We all know of a legendary local character, whether it’s the local vet, your charitable aunt, the lolly-pop lady, or simply your best mate!

Anyone come to mind? Nominate them and they could become the face of our next BIG advertising campaign...

Our Local Legends Campaign is a month-long search for each town’s most deserving ‘Local Legend’

Nominations are now open until February 18. After then everyone can vote for their favourites until March 8.

The winners will be announced on 15th March 2011 and will be used in our forthcoming massive advertising campaign, and could be seen on a billboard near you!

This is the second phase of a major advertising campaign, which shows localpeople’s commitment to pioneering local communities and business.

So who does westonpeople think is worthy of a nomination? Check out our ideas for nominations below.

 

*Val Poole, of Old Winterstoke Road, Hutton, who spends all her spare time volunteering and helping others including her main charity Hutton Dabaso Twinning Association. The association helps the villagers of Dabaso, Kenya, by providing medical aid and education facilities to improve their lives. Val, 72, went to Dabaso last November to mark the association’s 10th anniversary and helped at the clinics Val’s other voluntary work is as a feeder for Weston Hospital, a school governor, a school helper. Her role as a hospital feeder sees her go into Weston General once a week to help at mealtimes to ensure patients who cannot feed themselves get help. At Churchill School Val is a school governor and she also regularly goes into Hutton Primary School to help children with their reading. Other voluntary work she undertakes is as a member of the Village Hall Committee and most recently she became involved in a skate park initiative.

 

*Kerry Michael, local businessman who has worked hard to rebuild the Grand Pier In Weston-super-Mare after the devastating fire in July 2008, which destroyed the old pavilion. He is fully committed to the town and managed to rebuild the attraction against all odds in a tight timescale to get Weston back on the map.

 

*Michelle Michael, joint owner of the Grand Pier who worked tirelessly with Kerry to achieve a state-of-the-art attraction in such a short space of time. She could not bear the see the twisted old wreck and wanted to deliver a new pier for the town to ensure tourists keep coming to our seaside town.

 

*Richard Nightingale for being a committed businessman in our town. He is prepared to put a £1 million bond to show his commitment to rebuilding the Tropicana in Weston-super-Mare, which has been closed for a decade. He plans to create a major waterpark facility, which is what the people of Weston have been asking for!

 

*DJ Jack Hill, at only 10-years old is already taking the world by storm. He is the world’s Youngest DJ, Most Successful Young DJ and Youngest Male Radio Presenter, titles awarded by the Records Academy. He also has  a Guinness World Record for Youngest Club DJ. Jack shows that young people do have aspirations and achieve what they want with enthusiasm and commitment.

So who do you think should be out local legend? Get your nominations in now!