at the inaugral Cumbria Community Awards last year.