The unsung heroes of Suffolk have been celebrated in The Lowestoft Journal’s Pride in the Community Awards.

Around 200 people attended a special awards ceremony which was compered by Journal editor Russell Cook with nine prizes including inspirational child and kind neighbour of the year.

An overall community champion prize, picked from all the category winners, was handed to a woman who had raised £200,000 for cancer charities since losing her son to the disease.

Russell said: “It was a wonderful occasion and a fantastic opportunity for us to honour those unsung heroes and heroines in our community which has a staggering amount of people who do so much good work.

“It’s a humbling experience, as well as an honour, to recognise these people and hear about the efforts they put in to help those around them as well as others who continually fight against adversity in the face of serious illnesses, especially those so young who are an inspiration to us all.

“Our area has a lot to be proud of and it was shown in bucketfuls and it also gave us a chance to recognise those people who help champion our precious corner of north Suffolk.”

Journal editor Russell Cook with some of the youngest
nominees at the paper’s Pride in the Community Awards