A SHORTLIST of community awards has been been compiled by Festival Leisure Park in Basildon after hundreds of nominations.

The Festival Leisure Park Community Awards were launched to recognise the best Festival Leisure staff and those living in the community, from fundraiser of the year to best teacher. The shortlist has been revealed with five nominations for each category who are now in the running to win £100.

Each shortlisted nominee will be invited to the awards night on Monday, March 26 from 6pm at Bella Italia.

Visit the Festival Leisure website to vote now: www.festivalleisure.co.uk/awards-2018. Voting closes on midnight on March 25.

Centre manager Matthew Chambers said: “It was amazing to see the amount of nominations come in from our visitors and seeing how talented and supportive our local community is. It’s now down to the public to choose a winner.”

For more information on the awards, as well as news and events going on at Festival Leisure Park visit www.festival.leisure.co.uk or find them on Facebook and Twitter.