The Mayor of Macclesfield, Cllr David Edwardes, is pleased to announce the launch of this year's Civic Awards.

The awards recognise people who have given their time to make a difference to a community group or the town.

The nine award categories are:

1. Community Involvement Civic Award
2. Youth Civic Award
3. Sporting and Leisure Civic Award
4. Art and Culture Civic Award
5. Environment Civic Award
6. Independent Business Civic Award
7. Ambassador of Macclesfield Civic Award
8. Pride of Macclesfield Civic Award
9. Lifetime Achievement Civic Award

The Mayor had this to say on the awards. "Every year The Mayor and Macclesfield Town Council recognise the unstinting, selfless work of our Residents," he said. "If you feel you know a person or a group that have gone "beyond the call of duty" to help us in some way please go to this webpage where you will find all the info plus nomination form. "The closing date is Friday 11 February, so you haven't got long." A full description of categories and previous winners can be found here. To receive a description of the award categories and a nomination form, please email [email protected] or call 01625 374142. Due to the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are unable at this moment to confirm a date for the 2022 Civic Award presentations, which may have to be done virtually. See also: Jubilation as Mayoress of Macclesfield becomes British citizen. Macclesfield: Have you signed up for our Friday weekly newsletter? It contains each week's top 10 Macclesfield news stories, and one FREE exclusive article? 995 of you have signed up already. Simply enter your email address in the shaded box below or on this link. Free from pop-up ads, or unwanted surveys, Macclesfield Nub News is a quality online newspaper which produces 30-40 stories a week for our town. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter.