{"id":539865,"date":"2025-10-31T13:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/539865\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T13:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T13:07:15","slug":"why-now-was-the-right-time-to-recognise-the-guide-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/539865\/","title":{"rendered":"Why now was the right time to recognise The Guide Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Guide has been sharing incredible stories of the individuals, fundraisers, organisations and businesses who make our city region great for the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>And every year we\u2019ve been amazed and honestly in awe of the courage, resilience and determination shown by people who expect no credit for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>So, with a landmark birthday in 2025, that\u2019s why we felt the time was right to really give them the recognition they deserve by creating The Guide Liverpool HEROES 2025<strong> <\/strong>awards.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Jay Hynd explained:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year we\u2019re celebrating 10 years since I launched The Guide, and we wanted to do something special to mark that. An awards concept has been on my mind for a while and when we were coming up with ideas for our celebration we thought, let\u2019s do it for Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver those 10 years, The Guide\u2019s become known for shouting about the brilliant people, charities and businesses in our city region and the positive things they do, so this event recognising the heroes lends itself perfectly to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Jay-Hynd-1.jpg-e1761915001948.webp.webp\" alt=\"Jay Hynd\" class=\"wp-image-228699\"\/>The Guide Liverpool Founder Jay Hynd<\/p>\n<p>The awards are split into 16 different categories, focusing on everything from community projects, charities and emergency services to sports heroes and influencers, with the majority decided by public votes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only four special awards \u2013 Unsung Hero, Inspiration and City Region Superhero, plus one surprise award that won\u2019t be revealed until the night \u2013 have been chosen by a panel of judges.<\/p>\n<p>Jay said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Superhero award will go to someone who really goes above and beyond to make a massive difference, often facing personal challenges to do good for the city region,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Inspiration award will be given to someone who has been inspirational along the way, maybe driving change at a national level, and Unsung Hero will be awarded to someone who\u2019s made a massive difference but who we at The Guide believe deserves more recognition for what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jay says the response since the awards were launched has been huge, and the ceremony at Titanic Hotel Liverpool on Friday November 21 promises to be a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we launched Heroes, we were absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of nominations and votes we had, there were tens of thousands,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we\u2019re really looking forward to shining a spotlight on so many worthy winners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-4.png\" alt=\"The Guide Liverpool HEROES\" class=\"wp-image-220861\"  \/>Credit: Shutterstock\/JSVideos<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the room on the night there will be people who\u2019ve gone through some horrendous experiences and shown tremendous courage and determination so there are definitely going to be moments filled with emotion \u2013 so much so that one of our sponsors, Moorcrofts Solicitors, are actually bringing Moorcrofts tissues with them!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019ll also be lots of celebration, and the event is a great way for everyone there to let their hair down, be proud of what they\u2019ve achieved and let us showcase their stories which is really important.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully by getting up on stage and being given awards, they will inspire others and everyone watching at home or at the awards in person will come away feeling uplifted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about The Guide Liverpool Heroes <a href=\"https:\/\/theguideliverpool.com\/category\/latest\/heroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Find out what\u2019s good up North on our new platform, The Northern Guide.\u00a0<br \/>\nFrom the best hotels, beauty spots, days out, food and more up North \u2013 visit<a href=\"https:\/\/thenorthernguide.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0thenorthernguide.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow The Northern Guide on Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thenorthernguideuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Guide has been sharing 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