HMS Collingwood sailor shortlisted for national award

Chief Petty Officer Andy Gibbs, based at HMS Collingwood is honoured to have made the shortlist for the Just Giving awards 2017; under the “outstanding commitment award” section.

Andy has set up and lead teams who have conducted many challenging walks to raise money for Help for Heroes, accumulating over £500,000 during this period, a milestone for which he was honoured by David Cameron in 2015.

The category for which he has been entered has received over 13,000 nominations alone and he is delighted to have reached the top three. 

Andy said of this nomination “It is an honour to make the shortlist of 3 from the initial 13,000 individuals that were put forward in this category alone; all of whom are worthy individuals doing so much for many great charities.”

The awards will take place in November, with voting continuing until early October. If you are able to support his nomination please follow the guidance below.

To vote takes about 2 minutes and is a simple 4 step operation:

• This is achieved by opening this link: http://pages.contact.justgiving.com/awards/2017/voting
• Highlighting Andy’s story (Andy didn’t choose the photo)
• At the bottom insert your e-mail address
• Press the vote button