Nominations are soon to open in Peasedown St John for a community award that honours and recognises the village's local unsung heroes.

Founded by the Peasedown Community Trust, the Peasedown St John Community Civic Award was launched last year.

Trust Chairman, Gavin Heathcote, said: "Peasedown St John is a fantastic place to live. Its community spirit is second-to-none thanks to the hard work and dedication of many volunteers who go 'above and beyond' to serve others.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Peasedown Community Trust launched the brand-new Community Civic Award last year – an award that highlights and applauds the outstanding voluntary service of an individual (or group of individuals) in our village."

The first ever recipient of the Award was Katie Chun last year, who was part of the team that helped set up the new Hive Community Centre.

To be nominated for the Award, the candidate(s) must meet all three of the below criteria:

1. They have shown a visible display of community activism in Peasedown St John for, at least, the last 2 years
2. They have carried out their public service and in doing so demonstrated qualities of leadership, consensus building, and support for others
3. Demonstrated a considerable amount of community activism that has made a difference to other members of the local community

Nominations for this year's Peasedown St John Community Civic Award open on 5th September and will close at 12 noon on Saturday 5th November.

The award will be presented by Peasedown Community Trust trustees to the winner(s) in November.

"Any member of the community can nominate anyone, an individual or organisation, that they believe meets the criteria," added Gavin.

Nomination forms can be obtained:

• From Peasedown Community Library (@ The Hive) during Library opening hours, Mon (11-3), Wed (2-4) and Sat (10-1)
• By emailing to [email protected]

For more details about Peasedown Community Trust write to 33a St John's Close, Peasedown St John, Bath, BA2 8JG, email [email protected], or call 07557 683834.

They can also be followed on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PeasedownCommunityTrust and on Twitter at @PeasedownTrust