Thursday 15th July 2021 Warren Weir, Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa

Summer Reception and Dinner This Evening’s Programme of Events

Your business isn’t 5pm 9 ‘til 5, so we open Arrival Drinks and Canapés early ‘til late Entertainment from The Panmusic Trio Steelband 7 days a week 6pm 6:15pm 7:45pm Welcome from the Luton’s Best 2020 After dinner Pop into our Luton store and speak to Chair of Love Luton highlights video entertainment one of our Local Business Managers. Find us at 10-20 Castle Street, LU1 3AJ. by Olivia Lynn 6:05pm 6:25pm 8pm Celebration of our Main Course Luton’s Best 2020 Cllr Maria Lovell MBE, 7:15pm The Ghana Society – James Ellacott winners Assistant Store Manager, Aylesbury Keynote speech from presentation to Love 6:10pm the Lord Lieutenant Luton of Announcement of the 8:05pm People’s Choice Award 7:25pm Love Luton 10 years on by The Mayor of Luton Dessert and Coffee Close with raffle draw

This Evening’s Menu

Main Dessert Confit Cod Lion Eton Mess Served with asparagus, Macerated English garden peas, crushed new potatoes strawberries, meringue and goat’s cheese parcels and Chantilly cream Vegetarian / Vegan Option Vegetarian / Vegan Option Courgette blossom filled with Roast pineapple, Provençal vegetables, quinoa, coconut sorbet, mango curd roast baby artichoke and basil and passion fruit jam infused tomato essence I am delighted to welcome you to the Welcome Love Luton Summer Reception and Dinner. The last 16 months have been like no other seen before and impacted us all. However, it does feel like we are finally turning a corner, and I am looking forward to an evening of celebrating all that is great about Luton. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to mark our 10th Anniversary as planned, but we have a fantastic year of activity planned, which is very much needed for the town. This evening, we welcome our extraordinary As we move into the second part of 2021, sees guests – the Luton’s Best 2020 winners. The our events programme come to life. Love Luton award’s mission has always been to shine a is proud to be the presenting partner of the light on the unsung heroes in the community. Big Trunk Trail – one of the most spectacular arts The health crisis has seen everyone pull together, events to ever happen in Luton. We have the and as such, the Love Luton partnership felt it return of our Half Marathon and 10k on 31st was more important than ever to recognise the October, and we are already seeing record outstanding individuals and organisations in our entries for this. We then plan to close the year community. COVID-19 has impacted everyone in with our 2021 Luton’s Best Awards. More some way, but since the start of the pandemic, information on our events can be found later the town has seen some of the most incredible on in the programme. acts of kindness and selflessness across Luton. The Love Luton partnership is delighted to We will also be announcing the winner of our host this evening’s event, and I look forward People’s Choice 2020 award, which is voted to us all enjoying a wonderful evening and by the general public. offer our congratulations again to all the I would also like to pay tribute to the late winners here with us tonight. Paul Fuller, Chief Fire Officer for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Paul was always a huge part of our events, and they won’t be the same DESIGN, PRINT and without him. Paul was a fantastic community person and an absolute gentleman. On behalf of Love Luton, we send our deepest condolences DIGITAL MARKETING to his family, friends and colleagues, some of DELIVERED ON BRAND, ON BUDGET & ON TIME whom are with us this evening. The Love Luton partnership is now in its 11th year, and it simply wouldn’t be possible without our amazing sponsors who enable us to deliver much-needed events and initiatives in the town. The success of the partnership is also built on its Well done to all the Luton’s Best Award winners strong relationships with all stakeholders and, Linsey Frostick most importantly, our residents. Even during a Chair Person of pandemic, the partnership has thrived, so that Lut n demonstrates its strength.

