Are you a Community Champion?

Are you a Community Champion?
Scotch Street Filling Station won the 2025 Community Store of the Year, with judges praising their community support and charity fundraising. Don Woolsey is pictured with charity representatives at a special opening event at the store

Are you dedicated to helping your local community? Have you sponsored a local team or sports club or worked hard to raise money for charities?

Now is your chance to shout about it and share your hard work and success with others.

The Community Store of the Year category at the Neighbourhood Retailer Awards shines a light on those retailers who have dedicated their time and energy to support the people who support them. Proud to be an active part of their local area, community store champions are often vital hubs of connection and communication for countless people in society.

Open to a convenience store of any size, this award acknowledges the direct impact it has had on improving the local area through employment, environmental efforts, or charity projects.

Have you initiated a charity or sporting event or got behind your local community groups? Introduced services and offerings in your store to make life easier for the elderly or vulnerable in your area?

Demonstrating a commitment to the community you serve, be it socially, environmentally or economically all deserve to be recognised – and your hard-working staff deserve this acknowledgement too!

Entering the NR Awards is free and easy – all you have to do is click the link below, which will take you directly to the entry form. Simply enter your store details, select your chosen categories, include some photos and submit.

GOOD LUCK!

Enter the 2026 NR Awards – Neighbourhood Retailer