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May 2019
News
Final call for Stars of the Stokes nominations
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ocal residents have just a few more days to make nominations for the 2019 Stars of the Stokes community awards, as the closing date of 10th May draws near. Shortlisted nominees will be honoured at a glittering black tie awards night to be held at the Aztec Hotel & Spa on 21st June. The event will be hosted by comedian and quiz player Paul Sinha, best known for his role as the fourth chaser in ITV’s popular quiz show ‘The Chase’. The awards, now in their fourth year, are promoted by the Willow Brook Centre and sponsored by local businesses, including the Bradley Journal and the Stoke Gifford Journal. For more information about the Stars of the Stokes Awards or to make a nomination, visit starsofthestokes.co.uk
STARS OF THE STOKES
Event host: Paul Sinha “The Sinnerman”
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WillowBrookCentre This month, Willow Brook Centre has once again launched its popular annual community awards programme, Stars of the Stokes. 2019 is the fourth year of the awards, which cover Bradley Stoke, Stoke Gifford, Winterbourne, Patchway, Almondsbury and Frampton Cotterell and comes on the back of increased nominations each year. Willow Brook Centre works with a variety of local businesses to sponsor and promote the awards, led locally by the Bradley Stoke Journal and the Stoke Gifford Journal, and the awards night itself is broadcast live on Bradley Stoke Radio.
The awards categories are: • Star Teacher • Champion Carer • Pre-School Carer of theHOW Year TO NOMINATE Members • Parent/Guardian in a Million of the public are invited to nominate anyone from the local area who they feel deserves recognition for • Achievement Against the Odds outstanding community engagement and/or achievement of • Coach of the Year personal goals. Nominations can be made on starsofthestokes.co.uk. The glittering awards night will be • Bailey Cooper Young Hero hosted by Paul Sinha at Aztec Hotel & Spa on Friday 21st • Unsung Hero June. Paul is best known for his role as the 4th chaser, Nominations close 10th May! referred to as ‘The smiling assasin’, on the popular quiz show ‘The Chase’
Andy Wynn, manager of Willow Brook Centre said: “Willow Brook is at the heart of the community and Stars of the Stokes has become an important part of our annual calendar. It has been four years since we first launched the awards, and we have been delighted to see the number of nominations grow as each year passes. We are forever grateful to the many local people who have gone out of their way to help us recognise local heroes”. “We are delighted to work with our sponsors on this year’s awards, and are looking forward to seeing the nominations start to come in and to meeting some more of the leading lights in our community on 21st June.”
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