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Olivia Lynn (Winner) A teenager from Luton who was bullied at school joined forces with Generation Z to raise money for Young Minds UK and Grief Encounter. Olivia, now 15, who has been singing since nursery, wanted to raise awareness of the support that is available for young people after spending years being bullied at high school. The song Strong was released to raise money for Young Minds UK and Grief Encounter, a child bereavement charity. Moving forward, Olivia will continue working on projects to raise awareness of her experience and will continue with her singing. Harvey Buckingham (Joint winner) Evie Gormley (Joint winner) Harvey suffers from a rare genetic condition that he Evie has always had health problems, but last year cannot speak, so he uses Makaton at the age of 3. has been her most challenging. She was admitted Ella Legg (Runner-up) Harvey was told he would never walk, yet he is able to hospital three times. While there, Evie sat three The Make UK National Manufacturing Awards ceremony was held virtually to persist, and he started using a walking frame. GCSE exams. After 18 weeks in hospital, Evie finally with apprentices from aerospace engineering company Leonardo picking Harvey has so much courage and wants to show came home in November. However, ended up been up awards. Ella was the winner of the Final Year Business Apprentice everyone how much strength and determination re-admitted. Award. Ella was described as “professional, organised and highly he has. He shows everyone how brave he is after In this time, she has fought to start Sixth Form. Through motivated” and was given the award for her commitment to Leonardo multiple operations and hospital admissions. Harvey her determination to show them she could manage the and the local community in Luton. is always smiling and spreads so much cheer. course despite her medical difficulties, she attended Since starting her apprenticeship, Ella has encouraged young people even while in hospital, managing her treatment around to study STEM-based subjects through her air cadets group and her her lessons. programmes with local schools.

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Mary Emeji (Winner) Hasina Rahman (Winner) Mary founded Luton’s very first Poetry Society, becoming Over the years, Hasina has been inspiring and motivating Luton’s inaugural Poet Laureate in 2012 and featured in the women and young girls to learn the importance of self-defence; top ten best poets by United Press Publishers. Mary has many have now become fully trained in martial arts and many published eight poetry collections, and thanks to her support other active sports. In addition, she has boosted the confidence and encouragement, the Poetry Society has also produced of young children who were bullied and helped women who 12 published authors. have low self-esteem. Mary has kept the Society going during the Pandemic. The Hasina’s club, Pink Diamond, is an integral part of the community. group celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. She has many classes for all ages, and the lockdown hasn’t stopped her from reaching out to her students during such a time of need for community and support.

Musthafa Hussain (Runner-up) Runi Choudhury (Runner-up) Since the pandemic began, Musthafa, who works for Diverse FM, Runi is described as an integral part of the Luton community; she has has worked seven days a week, 12 hours a day, working on his own helped and continues to help so many women maintain their health, sourcing food and essential items and delivering to the most vulnerable fitness and wellbeing. Her classes are described as so much fun and people in the community. are always full. Musthafa had sourced and delivered £7,500 worth of food and PPE Runi is described as always positive and motivating. So many of the in the first ten weeks, followed by another 11 weeks, providing 42,518 women who have joined her classes have gained so much confidence. nutritious meals to 2,058 vulnerable people, raising a total of £84,067. Runi also adapted her classes over lockdown and introduced outdoor classes when restrictions allowed.

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Go Dharmic (Winner) Luton all Women’s Centre (Winner) The Luton branch has worked tirelessly supporting, feeding Luton All Women’s Centre (LAWC) works tirelessly to support and caring for some of the most disadvantaged and more than 800 of the most vulnerable women and girls in vulnerable in our community. Run solely by volunteers, they Luton every year. During the last 12 months, LAWC set up a continue to provide hot meals, drinks and snacks to homeless new service - the Women’s Academy. individuals in Luton town centre every week and is visited by LAWC has faced a significant rise in demand for its services an increasing number of people. alongside increasingly challenging and higher risk cases. On Alongside this, they have delivered hundreds of cooked meals top of that, like many others, the charity had to swiftly move and have organised fortnightly food distribution points, where its services from its usual face-to-face environment into virtual families can collect food parcels. settings.

