The Cabinet, at its meeting on 7 September 2000 agreed to introduce Civic Awards. A Civic Awards Panel was established in order to consider nominations for the Awards.
The panel consists of community representatives from the following sectors:
The Civic Awards are supported by two overall event sponsors for 2011 (Lakeside and Europa) with individual category sponsors for each of the awards on offer.
Find out more about the Civic Awards sponsors.
| Citizen of the Year | Lesley Kirby |
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| Young Citizen of the Year | Rebecca Bluemore and Melissa Eades |
| Sports and Culture Award | John Scowen |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Graham Richardson and John Hawkins |
| Mayor's Award | Wayne Whiskerd |
| Rachel Middleton Memorial Award | Lance Corporal Nicky Mason |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Sheila Coates |
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| Citizen of the Year | Buddy Goyette |
| Young Citizen of the Year | Victoria Carr |
| Rachel Middleton Memorial Award | Gabrielle George |
| Sports and Culture Award | Stuart Bone |
| Mayor's Award | Peter Pascoe |
| Citizen of the Year | Jo/John Franks |
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| Mayor's Award | Hans Neumann |
| Sports and Culture Award | Victoria Jarmyn |
| Young Citizen of the Year | Nicholas Greatrex |
| Rachel Middleton Memorial Award | James Bower |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Rudy Weeber |
| Citizen of the Year | Irwin Hannemann |
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| Mayor's Award |
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| Sports and Culture Award | Majko School of Irish Dance |
| Young Citizen of the Year | Jake Williamson |
| Rachel Middleton Memorial Award | Paul Peterson |
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Ken Collins |
| Citizen of the Year | Davina Martin |
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| Young Citizen of the Year | Kayleigh Tuppen |
| Mayor's Award | Joint Winners: Frances Camp & Christian Wakefield |
| Rachel Middleton Memorial Award | Elizabeth Hosford |
| Lifetime Achievement | Diane and Richard Bird |
| Sports and Culture Award | Danny Crates |
| Citizen of the Year | Angela Firth |
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| Young Citizen of the Year | Cassie Lam |
| Mayor's Award | Thomas Whiting |
| Rachel Middleton Award | Alice Wood |
| Citizen of the Year | Ann Brunger |
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| Young Citizen of the Year | Sophie East |
| Mayor's Award | Michael Keeble |
| Rachel Middleton Award | David Ridgewell |
| Freedom of the Borough | The Port of Tilbury Police |
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| Citizen of the Year | Maggie Pollock |
| Young Citizen of the Year | Holly Tyson |
| Mayor's Award | Tony Smart & Laura Hampton |
| Rachel Middleton Award | Glenn Stafford |
| Freedom of the Borough | Dorothy Coker |
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| Citizen of the Year | Peter Hewitt |
| Young Citizen of the Year | Lucy Plant |
| Mayor's Award | Rachel Middleton |
