NOMINATIONS have closed for the Cumbria Community Awards, and judging is now underway.

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• Reserve hoping riders can enjoy nature in the round

SHE may be disabled, but that hasn’t stopped 23-year-old Faye Metcalfe volunteering to support those with learning disabilities.

• Improve is watch word at nature reserve as it evolves
• Revamp is ‘hall our own work’
• Vote for your top volunteer
• Hurry to salute unsung heroes

WITH more than 50 years of unpaid work in the community under his belt, Lawrence Marshall knows a thing or two about what it takes to be a winning volunteer. The 73-year-old Silloth man was the runner-up in the Volunteer of the Year award at last year’s Cumbria Community Awards.

• Going for gold in green award championships

CUMBRIA boasts a small army of selfless volunteers – and the cream of the crop were given the red carpet treatment at the inaugral Cumbria Community Awards last year.

• Donation helps save lives on fells