OUR readers have been voting in their dozens for our Worcestershire Care Heroes award, to thank to the brave warriors of the coronavirus pandemic.

In association with Worcestershire County Council, we’re asking readers to nominate carers who have been an inspiration, but, voting closes at 11am today (December 21) so get those votes in now.

The winner will be announced on Christmas Eve.

For prizes, Waitrose in Worcester is offering a Christmas hamper, a case of Christmas wines and a £100 gift card, worth a total of £250.

Iconic Beautique in Evesham will give away its Complete Festive pamper package worth £280, which includes a 60-minute facial, 60-minute massage, pedicure and manicure, full hair treatment and cut and blow dry with salon manager, James.

You can vote for your Worcestershire Care Hero 2020 by filling in the form on this page. You can also vote by emailing michael.purton@newsquest.co.uk.

Please put ‘Worcestershire Care Heroes 2020’ as the subject of the email, and include the name of the carer, where they work, why you think they deserve to win the award, your name and your contact phone number so that we can call you in order to gather details for the feature profiling the carer you’ve nominated.