Summer Reception and Dinner - Thursday 15th July 2021 - Love Luton
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Thursday 15th July 2021
Warren Weir, Luton 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
Welcome from the
6:15pm
Luton’s Best 2020
7:45pm
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
Main Course 8pm
Celebration of our
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 Bedfordshire
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
Welcome I am delighted to welcome you to the
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
DESIGN, PRINT and and Rescue Service. Paul was always a huge
part of our events, and they won’t be the same
without him. Paul was a fantastic community
DIGITAL MARKETING person and an absolute gentleman. On behalf
of Love Luton, we send our deepest condolences
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.
Well done to all the Luton’s Best Award winners
The success of the partnership is also built on its
strong relationships with all stakeholders and, Linsey Frostick
most importantly, our residents. Even during a
pandemic, the partnership has thrived, so that
Chair Person of Lut n
demonstrates its strength.
PARTNER
Child of Courage Young Achiever
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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Adult Achiever Sporting Inspiration
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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Care in the Community Keeping Luton Safe
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)
Keech Hospice Care’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.
Leading UK engineering, construction and highway maintenance businesses,
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Half Marathon and 10k
We are delighted to welcome
back our annual sporting event.
We are already seeing record entries!
This event has something for everyone from those who would just like to set themselves a
personal challenge through to our more competitive who want to beat our half marathon course
record of 1 hour 9 minutes and 7 seconds set by Darren Deed back in 2019.
Love Luton is proud to be instead donate this money to We will
part of the town’s vision and planting trees locally. continue
our ambition to be carbon We will not be issuing to actively
neutral by 2040. individual plastic bottles of promote
As part of our commitment water to our participants and public
we will look to reduce our currently with our partners transport
carbon footprint for all Community Interest Luton and
events. This year we have and Tesco we are looking explore other ways to make
taken the decision to not for the most sustainable our events as environmentally
have finisher t-shirts, but and cost effective method. friendly as possible.
OFFICIAL PARTNER
Love Luton Half Marathon & 10k
As we return to a more normal way of living and working, many individuals and organisations
are looking for opportunities to come together. The half marathon and 10k is still looking for
volunteers to take part. We are also exploring other volunteer opportunities including the Big
Trunk Trail and more community events and initiatives.
To find out more email volunteer@ciluton.co.uk or events@loveluton.org.uk
Half Marath n & 10k Run Through our local partnerships we are able group setting. It includes nutritional advice,
to support you with your health and mental PT, running programmes, massage and
wellbeing including training programmes. acupuncture.
Volunteer at Luton’s most popular community event This can be done virtually, on-site or at For more information email
Community Interest Luton and Love Luton have teamed up this year to manage the local venues and either individually or in a info@maxend.co.uk
volunteer campaign. There are lots of volunteer opportunities from marshalling through
to assisting runners at the finish line. To find out more email: volunteer@ciluton.co.uk To sign up to the Half Marathon and 10k or find out more
For further details on the annual event visit: www.loveluton.org.uk/halfmarathon information visit the website
www.loveluton.org.uk/halfmarathon/
FACTORY
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Environmental Achievement Community Company
Setting up Warwick Gardens & launching Discover Islam (Winner)
Edible Bury Park (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.
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Andy Calvert (Winner) Elaine Tolliday (Winner)
At the beginning of lockdown, Andy, Executive Manager Keech Hospice Care’s Clinical Director Elaine Tolliday has been
of Tokko Youth Centre, instantly recognised the pandemic on the frontline throughout the Covid-19 pandemic providing
impact on mental health and well-being. He immediately set exceptional care for seriously ill adults and children in Luton
about adapting Tokko’s services so that young people were and beyond, quickly establishing new ways of supporting
still supported at home. Thanks to Andy, Tokko provided over families in isolation.
200 food parcels and 155 education packs and assisted with Where patients haven’t had hospice access, Elaine has
referral pathways for young people to access the council’s worked tirelessly around the clock to ensure her teams deliver
Youth Support Team and Tokko’s own youth counselling the best care through home and virtual visits - all while
service. pitching in and caring for those on the inundated adult in-
patient unit too.
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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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
All money raised will be donated to them.
also a prominent member of the local amateur dramatic
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
£160m
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
00K+ £400K
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training academy and multiple outreach teams meeting people in need team who will be able to help you. prize.
on the streets across Luton.
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Sponsored by Love LutonTHE BIG TRUNK TRA
IL
2021 Awards
IS OFF
I C I A L LY L I V E !
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
or your di who all have a stake in the future and success of our town.
Project
te fTHE BIG arie Our nominees are honoured at the glittering Luton’s Best Awards ceremony which is held at the
da
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:
charity auction You can nominate online by visiting the website:
www.loveluton.org.uk/lutonsbestawards
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There are still some limited sponsorship opportunities
for any organisation wishing to get involved.
Please contact Sinead McNamara (sinead.mcnamara@luton.gov.uk) for more information.Going Forward It is now time for
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.
5,000 More than Invitations will be going
volunteer hours given £250,000 out shortly. If you would
like to register your interest
to Lut n events raised for charity
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 events@loveluton.org.uk
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
Planted more than Recognised more
100,000 poppies than 1,000 individuals or
organisations through our
as part of our WW1
Luton’s Best Awards
Remembrance programmeTo all our sponsors and local businesses…
for your support over the last decade
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