Keech Hospice Care (Children’s Team) (Runner-up) Scott Eastwood and Fiona Martin (Runner-up) ’s Children’s Team celebrates its 20-year Scott and Fiona set up and founded the Luton Community Action Group anniversary this year. Twenty years of providing free specialist to support the local community during the COVID-19 pandemic. This care and support 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to seriously was meant to be a small group to help people but soon grew to be the ill children and their families in Luton. primary source of factual information for Luton, with over 6000 people Since it began 20 years ago, the children’s hospice has cared for actively engaging in their group. an incredible 1,401 children while supporting their loved ones. During In addition, They have fundraised and provided over 40 care kits to the pandemic, the team made a staggering 245 visits and more key workers and have made informative and uplifting videos. than 116 calls in the last year.

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Setting up Warwick Gardens & launching Discover Islam (Winner) Edible (Winner) Discover Islam has been at the heart of many community In September, Luton Mosques gathered a group of residents initiatives during the pandemic. The organisation has raised and volunteers to clean, dig and plant at the disused Warwick over £100,000 for food and supplies. They have worked road raised bed – a notorious fly-tipping and drugs hotspot. throughout the pandemic, working alongside and with the After clearing glass and debris amassed over the years, the community, supporting our most vulnerable in the town. team set about removing deeply rooted weeds and tree Discover Islam celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year. stumps in order to turn the soil. They planted more than 200 Volunteers have worked tirelessly over those last ten years, vegetable and fruit seeds, bulbs and plants, to the joy of raising tens of thousands of pounds to meet the demand and residents and passers-by. needs of the most vulnerable in our community.

Surrey Street Primary School Safe Space Bubble Flying Start Luton (Runner-up) (Runner-up) Flying Start provides invaluable support to children and families across During the Summer Term, the Key Worker children and staff transformed the town. They support all parents and children, regardless of social the gardens and woodland area. They weeded, planted, pruned and status, background or ethnicity. Without this support, many families would tidied the gardens. In addition, they created resources that other children face bigger challenges and have nowhere to turn. in their outdoor learning could then use. In addition to their support and expertise, they also forge and develop This garden makeover has enabled them to learn more about the outdoor friendships and support networks between parents. This means that environment and created more space for wildlife, including a pond and no one feels alone on their motherhood journey and peer support is bug hotel. It will enable future children to learn about and how to look available. after the natural world. Grab your Coming soon: rewards today Fast and frequent seamless RewardME membership entitles you to exclusive offers, discounts and promotions service to London within The Mall.

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Liz Aldous (Runner-up) Daniel Pallett (Runner-up) Last Spring, Liz, a local community business person, left flowers on During the Covid lockdown, Daniel, an Engineering SLE at the bridge in memory of an aunt and who had passed away. After Chiltern Academy, devoted his time to making over 14,000 visors a chance meeting with a lady similarly leaving flowers, Liz had the which were freely donated to front-line workers in various medical beginnings of an idea: she was inspired to use the bridge as a industries and hospitals across the community. community project at which residents could leave messages. Over He built a team of volunteers consisting of other technology teachers time, inevitably, some of the contributions became weathered, and it across the county and sourced appropriate materials from local was decided to replace the items with a small plaque. In October, a businesses to fulfil the national demand for more PPE. Dan led the small ceremony took place. team of volunteers every day for over four months.

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Revoluton Arts (Winner) Scott Eastwood and Fiona Martin (Winners) During the pandemic, Revoluton delivered a creative programme Scott and Fiona set up the Covid-19 Luton Community that was led by Luton’s talented creative community and powered Action Group on Facebook as the pandemic started to take by the talent of Luton’s young people, aimed at bringing the town noticeable effect. Between them, they have worked tirelessly together through a programme to inspire hope and cohesion. to make sure that the page was kept informed with the very Together, Revoluton delivered an online programme over latest information. Today, the group has over 6,000 members. 12-weeks. It produced 31,500 minutes of new work that reached They have facilitated local support for individuals, from over 88,000 people. It delivered several projects in partnership, shopping deliveries and lifts to medical appointments and including with CHUMS; Revoluton delivered 100 ukuleles and free school meal access. When restrictions made it difficult for workshops to young carers. Revoluton also partnered with The communities to come together physically, their work made it Level Trust and Discover Islam to deliver 600 creativity packs. possible for the community of Luton to come together online.

