Get ready to celebrate the 2025 Sutton Community Awards! Every year, we shine a spotlight on the incredible passion, resilience, and commitment of individuals and groups who are truly making a difference right here in Sutton. These awards are all about recognising those who go above and beyond to uplift our communities.
This year, the Sutton Community Awards are proudly hosted in partnership with Sutton Council, Community Action Sutton, Volunteer Centre Sutton and Sutton Housing Partnership. Together, we're dedicated to celebrating the unsung heroes—the individuals, volunteers, and community groups—who have made an exceptional contribution to making Sutton a fantastic place to live, work, and raise a family.
To ensure we capture the full spectrum of inspiring work being done, awards will be given across eleven categories. If you're shortlisted, we'll reach out to share your story virtually as part of a special digital campaign. Our judging panel will then carefully deliberate, and the winners will be announced at our awards ceremony in November 2025.
Ready to nominate someone amazing? Nominations for the 2025 awards will close at midnight on Friday 19 September 2025. Don't miss your chance to recognise a local hero – simply fill out the nomination form!
Award Categories
To make a submission, please fill out the nomination form.
Check out the submission guidance for the 2025 Sutton Community Awards.
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Community Inclusion Award
This award honours an individual or organisation that has been a driving force in creating positive change and fostering a more inclusive environment for Sutton's diverse communities through their dedicated projects and programmes. - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
An individual or organisation that has worked tirelessly to help celebrate and cultivate projects and programmes focused on Sutton's diverse communities. - Environment Champion
This award celebrates an individual or group who has made a significant positive impact on the local environment through practical action and dedication. Their actions may be large or small but should demonstrate a tangible positive difference to the local environment - Outstanding Volunteer
An individual who has gone above and beyond as a volunteer for a voluntary and community sector organisation, and has made an outstanding contribution to improving the lives of those the organisation supports. - Outstanding Volunteering Group
A group of volunteers that have demonstrated a great team spirit and worked together to support a cause or organisation that would only be possible collectively - this could include a business or staff members who volunteer as a group in Sutton. - Outstanding Young Person
This award celebrates young people under the age of 21 whose outstanding achievements in academic, sporting, artistic, or cultural fields have positively represented the borough and inspired others. Examples include:- Sporting Achievement: For significant accomplishments in sports at any level, demonstrating dedication, sportsmanship, or inspiring others through their participation.
- Artistic Achievement: For creating exceptional works or performing at a high level in visual arts, music, drama, dance, writing, or other artistic fields.
- Community Contribution & Leadership: For demonstrating exceptional leadership skills, volunteering significant time, initiating positive community projects, or acting as a role model for other young people.
- Outstanding Voluntary and Community Sector Organisation of the Year
This award celebrates a local charity, community group, or social enterprise that has truly made a positive difference in the lives of the people they help. We're looking for organisations that have gone above and beyond to improve well-being, create opportunities, or provide vital support within our community - Sue Robson Trustee of the Year
Sue Robson was deputy director and CEO of Sutton CVS (now known as Community Action Sutton) for a number of years. Sue was passionate about governance and worked with both large and small organisations on developing good practices for their trustees to enable their organisations to flourish. The Sue Robson Trustee of the Year award was established to acknowledge her contribution to the voluntary and community sector in Sutton. This award recognises an individual who is a Trustee (this is an unpaid role and Trustees may also be known as the board, the management committee, governors, directors) for a charity or organisation, who goes above and beyond to support and represent their organisation. - Marlene Heron Tenant of the Year
The late Marlene Heron was a Sutton Councillor for a number of years before she stood down in 2022.
After standing down, Marlene joined the Board of Sutton Housing Partnership, where she used both her previous professional experience working in a local authority housing team and her experience as a councillor to make sure that all tenants were listened to.
Marlene was a real advocate for the rights of the tenants and the leaseholders. Anyone who knew her knew how she tirelessly fought for those who were the most vulnerable in the local community.
The nomination should clearly demonstrate how the individual volunteer has:- Made an outstanding contribution to improving the lives of social housing residents within the London Borough of Sutton.
- Dedicated their time and effort to activities and initiatives that directly benefit residents and communities.
- Outstanding Community Health and Wellbeing Champion
This award shines a light on those supporting our community with their physical health, mental wellbeing, health management or any of the wider outcomes supported by physical activity and sport, emphasising the vital role that being physically active plays in supporting health outcomes. Nominations are encouraged from organisations, projects and individuals. - The Lifetime Achievement Award
This special award will acknowledge and celebrate the incredible volunteers, dedicated champions, and valued colleagues who have consistently supported vulnerable people in the borough over a significant period of time