BBC Guernsey launches Make a Difference awards
Lorna Higgins-Bare and Antonia Rainbow won the award in 2024
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Nominations are open for BBC Guernsey's Make a Difference awards 2025.
The awards aim to highlight and celebrate acts of kindness and show recognition for people who make life better for others and people can nominate islanders who have made a difference across eight categories.
The two 2024 winners, Lorna Higgins-Bare and Antonia Rainbow were presented with the trophy in recognition of their work creating a Facebook group called Autism and Me Guernsey.
They said: "One of the most important things that has come out of winning the award is that people are talking about autism more openly."
'Wonderful surprise'
Their group has more than 500 members and offers support to parents whose children have autism.
Ms Higgins-Bare said: "It was such a wonderful surprise to be nominated and meant so much to know that your efforts in the community are appreciated.
"Five months on from winning we have gone from strength to strength and it has certainly given us more belief in our abilities and confidence in the impact we are having in our community."
Full details on categories and how to nominate someone can be found here.
Nominations are open until 17:00 BST on 31 March and the winner will be announced in September.
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