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(l-r) Bedford Radio's Janet Field with Pride in Bedford Borough award winner Anne-Marie Abbate. Image: Bedford Independent.

Who makes you proud of Bedford? Nominate them for an Everyday Heroes Award

Nominations are open for the Pride in Bedford Borough category at the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2025, sponsored by Bedford Radio and celebrating those who champion...
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(l-r) Bruno Reddy from Maths Circle with Young Achiever (under 13) Lucy Backhurst. Image: Bedford Independent

From sport to volunteering: Nominate a young Bedfordian for a Young Achiever award

Nominations are open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2025, including the under-13 Young Achiever category sponsored by Maths Circle/Times Tables Rock Stars...
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Winners of the 2024 Raising the Profile of Bedford Borough award, Gareth and Louisa Barber received their award post event at their live music venue Esquires. Image Bedford Independent

Who puts Bedford on the map? Nominate now for the Raising the Profile of Bedford Borough Award

Who is putting Bedford Borough on the map? Nominate your local star for the Raising the Profile award in the 2025 Everyday Heroes Awards. Nominations close 1 March...
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(l-r) David Steadman of the Harpur Trust and 2024 Volunteer of the Year Janet Dickinson.

Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Volunteer of the Year: “I just do what I do because I love it”

Janet Dickinson from Putnoe, was amazed as she received the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award at last year's Everyday Hero Awards ceremony. The Bedford Independent Everyday Hero...
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Blue and White Peris outdoor education centre in Snowdonia. A blue car is parked outside a white building

Council ends 50 year lease on Blue and White Peris outdoor education centre

Outdoor education hub Blue and White Peris to shut by October 2025 amid budget pressures and falling local use. Bedford Borough Council has decided to terminate its lease on the Blue...
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A female pupil raising their hand in a full classroom with the teacher in the background.

Applications for Bedford Borough secondary school places not affected by private school VAT

Bedford Borough Council has said that changes to VAT at private schools had no impact on the number of children seeking a secondary school place at a local state school this September...
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2024's recipients of the Harpur Trust University Bursary Scheme

Apply now for the Harpur Trust university bursary programme

Applications have opened for The Harpur Trust’s University Bursary Programme to help local pupils from low-income households in Bedford Borough afford to study a degree course...
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Excellence in Education winner Faye McKinney with Sam Baldock from Bedford School

Celebrating Bedford’s inspirational teachers and mentors: Nominate an Everyday Hero

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2024, in partnership with the Harpur Trusts, honouring the individuals who go above and beyond...
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Black and white photo of Laura Pottinger in Rome

Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards introduces new award in memory of Laura Pottinger

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards, which are in partnership with the Harpur Trust and celebrate the unsung champions of Bedford Borough...
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Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards comic strip

“Don’t let their efforts go unnoticed” it’s time to nominate a Bedford Borough everyday hero

The search is on for Bedford’s Everyday Heroes, as nominations continue to come in for the 2024 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards, celebrating those who go...
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