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Announcing our Supporter Heroes!

We are delighted to be able to announce the Winners of Coeliac UK’s 2007 Supporter Awards.

Our congratulations go to…

A Fellow Coeliac

Rene Eastwood, from Chislehurst, Kent.
Nominated by Martin Ingram for the "practical help and confidence" she gave him as he went through the difficult period of adjustment following diagnosis.

A Friend

Fiona Rintoul, from Kilmacolm in Scotland
Nominated by her friend Cherie Guthrie whose son Jack is coeliac, for "giving us parents at least one day off a week from cooking!"

A Family Member

This category received an overwhelming response and so the judges have awarded two joint winners!

Donna Gould and Robert Spencer from Exeter, Devon
Nominated by their daughter Charlie Gould for "making me realise that it’s good to be different!"

Cliff Jenkins from Shoreham-By-Sea, West Sussex
Nominated by his daughter Natalie Jenkins for "installing in me a belief that I would more than just manage, and …would embrace the challenges that lay ahead."

Your Dietitian

Beverley Spicer, Community Paediatric Dietitian Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital
Nominated by Ruth Wareing who "made firm friends with our daughter Summer and even called on us to see how she was doing."

Beverley was presented with her award at the recent Coventry Groups meeting where Juvela’s Anna Marsden made the presentation.

Your Pharmacist

Wendy Griffiths, Pharmacist, Lakeside, Cardiff.
Nominated by Deborah Palmer-Buss for "always putting my three coeliac children’s needs first, and making sure that we always had a supply of gluten-free food."

Your GP

Dr Alison McLeod, from Sittingbourne in Kent
Nominated by Stella Davis for "her perseverance in getting me diagnosed"

Community Support Award

Carol Jones, Liverpool
Nominated by Valerie Hessom for "going out of her way to provide gluten-free lunches at my son’s school and for not making him feel singled out from his school friends"

Along with Coeliac UK, Juvela would like to thank everyone who nominated that someone special for a supporter award. Every entry was read and re-read and we were truly overwhelmed by the tremendous response from you wanting to acknowledge and thank those special people involved in your coeliac journey.

Needless to say the judging panel found it extremely difficult to choose the winners, and have decided to acknowledge not only the winners but the runners-up in each category, and also those who received special commendation. All of whom will receive a special certificate - so check your post soon!

Supporter roll-call of honour - click here for a list of all those nominated for an award