Two charities have launched a search for unsung heroes.
Leicestershire First and the Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation (LRCF) want to acknowledge and reward good work done by people living in the two counties.
Leicestershire First was set up by Maurice and Vivien Thompson, of Lubenham, near Market Harborough.
For just over a year, it has run a monthly award scheme, which gives winners £3,000 to donate to local charities of their choice.
It has now teamed up with LRCF to find even more local heroes who have shown great leadership, excellence and citizenship.
The community foundation, which brings together philanthropists and people in the community who need their support, will use its grassroots network to find the next generation of Leicestershire First award-winners.
Mr Thompson, who is High Sheriff of Leicestershire, said: "The Leicestershire First Awards have already discovered, celebrated and rewarded an inspiring range of people who simply make life in Leicestershire better for their fellow citizens.
"In partnership with LRCF, which also promotes a culture of giving, we are looking to find more unsung heroes and charities to show the people of Leicestershire and Rutland how selfless contribution to our community is vitally important in making our counties a great place to live."
Leicestershire First recently celebrated its first anniversary by bringing together the winners of its first 11 awards.
So far, £33,000 in prize money has been donated to a dozen Leicestershire charities chosen by them.
First winner was Lancaster Boys' School's head of music Helen Collins – whose pupils achieved nationwide fame in the BBC television series The Choir.
She donated her prize to the children's cancer ward at Leicester Royal Infirmary and to the Towersey Foundation's appeal to pay for a music therapist at the Rainbows hospice for children and young people in Loughborough.
Special Olympics basketball star Lee Penfold, of Hinckley; inspiring young mum Kirsty Dunkley, of Beaumont Leys, and Prostaid cancer charity founder Stuart Berry, of Barlestone, have also picked up awards.
The next £3,000 Leicestershire First prize is for a young achiever, and supporters can nominate their young heroes and heroines before the deadline of January 29.
LRCF director Katy Green said: "We plan to find some strong nominations for the next Leicestershire First Awards, and to help those people apply.
"We know we will find some very inspiring people whose work wouldn't normally be noticed outside their community."
For details of how to nominate someone, call Leicestershire First on 0116 258 7326 or visit the website www.leicestershirefirst.org.uk