Month: November 2014

Here comes the last minute nomination rush…

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What are you like! The deadline for Love Barrow Awards 2015 nominations is fast approaching and suddenly everybody is submitting nominations! Not to worry, we can handle it – you’ve still got until midnight on Sunday to get them in, so join the rush and make sure you hit the deadline!

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So what have we got in the #LBA inbox to tell you about? Plenty! Here goes!

SUE GASSON from Barrow Sixth Form College – nominated for TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AMANDA SHEPERD from the Glen Garth residential home in Barrow nominated for CARER OF THE YEAR.

THE CATERING DEPARTMENT at FGH nominated for COMMUNITY FOCUSSED BUSINESS OF THE YEAR for their work with “Meals on Wheels”.

DAVE RYDER from BARROW AFC nominated for SPORTS VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR.

JOHN SHERWEN from Duddon Canoe Club has also been nominated for the SPORTS award.

GEORGIA STANWAY, the local England football star nominated for YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR.

NIKKI STOKER, physiotherapist at the child development center in FGH for CARER OF THE YEAR.

PAT BOWES for CARER OF THE YEAR and finally SUZIE B for COMMUNITY FOCUSSED BUSINESS.

I told you we were busy!

Feel free to add to the list and give the judges a real headache come judgment day on Tuesday – remember, nominations close at midnight on Sunday.

 

 

 

Community Focused Business Nominee – The Bay

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Bay_Logo__new_transThe Bay is at the heart of the communities we serve and understand the importance of being active partners with the local community.

The Bay have a fantatsic record of supporting local charity events int he Furness area and bend over backwards to help these. With The Bay brand and its on air promotions, this all helps with these special events and helps the charities raise a lot of money and support. They have also become a hub for smaller localised events.

These can be promoted free of charge on their website and they also get a mention on air. The Bay is more than a radio station, it is the hub all of all things great acroos the area, including the Furness peninsula.

The Bay radio is worthy of a nomination for the Love Barrow Awards as they put so much back into the community on a regular basis, as the say “localness is in our DNA”.

This year they have supported many things, that without their drive and committement may not happen. They are desperately working to get the Barrow Carnival back, hopefully a similar success to the Morecambe carnival (again they were lead on bringing this great event back).

Projects The Bay have supported or driven include Christmas lights, Reach for the Stars, Love Barrow Awards, Cancer charity events, supporting local football clubs and none league clubs and other charity events.

Many times the presenters help at small local fund raising events to help boost numbers and money.

The Bay promote our fantastic area, support local businesses and create a feel good factor in our communities.

BREAKING NEWS – congratulations on making it to the final three in this category, see you on the red carpet at the Forum in March!

Environmental Award Nomination – John Watson & Team

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Since August 2013 John Watson has been active in persuading people to join him at North Walney Nature Reserve to pick litter from the beach. This has taken place every weekend with a break for the breeding season and the team have collected over 1,555 Kg of litter from just one mile of beach in the year!

John, a Barrow man, is the Marine Health & Safety lead and North Sea Environmental advisor at Centrica and respresents Centrica on the Furness Waste Consortium. During the weekends he is down on the beach with his litter pickers, not just picking the litter but analysing the waste to develop educational programmes to reduce the amount of rubbish that is either dropped, flushed away or thrown overboard.

Even though John’s work has now meant a  move to Aberdeen, he still gets back when he can, which is most weekends, to continue his local work in the Furness area. North Walney Nature Reserve warden, Steve Benn, said “John is the driving force for getting others to help out to collect the litter”.

Everyone in the area benefits from John’s work and the benefits to wildlife are huge, the litter can be harmful to wildlife as well as being unsightly to tourists and members of the public.

Keep up the good work John and well done to you and your team on the Love Barrow Award nomination and….

BREAKING NEWS – congratulations on making it to the final three in this category, see you on the red carpet at the Forum in March!

Carer of the Year Nominee – Amy Healey

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Amy is the 20 year old daughter of Keith and Liz Healey. She was born and brought up in Barrow. Having left school, Amy completed a Nursery Nurse apprenticeship before embarking on an NHS Cadetship. Whilst doing this she was also employed as a Home Carer, visiting the old and infirm to help with their personal care needs. Amy went on to join the NHS Nursing bank at Furness General hospital as an auxillary nurse and has recently commenced her NHS Nursing Degree at Edgehill University.

In October 2012, Keith was unexpectedly struck down by Guillane Barré syndrome. At that time, he was a serving police officer with 29 years service in Cumbria Constabulary. For a short time, Keith was critically ill and he was hospitalised for two months. The illness attacked his central nervous system and he lost the ability to use his arms, legs, hands or feet.

The impact on the family was significant as Keith required twenty four hour support whilst Liz had responsibilities to her own job and had to run their house from day to day.

From the outset, Amy was a constant support for Keith and Liz, during the initial critical period whilst Keith was in hospital and thereafter whilst at home, assuming the role of Keith’s personal carer.

Without hesitation, Amy took responsibility for her father’s hygiene and medical needs, helping with his physiotherapy whilst throughout, providing him with invaluable company.

Two years on, Keith has retired from the police and although he is less reliant on others, his recovery is slow and his mobility is still very much impaired. Amy’s support for her parents throughout this extremely difficult period in their lives has not wavered.

Amy has had the ambition to pursue a career in nursing for a long time. She exudes a warmth of character, kindness and instinctive sense of care towards others which is invaluable as a nurse. She has made concious decisions to follow the appropriate career path, learning and building upon her experiences.

When faced with her father’s illness, Amy ‘stepped up to the mark’, but without doubt, went way beyond what would be expected of a nurse or a daughter.

Amy sacrificed her time unstintintingly and has done all this whilst retaining a wonderful sense of humour and determination to ensure her father’s needs have been met.

Congratulations Amy on your nomination and…

BREAKING NEWS – congratulations on making it to the final three in this category, see you on the red carpet at the Forum in March!

Last week for nominations in the 2015 Love Barrow Awards

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We’re into the last week for nominations in the 2015 Love Barrow Awards – the deadline is midnight on Sunday, so you’ve still got time to have a think and get your submissions in.

Nominations can be submitted online by following this link   (opens in a new window) and all of the category information is on that page.

In terms of the categories, despite a bumper pile of submissions for the judges to go through next week, we’re a bit low on numbers for the YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR category – so if you know someone under the age of 18 who is doing great work in the local community then we’d love to hear about them!

Watch the blog this week for details of the latest submissions – we’ve still got a good few to tell you about!

Double Nomination for Kairen Thackrah

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Local girl Kairen Thackrah has been nominated in two categories in the Love Barrow Awards – for both Carer and Young Citizen.

Kairen selfless actions on 7th april 2014 were she was walking towards Barrow when an unknown female collapsed without warning and Kairen checked her over and went stright into doing CPR on the female. Whilst doing this she was summoning ambulance service. Minutes later ambulance inattendance and the female was taken to FGH along with Karen still helpping with CPR in the ambulance.

She dealt with the above situation with no thought to herself and this has spared her to do first aid training at BAE First Aid corps and wanting to become a paramedic.

Kairen is a very caring, mature young person who is interested in and now studying to become a paramedic. She has voluntarily supported first aid in the community, especially around first response.

Congratulations Kairen on your nomination and….

BREAKING NEWS – congratulations on making it to the final three in both Young Citizen and Courage categories! See you on the red carpet at the Forum in March!