HERE is your chance to vote for the unsung heroes who strive to make a difference in their local community across Bradford.

This year we are, for the sixth time, running our Community Stars Awards, where we asked you to nominate those who went the extra mile in a variety of categories; volunteer, community group, community champion, good neighbour, fundraiser and young active citizen.

As in previous years, we were delighted with the nominations that came flooding in over the summer, and the judging panel had some difficult decisions to make when it came to narrowing down all the nominations to a shortlist of just three in each category.

Now we are handing over the final decision to you, the readers of the Telegraph & Argus, to decide who will receive their Bradford Medals at a glittering ceremony at the Midland Hotel on Wednesday, December 7.

On each of the pages of this supplement you’ll find the shortlisted nominations, along with a few words about them and their work, taken directly from the people who know them best - those who put pen to paper to put them forward for Community Stars.

Read through the stories and decide who you think best deserves to win that individual category.

We know it’s a difficult job - all our shortlisted entrants, indeed all the people who were nominated, deserve recognition.

We’d like to thank everyone who took the time and effort to nominate others, and while the winning medal can only go to an individual or group in each category, the people who are highlighted in this supplement represent everyone who gives their time and energy to selflessly help others, and every one of those people are true community stars. Please have your completed entry forms back to Anna Frater at the address at the bottom of each coupon by Friday, December 2.

Only one vote per category per person, please, but you can vote in as many of the different categories as you want.

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