Pride in Oldham: your chance to choose

ALL the nominations are in for this year’s Pride in Oldham awards and our judging panel is busy sifting through the entries to shortlist three in each of ten categories to join us for a gala dinner and presentation at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday, December 9.

That leaves one category open – the Readers’ Choice – and tonight we offer you the chance to vote for the individual or group you think most deserving of an award.

You can choose any one of the 67 who have been put forward for honours and vote with a simple telephone call or text message.

Each of the nominees has been given a unique reference number – see the list below. You can refresh your memory about them all by reading the stories in this section of the website.

The three who top the votes will be invited to the Pride dinner – and you could join them for the tenth anniversary celebration of Oldham’s most popular awards.

If you vote for the person/group who tops the Readers’ Choice poll your number will be entered into a draw to win two free tickets to the dinner, presentation and entertainment on the big night.



Here’s how to vote.
By telephone:

0901 307 3235

Call charges: Calls cost 51p from a BT landline. Other networks will vary and calls from mobiles will cost considerably more.

By text:

Text PRIDE (space), followed by the three-digit number of your choice and send to 63333

Text charges: Texts cost 50p plus standard network rates.

If you do not want to receive details on any other products or services, please text the word EXIT at the end of your message. Lines close on November 4.

Texts received after the closing date will not be counted but you may still be charged.

Service Provider: JMedia UK Limited SW4 7BX Tel: 0844 800 1188



LIST OF NOMINEES
001 Karen Wrigley – youth worker YIP Fitton Hill

002 Mark Phillips/Darren Shelley – Chadderton Court Cafe staff

003 Watch Commander Mark Beswick – 31 years in fire service

004 Jodie Barber – senior empowerment and participation manager.

005 Oldham Athletic Community Trust – kicks project

006 Saeed Ahmed – senior youth worker (manager)

007 Crompton Pool Staff

008 Chris Hamilton – Oldham RL Club

009 Gordon Lawton – Oldham Athletic

010 Sophie Barrott – small cinema club

011 Moira Fields, runs DS West Pennine support group

012 Iris Last – Chadderton Cancer Care

013 Sam Lewis, Failsworth student, fundraiser and volunteer for Cancer Research UK

014 Yasmin ‘Julie’ Jolly, former Hulme student, won rotary young person of the year 2011 for work in Romanian orphanages.

015 Vicky Sowerby – ‘Make Do Not Spend Challenge’

016 Musical Friends – raised £118,000 in eight years

017 Oldham Gateway Club – club for people with learning disabilities.

018 Every Life Matters – Becca Dale and youth council

019 Bloom and Grow team – amazing displays and hard work

020 Oldham Crem/Chad town hall – helped man with his family tree

021 Saddleworth Special Needs play group

022 Kids and staff of Youth Inclusion Project (Derker/Littlemoor)

023 UXO, youth exercise programme created by teens

024 Domestic Abuse Advice Service

025 Failsworth Community Band

026 Oldham Young carers/ Coliseum – arts project

027 Lizz Cassin – learning mentor Clarksfield Primary.

028 Donna Hirst – pastoral worker at Failsworth School.

029 Royton and Crompton school site team – dedicated and committed

030 St Herbert’s school community base

031 Christine Cattermole/Dr Elizabeth Caldwell – academic skills tutors UCO

032 Megan Clarke, Failsworth student, role model despite ill health.

033 Jessica Entwistle and Saskia Edwards – helped develop peer mentor scheme at Hulme Grammar

034 Friezland School eco council

035 Nilen Vyas – former Hulme pupil who created school links with Ghana school.

036 Rhys Yeomans – Billy Elliot dancer, Hulme Grammar

037 Catherine Fox and Child Development Team.

038 Emma Haman and the MEND team

039 Maria Bramley, consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, for fundraising for Victoria Breast Unit.

040 Critical Care Matron Kay Miller

041 Podiatry team Integrated Care Centre

042 Oldham Community Stroke team and Team BLF – go the extra mile.

043 Owl Marketing /Owl Business News – Deborah Wroe & Liz Lancashire

044 Nicola Jeffery-Sykes, managing two online companies: Claridata Limited (trading as EUHealth.net) and Reminder Time Limited

045 Oldham Business network

046 Narinda at Singh’s Supersave, London Road, Derker

047 Oldham Business awards committee

048 Jeremy Broadbent – chair of the One Future Olympic legacy group

049 Dave Benstead – chair of Oldham Business Leadership group.

050 Fred Halliwell – Rugby league

051 Kevin and Yvonne Jackson – Oldham Hockey Club

052 Tony Mills – Oldham Borough FC

053 Suzy Chapman – Northern Thunder netball

054 Dave Hughes – Fitton Hill Bulldogs

055 Kevin Dunkerley – Junior Soccer League

056 Craig Watson –- boxer

057 Alex Walker – Motorsport

058 Jessica Lloyd/Jessica Fullalove – swimming

059 Joe Tomlin – Thai boxer

060 Harriett Gill – Rounders

061 Kyle Hogg and Luke Procter – cricket

062 Mike Cassidy – Woodhouses CC

063 Ellie Melia – saved her gran’s life

064 Andy Walker – fundraiser despite paralysis

065 Graham Faulkes – July bombings activist

066 Mark Barrow – Lifesaving paperboy

067 Jade Whittle – cyclist life savers