Peterborough street artist among winners of civic awards

Nathan Murdoch's anti-racism work, which has been created in Peterborough subways and other areas of the city, has gone viral on a number of occasions.

Now Nathan has been awarded with a Contribution to Art and Culture Award in the Peterborough civic awards.

Others named as award winners include schools, community campaigners, businesses and organisations who have gone the extra mile to make a difference to people in the city.

This year’s winners were announced at Peterborough City Council’s full council meeting last night (Wednesday 27 January). A formal ceremony will be arranged in due course so the winners can be presented with their awards. However, due to the current pandemic restrictions this event will only take place when it is safe to do so.

Councillor Peter Hiller, chairman of the council's Honours Panel, said: “We are living through very challenging times and it is extremely heart-warming to see how people in our communities have responded to help those in need.

“The honours panel were very encouraged to see that the popularity of the awards has increased tremendously, with many more nominations being submitted. I would like to thank everyone who made nominations and I look forward to presenting awards to the winners, hopefully soon.”

The following nominees have been selected to receive a Community Involvement Civic Award:

· Brian Townsin

· Celseo Oliveria

· Chiltern Cold Storage Group

· City Leadership Forum

· Del Singh

· Derek Brown

· Femi Olasoko

· Interfaith Support Group

· Jack Hunt School

· Katharine Gator-Condon

· Kings School

· Mick & Jackie Coulson

· Multi Agency Forum

· Nathan Murdoch

· St John Fisher School

· Tom Brown

· Tony Forster

· Torin Gibson

· Voluntary Support Group

· Zara Robson

· Wendy Sayer

The following nominee has been selected to receive a Contribution to Art and Culture Award:

· Nathan Murdoch

The following nominee has been selected to receive a Sport award:

· Stuart Haw

The following nominees have been selected to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award:

· Mandy Eddings

· Sarfraz Khan