Nominations for 2026 will open in March.
2025 awards
Thanks to everyone who took time to make nominations for the 2025 Crawley Community Awards. We received a huge 771 nominations for teams and individuals which is the highest ever number.
The full list of winners is below – congratulations to them all.
The Crawley Community Awards are organised by Crawley Borough Council in association with The Hawth and The Crawley Observer and supported by Headline Sponsor, London Gatwick and our business sponsors. The awards recognise and reward people who live, work, volunteer or study in the borough who give up their time, talents and skills to help and support others in their community and those who have trained, worked and put all their efforts into making real achievements.
The awards continue to be a hugely popular event attracting hundreds of nominations each year. This is a clear reflection of the wonderful community spirit that exists in Crawley and the appreciation that local people have for those who go the extra mile to make a difference in their community.
Over the past 10 years, more than 5,500 nominations have been made and 200 individuals and groups have received awards in recognition of their work in the Crawley community.
Congratulations to our 2025 winners
- Culture – Shobika Thanaseelan and the Niruththiyalayam School of Dance
- Performing Arts – Desire 2 Dance
- Education – Janet Noad, Maidenbower Pre-school Playgroup
- Achievement – Poppy May
- Group Achievement – Fiona Newport and Crawley Athletics Club
- Volunteer – Carol Hayton
- Support Group – Menshare
- Volunteer Group – Hawth Audio Description team
- Fundraiser – Jane Green
- Sporting Achievement – Crawley Gamechangers
- Sports Person – Aarav Ghanshala
- Special Recognition – Sandra Soper
- Mayor’s Award – Charity – Autism Support Crawley
- Inspiration – Valerie Dobinson
- Community Group – Inspire Choir
- Pride of Crawley – Katie-George Dunlevy and Jodie Grinham
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