THERE are just a few days left to nominate your local heroes in the Dorset Community of the Year Awards 2021.

To celebrate the very best of Dorset and its residents, Wessex Water is supporting the Community of the Year Awards 2021 in conjunction with the Dorset Echo and Bournemouth Echo.

The closing date is this Sunday (November 7).

The past 20 months have shown us the very best of all our communities in the most challenging of times.

We have seen the importance of working together and helping each other.

Wessex Water wants to highlight the very best of where you live – the people and things that make a difference.

The five categories in the awards are:

Community of the Year

Community Project of the Year

Community Hero of the Year

Community Business of the Year

Community Young Star of the Year

Nominate your favourites and the winner from each category will win a £500 donation to a nominated local registered charity, in association with Dorset Community Foundation.

Kirsty Scarlett, Wessex Water’s head of community engagement, said: “We’re really excited to be supporting Dorset Community of the Year, which will showcase some of the best places to live in the county, along with the local heroes who keep the community spirit alive.

“As a local company, we’re out and about in the beautiful communities of Dorset every day, renewing pipework and detecting leaks, and we love getting to know our customers who live there.

“In these last few days for entries, we are really looking forward to hearing from people about what and who makes their Dorset community so special."

HOW TO NOMINATE

YOU can nominate in as many or as few categories as you like and must provide a statement on why your nominee deserves to win.

Nominations are open until Sunday November 8, 2021, at which point a shortlist for each category will be announced where you can vote for the winners.

PLEASE go to wessexwater.co.uk/dorset-community-awards to complete and subject your nomination form, or forms if more than one.