![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/make-a-difference-awards-suffolk-community-heroes-celebrated/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/130989566_amandawilliams.jpg&description=Image source, Jon Wright/BBC Image caption, Carers, community groups and good neighbours were all honoured at BBC Radio Suffolk's Make a Difference Awards A woman who has become a carer for three different members of her family is one of seven community heroes to be honoured at an awards ceremony. Amanda Williams who has cared for her husband, father and mother was one of the recipients at BBC Radio Suffolk's Make a Difference Awards. Carers, community groups and good neighbours were all honoured. BBC Make a Difference was set up at the start of the first lockdown in March 2020 to help those needing support. Image source, Jon Wright/BBC Among the winners was Amanda Williams who has been caring for her husband for the last five years after he was diagnosed with the rare condition aplastic anaemia, where the body stops producing enough blood cells. For the last 15 years she also helped care for her father, who had a stroke, and supported her mother through breast cancer treatment and recovery. "It just never stops sometimes. I feel it's been one thing after another, after another. But for some reason we just get on with it. Inside you're crumbling but you just put on that face," she said. Image source, Jon Wright/BBC Volunteer Lorna Stygall was also honoured for her work at . She joined the organisation as a volunteer after taking part in one of its programmes, which helped her during a "very dark time" mentally. Being part of the project helped "reignite a lot of passions... helped change my mindset", she said. "I lost my purpose as a mum and my complete identity; I don't feel alone anymore; I feel like this is where I belong; volunteering has been able to give me that lease of life," she added. Image source, Guy Campbell/ BBC Woodworks Art Cafe in Lowestoft is an entirely volunteer run space offering workshops, a café and volunteers who enjoy sitting and chatting with customers and offering advice and support where possible. Volunteer Kinsey Foster said: "It's just){kind=link}
A woman who has become a carer for three different members of her family is one of seven community heroes to be honoured at an awards ceremony.
Amanda Williams who has cared for her husband, father and mother was one of the recipients at BBC Radio Suffolk’s Make a Difference Awards.
Carers, community groups and good neighbours were all honoured.
BBC Make a Difference was set up at the start of the first lockdown in March 2020 to help those needing support.
Among the winners was Amanda Williams who has been caring for her husband for the last five years after he was diagnosed with the rare condition aplastic anaemia, where the body stops producing enough blood cells.