Specsavers backing the Best of Hartlepool Awards - at the double!

Specsavers are on board as a backer of this year’s awards.

They have given their support to two categories of the annual search to find Hartlepool’s finest community heroes.

Ian Walker, store director at Specsavers Hartlepool, was full of praise for the competition and its standard of entries.

“We are thrilled to sponsor not one, but two awards at this year’s Best of Hartlepool Awards,” he said.

“It is such a coveted event within the community as it applauds our local heroes and ensures they get the praise they truly deserve.”

He explained why Specsavers were so keen to be involved in the awards.

“As a company we are passionate about providing the highest quality service possible to the people of Hartlepool which is why we are so excited to play an important part in the evening.”

Mr Walker told of his ‘honour to be able to present the award winners of the Sporting Excellence and Sports Team of the Year categories this year – I am sure it will be stiff competition in both groups.

“The local sporting scene always amazes me which is why it will be such a hard decision for the judges.

“Sporting nominees are incredibly inspiring as they are always aiming to be the very best and at the top of their game which is what we strive for at Specsavers.

“This year, we invested in 3D scanning technology for our customers which is a cutting-edge piece of machinery to ensure we are providing top class service. And there’s more investment in new and impressive technology to come

“It is so important to give back to Hartlepool which is why we didn’t think twice about sponsoring the awards.

“Every year, the prestigious awards ceremony makes us proud to be from the North East. The evening is one of the best events of the year so we cannot wait to celebrate with all the nominees and winners.

“We wish everyone who is nominated the very best of luck – everyone involved is worthy of the recognition and more.”

Our thanks go to the sponsors who helped to make the awards possible. They are Utility Alliance, Stagecoach North East, Specsavers, English Martyrs, Hartlepool Sixth Form and Northern School of Arts.

The awards evening will be held at Hardwick Hall on Wednesday, December 4 and awards will be handed out in categories which include Volunteer of the Year, Community Group, Sports Team, Fundraiser of the Year, Carer of the Year and Student of the Year.

Once the event is all over, we will be bringing you a comprehensive round-up of all the results in a supplement with all the results.to be published in the week after the finals.