Do you know a family doing amazing things to help others? Or does your family deserve recognition for making a real difference to the community or a cause close to your hearts? If so, we want to hear from you. There are five family categories to enter and the winning families will be invited to a fabulous award day at ZSL London Zoo to hear who’ll be chosen as our overall winner.
We can’t wait to read your entries!
1) Tell us how your nominated family is making a difference by filling in the form below
2) Please include the names and the ages of everyone in the family as well as an email and daytime telephone contact number. We will also need your contact details if you are the nominating person.
3) We’re interested in families who work together, so please include as much detail as you can about the role of each family member involved along with their achievements, struggles and goals.
4) Any type or size of family can enter our search for Britain’s outstanding families, but we do ask that more than one generation is involved.
For the family who pull together to raise cash for a worthy cause.
For families who foster, adopt or devote their time to care for those with additional needs.
For families who help change opinions, educate people, raises awareness about something or improve conditions, either here or abroad.
For the family who have improved not only their own lifestyle but also the lifestyle of others through healthy activity and sports.
For families who have made a real difference to their community.
All five families will be invited to an exclusive once-in-a-lifetime day out at ZSL London Zoo on 28 May 2012. They’ll spend the morning exploring the award-winning exhibits, including Penguin Beach, Gorilla Kingdom and the zoo’s cutting-edge biodiversity project B.U.G.S! With around 720 different species over 36 acres, there’s something for everyone.
Then it’ll be time for afternoon tea when each family will receive their Candis goodie bag with prizes worth £500 before our panel announce the overall winner of the Outstanding Family of the Year 2012!
We’ve invited some familiar faces to help us decide who should be crowned the Candis Outstanding Family of the Year 2012


(listed in order, left to right)
- Baroness Helen Newlove
- Sally Dynevor (Sally Webster, Coronation Street)
- Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor, Coronation Street)
- Melanie Chisholm (Mel C, Spice Girls)
- Jo Joyner (Tanya Branning, Eastenders)
- Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson, Eastenders)
- Denise Robertson
- Errol Douglas
The family who the panel decides is the Outstanding Family of the Year are in for a real treat!

Their prize is a fabulous family holiday in a 4-star hotel in Northern Cyprus, courtesy of Direct Traveller.
The stunning, family friendly 4-star Oscars Resort Hotel, in the coastal town Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus, boasts an impressive range of facilities to keep all the family entertained. These include three outdoor swimming pools, aqua park slides, a wave pool and jacuzzi. There’s also
a spa and wellness centre, a tennis court, mini market and even an exclusive sandy beach for the private use of hotel guests. There truly is something for everyone so this is sure to be an experience that the whole family loves and remembers for many years to come!
About Direct Traveller
Experience unparalleled service levels with Direct Traveller, an award-winning independent tour operator recognised as the UK's leading tour operator to North Cyprus. Direct Traveller also offers multi-centre holidays to Turkey and South Cyprus. For more information on Direct Traveller and North Cyprus Holidays visit www.directtraveller.com.
We would like to see your family in action so if you have a home video that you believe would help demonstrate that your family are worthy of the Outstanding Family Award 2012 then please upload this to YouTube and copy the link in to the form below. If you have never used YouTube before and would like help on how to do this, then please click here to see the help pages.
Please complete the Outstanding Family of the Year 2012 award nomination form below:
We celebrate the achievements of families in Britain... Candis held its search for Britain's most outstanding families for the third time. We searched for families that were doing amazing things to help others. In 2010, we introduced five categories so that there...... Read more
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