We’ve decided to run the Jack Petchey’s Community Awards programme to give the young people helping those less fortunate than themselves in this time a well-deserved ‘thank you’.

You must be 18 to nominate a young person, and the nominee must be aged between 11 and 25, and be from London or Essex.

You can nominate someone for all different kinds of wonderful reasons, as long as they comply with the government guidelines. There are some ideas at the bottom of this page!

We will have at least one winner a week, who will get £50 to spend on whatever they like and a letter from Sir Jack Petchey CBE.