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Teacher of the Year Nominee – Vicky Logan

Love Barrow Admin

cheeky monkeyAnother week, another teacher of the year nomination – and the second teacher from Cheeky Monkeys Nursery!

Vicky works everyday from opening to closing time. she is a valued member of staff and loved by all parents and children who attend the nursery.

The nomination form says that Vicky goes beyond her duties to help run the nursery and often gives up her own time to help families in need and to make the nursery a better place.

Like so many of the Love Barrow Awards nominees, past and present, “Vicky is a person who never asks for anything in return and will do anything for anyone.”

Vicky is the Deputy Manager at the successful and popular Cheeky Monkeys Nursey – but goes beyond her duties and is not only a good manager, but a nursery nurse, carer and friend to all.

“Children at the nursery love her to bits and even cry whens it’s time for them to go home.”

DO YOU KNOW OF A TEACHER THAT DESERVES A LOVE BARROW AWARDS NOMINATION?

THE NOMINATION PROCESS IS REALLY SIMPLE AND ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME – JUST CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION.

That Phone Call…

Love Barrow Admin

Having been on the receiving end of the “Friday phone call” last year, whereby the Love Barrow Awards committee member told me that someone had nominated me as Citizen of the Year,  I thought I’d put down a few thoughts and memories of that day.

Completely out of the blue, the phone rang and the display showed “Unknown Number” – do I answer it? Another cold call telling me about my eligibility for PPI refunds? Enquiring about the “accident” I don’t remember having?

I answered it anyway. Some nice chap called “John” from the Love Barrow Awards, wanting to tell me that I’d been nominated – shocked was my initial response, then questions, Who? Why? What for?

At the end of the call, having been told I was invited to sample the red carpet treatment at the Forum for the awards evening, I was left with one of those warm fuzzy feelings. I’d done a fair bit of work voluntarily for the community, but reward was never on my agenda, however the fact someone had taken five minutes out to nominate me was a great feeling.

With the nominations now open for the 2015 awards, YOU have the opportunity to give someone that warm fuzzy feeling, everybody know somebody who has gone out of their way to help the lives of others in the Barrow area. By going to the nomination page you can submit an entry, or more than one, in any of the nine categories available at this years awards and hopefully generate another “Friday phone call”

 

 

Nominations open Tuesday 16th September

Love Barrow Admin

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The 2015 Love Barrow Awards nominations open on Tuesday 16th September – YOUR chance to nominate that person, group or company that has made a difference to the lives of others in Barrow this year.

Go to the nominations page to submit your entries – enter as many as you like, let’s have a bumper year for the 10th Anniversary of the awards.

Need some inspiration? Have a look at last years winners and nominees on the website, that should get you thinking – everybody knows somebody who has gone the extra distance, no matter big or small their contribution to the lives of Barrow people.

Keep checking back on this blog for features on nominees as they come in, backstage gossip and all the inside news!

 

4 days to go…

Love Barrow Admin

4 days to go

4 days to go until the nominations for the LOVE BARROW AWARDS 2015 open – you can nominate here from Tuesday 16th Septmeber. Last year we had over 100 nominations and we’ve set ourselves a challenge to raise this number even higher this year – but we need YOUR help to do this.

Which group, organisation, company or individual has made a contribution to the lives of other Barrow people this year, or every year?

Everbody knows somebody who goes that extra mile, have a think over the weekend and get ready to nominate – jsut being nomniated for such a prestigous award is a huge reward for people who give up their time freely to help others. It’s a great way of saying “Thank You” and the feeling nominees get when they get are told thye have been nominated is a huge buzz.