Nominations Open For Exemplary Neighbour Award 2025

Benidorm’s Neighbourhood Council, pinch nan support of nan Department of Citizen Participation, has launched a caller telephone for nominations for nan Exemplary Neighbour Award, which honours residents whose behaviour serves arsenic a exemplary of coexistence and inspiration for nan community.

Councillor for Citizen Participation, Ana Pellicer, announced that nan information play opened connected Monday September 1 and will stay unfastened until nan extremity of nan month. She was joined by nan vice president of nan Neighbourhood Council, Antonio Zamora, and nan president of nan grant committee, Teresa Garrido.

Pellicer highlighted that nan award, unsocial successful being initiated by civilian society, is “a awesome opportunity to recognise nan work, dedication, altruism, committedness and empathy of our neighbours”. She underlined that it seeks to separate “people pinch outstanding personal, civic and ethical values, who person been aliases are successful work to nan city, and whose regular lives and bully practices animate nan remainder of society”.

Residents and associations tin taxable nominations

To guarantee nan telephone reaches arsenic galore group arsenic possible, nan councillor encouraged “all entities successful Benidorm, sloppy of their section of activity, to return part”.

According to nan guidelines, immoderate individual aliases organisation whitethorn nominate candidates until Tuesday September 30. Proposals must beryllium submitted to nan offices of nan Neighbourhood Council aliases nan Department of Citizen Participation. Each information must see nan support of 3 signatories aliases a ineligible entity, on pinch a written connection detailing nan merits of nan nominee. These merits, Pellicer noted, “should bespeak respect for others, charity, serene coexistence and tolerance, arsenic good arsenic individual sacrifice, selfless dedication aliases individual achievement”.

From nan nominations received, nan Neighbourhood Council’s committee will prime 3 finalists. Their names will past beryllium put earlier a jury, which will make nan last determination connected Benidorm’s Exemplary Neighbour 2025.

The prize celebrates neighbours who animate done regular actions

Garrido explained that nan assemblage will dwell of 5 respected residents, chosen by nan Council’s committee, each of whom will beryllium independent of nan candidates. Previous winners of nan grant who wish to return portion will besides subordinate nan panel.

“We induce associations to put guardant nan champion neighbour they have, provided they meet nan requirements,” Garrido said.

Pellicer besides encouraged individuals and groups to “join this heartfelt inaugural by submitting nominations”, reminding that successful past editions, nan grant has recognised “the life and publication of group who person near their people successful nan work of our citizens and society, helping to build a amended Benidorm each day”.