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Marta Rzepecki - Winner
NEPCO CIC
Marta is a leading light in NEPCO, the North East Polish Community Organisation. She was involved with NEPCO from the very beginning and has taken part in many projects and events.
These range from coordinating open days and preparing family picnics and children’s events to supporting 2B, the Polish-English bilingual magazine which promotes the North East to the Polish community and the Polish community to the North East. She’s also involved with the Polish Saturday School in Newcastle, which encourages young people of Polish origins to nurture their language and culture.
Award won: Shining Light for Inspiring Education, Newcastle Enterprise Awards
Year of winning: 2010
“Winning an award after all our hard work was brilliant. We really enjoyed meeting people at the Awards evening and the food was delicious. We hope it will help us to gain recognition, develop our work and find a permanent home for our Polish school.”
