The annual Evening Courier Community and Environment Awards, are changing for a very special Diamond Jubilee event in 2012. This year the categories have been split to give our many charity and community projects across Calderdale their own individual awards. It’s a chance for individuals, charities, voluntary organisations and businesses who work to make life better for the people of Calderdale to enjoy their own place in the spotlight, their own night of recognition and reward. The awards are open to everyone from high profile organisations to individual unsung heroes that have made a difference to life in Calderdale. The awards will be a night to remember and a much-deserved showcase for the people who make Calderdale the caring, creative and conscientious place we all know and love.

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Dr Ingrid M Roscoe BA, PhD, FSA

We are delighted that The Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire will be guest of honour at the Community Spirit Awards 2012, in celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Year.
Ingrid was made a Deputy Lieutenant in 1994, Vice Lord-Lieutenant in 1999 and became the first lady Lord-Lieutenant in the north of England in 2004. She was High Steward of Selby Abbey from 2000 to 2008. She is a trustee of York Minster and of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. She is Honorary Colonel of Leeds University OTC, is a Commander of the Order of St John and has honorary degrees from Huddersfield, Leeds Metropolitan and Bradford Universities. In 2010 she was awarded an honorary degree from her alma mater, the University of Leeds.
Dr Roscoe holds a number of other voluntary positions, of which the following are a selection:
Patron of the Prince’s Trust for West Yorkshire
Patron of the National Mining Museum
President of the Royal British Legion in West Yorkshire
President of Community Foundation for Calderdale
Patron of the Yorkshire Volunteers Regimental Association
Member of the Governing Council, Huddersfield University.
President, West Yorkshire Scouts