Friend of the Year

Is your friend the best in the world? Have they always been there to pick you up when you’re down or made you laugh until you cried?

Young Personality

Do you know a special young person who deserves to be recognised? If you have a friend or family member who has shown bravery and courage, carried

out a heroic act, achieved success against all odds or dedicated themselves to a good cause nominate them for this award.

Bell Brown Courage Award

The courage award will be made to anyone who has shown outstanding bravery and courage which may range from a single heroic act through to battling against disability, illness or adversity.

Emergency Services Personality

This person should be someone who has given service beyond the call of duty, shown extreme courage at an incident or dedicated a lifetime of service to their community.

Services to Community Award

Do you know someone who has made a difference to your community? They may provide a much needed service or made your area a safer place to live.

Services to Charity

Has someone you know dedicated themselves tirelessly to a charity? They may be someone who has raised a large amount of money, generated awareness for a cause or has been a selfless voluntary worker for a number of years.

David Brown Community Project of the Year

Have you worked on or been a part of a community project that deserves wider recognition? You may have tidied up your local area or set up a project to provide support for local residents.

Pearson Funeral Directors Community Event of the year

This is your chance to shout about your favourite event in Huddersfield and Kirklees. This may be a regular event that you never miss or a one off event that was enjoyed by the whole community.

Sports Personality

We are looking for Huddersfield’s outstanding sports personalities. The winner could be a household name who has put Huddersfield on the sporting map or someone relatively unknown who is totally dedicated to their sport.

Kirklees Stadium Development Limited Sports Team of the Year

Are you part of or do you manage a sports team that has achieved great things. The sports team of the year will be awarded to the team which has achieved

outstanding long-term success, shown amazing improvement or beaten all the odds.

Arts Award

We are looking for those talented groups or individual performers or artists who demonstrate what a creative and artistic place Huddersfield is.

Stafflex Teacher of the Year

Does your teacher inspire you? Are your children encouraged to achieve by an extra special teacher? The teachers of Huddersfield play a vital role in shaping the futures of our children. We are looking for a teacher who has shown constant dedication, kindness and understanding, inspiring young people every day.

Cummins Turbo Technologies Achievement Award

The winner of the Achievement Award will be selected by our panel of judges and will be a person who has shown an outstanding contribution to Huddersfield by significantly enhancing the town’s reputation, building bridges between communities or reducing inequality. If you would like to make a suggestion to the panel, please tell us about your heroes of Huddersfield. Previous winners have included Simon Armitage CBE, 1966 World Cup winner Ray Wilson, Hollywood star Sir Patrick Stewart and Allo Allo actor Gorden Kaye.