Discover Islam (Runner-up) Jane Malcolm (Runner-up) Discover Islam is a grassroots, community-based organisation Jane has made an outstanding contribution to Luton and Luton’s representing the understanding and views of the majority of Muslims in children over many years. She is the founder of Level Trust and has Luton and is supported by the Luton Council of Mosques. Over the last worked tirelessly to ensure children living in poverty in our town have the ten years, the organisation has proven resilience despite being targeted resources they need. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Jane was a leading by the far-right inflaming racial tensions; they kept going serving the town force behind the creation of We Are Luton. She mobilised Level Trust to selflessly. deliver its Emergency Home School Fund, which supported over 500 Discover Islam has shown great partnership work across Luton, including children with food, clothing and learning resources. working with Level Trust to combat child poverty, working with Age Concern In addition, The SMASH summer programme was reimagined to offer 260 Luton to tackle fuel poverty and working closely with Luton foodbank. children art, activity and cooking activities for children to enjoy at home.

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01582262042 [email protected] Lifetime Achievement TONIGHT’S RAFFLE IS IN AID OF Paul Rogers (Winner - Posthumously Awarded) Paul, who sadly passed away last December, was described as the most selfless man in existence. He spent the last few years as the chairman for Cancer Research Relay for Life Luton, raising over £70,000 for Cancer Research UK. He was also a prominent member of the local amateur dramatic All money raised will be donated to them. societies and would regularly entertain the Luton community. Unfortunately, just before Christmas, at the age of 49, he sadly lost his life to Covid, leaving a huge hole in the On your table there are a number of envelopes containing strips of raffle tickets. The raffle community and the fundraising world. tickets are priced at £5 per strip. Any guests wishing to purchase raffle tickets are asked to: Step one Step two Take an envelope (guests can purchase multiple Place your name and contact details on the Jim O’Connor MBE (Runner-up) raffle tickets) remove the raffle tickets strip, place envelope(s). Jim served as CEO of NOAH Enterprise between 2000 and 2020. During the money in the envelope and seal it up. these 20 years, Jim gave his all to the betterment of those in poverty in Bedfordshire. Proudly committed to Luton’s Irish heritage, he saved the Step three Step four charity from near financial demise by transforming it from an advice Envelopes will be collected by a member of the Names will be drawn at random with an centre and small shop into a multi-faceted charity with a welfare hub. team. If you require change or have another announcement made at the end of the evening The charity also operates a social enterprise, an employment and query, please speak to one of the Love Luton and people will be invited up to collect their raffle training academy and multiple outreach teams meeting people in need team who will be able to help you. prize. £160on the streets acrossm Luton. £400K £500K+ investment raised for our charity donated to partnership£160 since 2013 m £400K Charity Raffle Prizes Community Trust Fund £500K+ investment 1raised x £100 for our charityAmazon £100 Waterstones Dining Experience £50 voucher for donated to partnership since 2013 Community Trust Fund Voucher Voucher for two The Entertainer, Sponsored by HBD Sponsored by Sponsored by Luton 16.6m £160m £400K Volker Fitzpatrick Sponsored by the Mall K+ investment passengers£500 in 2018 16.6raised for our charity m 9,400 donated to 5th partnership since 2013 9,400Community Trust Fund passengers in 2018 5th jobs largest airport jobs largest airport 12 month Active 16.6in them UK in the UK Luton Gym 9,400 passengers in 2018 5th Golf Experience at Big Trunk Trail and jobs largest airport membership LTFC merchandise in the UK the , Love Luton Official Sponsored by Active Luton signed (2020/21) Golf and Spa merchandise Sponsored by Luton Sponsored by the Luton Sponsored by Love Luton Town Football Club Hoo, Hotel, Golf and Spa £30 Love to Shop Gift Voucher 1 x £100 Amazon London Luton Airport is one of the UK’s largest Sponsored by £50 voucher for £50 voucher for Voucher airports and one of the fastest growing in Europe. LLA in numbers London Luton Airport Pandora, Luton The Perfume Shop, Sponsored by HBD London Luton Airport is one of the UK’s largest Sponsored by the Mall Luton LLA in numbers airports and one of the fastest growing in Europe. Sponsored by the Mall London Luton Airport is one of the UK’s largest Marks & Spencer Beauty Box Rituals Gift Set LLA in numbers airports and one of the fastest growing in Europe. Sponsored by Love Luton Sponsored by Love Luton IG TR THE B UNK TRAIL 2021 Awards

