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KC in the Community scores award shortlisting double whammy

KC's community programme keeping everything crossed for award success

KC volunteers work with community partner Bransholme Community Allotment and Woodland

Local communications provider KC has received two award shortlistings for its community programme. 

It has been shortlisted in the Business Community Award category of the Yorkshire Post annual Excellence in Business Awards and the KC community newsletter Right Here is one of four finalists in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) regional PRide Awardsin the External Newspaper or Magazine category. 

The Business Community Award category of the Yorkshire Post awards is a major new category for this year. It recognises businesses that are actively working in the community to enhance education and skills development. The awards, now in their sixth year, have become one of the leading business events in Yorkshire and celebrate the most inspirational examples of innovation and enterprise across the region. 

The CIPR awards category is also new for this year’s awards, which recognise excellence and reward achievement in public relations and communications. 

Anna Millar, Community Relations Manager, said: “Since we established our community programme 18 months ago, we’ve donated over 2,800 volunteering hours and supported over 130 community groups and organisations. These award nominations are testament to the hard work and enthusiasm that our people and partners have put into the programme, we wouldn’t be where we are today without them.” 

The winners of the Yorkshire Post Awards will be announced at a ceremony in Leeds on Thursday 13 October, and the winners of the CIPR PRide Awards will be announced in Leeds on Thursday 17 November.