Lucinda White and members of her team attended the dinner and were delighted when they kept returning to the podium to receive yet another accolade.  The awards won on the night were:

Most Outstanding Chamber

Most Outstanding Chamber President

Most Outstanding Membership Recruitment Programme

Most Outstanding Marketing & PR Programme

Most Outstanding Regular Local Publication (newsletter)

Discretionary award by Regional Group Chairman for Most Outstanding Leader (Amy Tingle)

Certificate of Merit for New Member (Louise Conroy)

Lucinda White said “I am so proud of Sheffield this year.  We have all worked so hard and it is fantastic to be recognised for our efforts by receiving these awards.  The night exceeded my expecations so I am very very pleased”.

Now, JCI Sheffield are entered into the National heat where the winners are notified at the National Awards Dinner in Manchester on Saturday 29 November.  If you would like to support the team and attend this dinner, please contact Lucinda White on lucinda@pure-event.co.uk.

And this year will certainly be one to remember as JCI Sheffield have secured high-profile speakers including the Right Honourable Nick Clegg.  Nick Clegg is the MP for Sheffield Hallam and Leader of the Liberal Democrats.  Following his studies at Cambridge, Minnesota and College D’Europe he trained as a journalist before lecturing at Sheffield and Cambridge Universities… Read more [scci]

JCI Sheffield has ambitious plans to grow and develop its members as well as supporting local community projects. A diverse programme of events includes a Goal Setting workshop, How to Manage People training session, the annual Easter Egg Appeal, as well as a day volunteering at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust.

As well as this there will be the normal social and networking programme including regular Pub of The Month events ,a tour of the Lyceum Theatre and their successful annual dinner on Friday 10 October at Baldwins Omega.

Lucinda said, “We are very excited about our programme and are looking forward to encouraging newer members to work with my team to deliver it and help them with their personal development. JCI Sheffield is about getting involved, learning skills outside your area of expertise and giving back to the community, so we are always looking for people to come and join in, share ideas and challenge us to new heights.”

The full JCI Sheffield team for 2008 is:

Lucinda White - President
Lisa Cooke - Deputy President
Vanessa Mitchinson - Treasurer
Emma Grint and Lisa Cooke - Community
Louisa Harrison and Amy Tingle - Personal Development
Jane Livingstone and Peter Wright - Business
Jim Lafferty and Richard Jewitt - Membership Director
Liz Pickering and Phil Turner - Social Director
Andrew Baxter - Immediate Past President

They join an impressive list of famous JCI alumni including US Presidents, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon; Bob Hawk, former Prime Minister of Australia; Jacques Chirac, President of France; Poul Schluter ex-Prime Minister of Denmark; Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Prime Minister of Japan and now Founder and Honorary President of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum; Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland; Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General and Prince Albert of Monaco.

For more details about JCI Sheffield and this year’s event calendar please contact: Lucinda on 07900 571189 or by email JCI@pure-event.co.uk