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Love Luton is delighted to announce its 12th Luton’s Best Awards download The awards mission has always been to shine a light on the unsung heroes in our free the community. Nominated by the public, previous winners have been from all keech connect walks of life, of all ages, and from all over the town. Their achievements app for are awe-inspiring and a lesson to us all. interactive fun. They say they are ordinary people, but quite often their acts are truly extraordinary. Our winners come from hundreds of public nominations and stories of remarkable individuals and organisations. They are whittled down to a short-list from which our judging panel, made up of sponsors for your dia who all have a stake in the future and success of our town. te rie Our nominees are honoured at the glittering Luton’s Best Awards ceremony which is held at the Project da THE BIG s Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf and Spa. This year’s event is being provisionally booked for Friday 3rd December 2021 Presenting TRUNK TRAIL Entries are now officially open and will run until Sunday 17th October 2021. Partner: You can nominate online by visiting the website: charity auction www.loveluton.org.uk/lutonsbestawards www.bigtrunktrail.co.uk Thursday 00th @bigtrunktrail November 1910

09 J ul y There are still some limited sponsorship opportunities - Brought to you by: 7 BIG Octo for any organisation wishing to get involved. ber Please contact Sinead McNamara ([email protected]) for more information. It is now time for Going Forward Love Luton to plan As you all know, 2020 marked our 10th Anniversary of . It definitely its programme wasn’t the year we had planned. The world has been faced with the biggest going forward. The health emergency in more than a century, and sadly too many lives have campaign has been been lost to COVID-19. The pandemic has also impacted our economy, one of the town’s most affecting many of our local organisations. and the town have successful initiatives been fortunate in that so many of our businesses were still able to support bringing business and the partnership, and we continued to plan a programme of activity. the community together In our 10th year, we wanted to do dream turn into a reality with over 70 to make a difference to something special and pre-pandemic elephants parading around our town. we had begun work on the Wild in Art We are also so thrilled to see the return the lives of local people. Big Trunk Trail working in partnership with of the half marathon and 10k and our The Love Luton partnership Keech. We are delighted to see our 2021 Luton’s Best Awards. will be meeting over the Over the last 10 years the partnership has achieved: coming weeks to review More than A partnership of more than the campaign and will £1,000,000 25 local businesses be presenting its initial of press coverage working together to make a thoughts at our positively promoting difference for Luton Business Breakfast on Lut n and the town 14th September 2021.

More than Invitations will be going 5,000 out shortly. If you would volunteer hours given £250,000 to Lut n events raised for charity like to register your interest and initiatives in attending this event or would like to find out more More than More than information about joining £1,000,000 30,000 the partnership, of sponsorship into people wear the please email events into Luton Lut n badge [email protected]

Supported more than 30 local groups Part of the team who and charities through our community led on the hosting of the awards fund and awards of over Olympic Torch Relay £200,000 in Luton in 2012

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