00:00This is my favourite award and I say this every year, it's because the public actually vote for the winner of this award.
00:06They vote leading up to it and they vote on the night.
00:09And there are three fantastic finalists that we have on this category and it's probably the best award of the evening.
00:14We are the Willow Chippy, which is a family run business.
00:18We've got three shops now based in Wallsend, Walkergate and the new one in Highheaton.
00:23We do a load of things to help the community, we try our best.
00:26We've done a load of fundraisers, we've got two defibrillators outside two of the shops which has been great, they've been used.
00:33We always supply food for the homeless, we work well with a charity who do it every year for Christmas.
00:39We'll send as many meals as we can, we'll meet up with them, clothes as well.
00:44We like to look after our customers, we know them all by first names, what the orders are.
00:48I think if you look after the community, they'll look after you.
00:51My business is I Love North Shields, it's a magazine we make every month.
00:56It is a community driven publication, so it's made by and for the people of North Shields.
01:03We all get together to create a magazine each month.
01:06It means that there's all people that normally don't even know each other, work together to create a magazine.
01:14So we've got people from all walks of life and we also include all the people that are not online.
01:19So we've got a lot of elderly people in North Shields as well that are not on social media for instance.
01:24So this gives them insight into what's happening in North Shields.
01:28Hello, my name is Amanda and I'm from the North East Nipple Project.
01:32I work with another lady called Megan and we give back the gift of confidence through areola tattooing.
01:38So we offer complimentally realistic tattooing for those who have undergone breast surgery due to breast cancer.
01:46So we give up our time each month to give back as much confidence as we can.
01:51And also to create awareness to anyone else who needs the service.
01:56It means that the more people can benefit from the service.
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