A TALENTED teenage singer with a bright future will be one of the stars of the show at tomorrow night’s Glasgow Community Champions heat in the south of the city.

St Mungo's Academy pupil Talia Webb, 16, wowed the audience at the Grand Final last year, when she performed with Glasgow choir Musicality in the City Chambers.

Her proud mum Andrea said: “Talia is very excited and honoured to be performing again for the awards – she really loves these events.

“She is planning to sing the Ed Sheeran song Perfect, half in Italian and half in Scottish, and she has been working really hard on getting it right.”

Talia, who is from Dennistoun, is a student at Angela McCallum School of Music and her teacher is proud of her success so far.

"Talia was my very first student, age six, when I set up the school after returning from a musical theatre career in London," says Angela. "She is a fantastic performer and has done so well."

Tomorrow night’s event is the second of our three 2018 Glasgow Community Champions heats, supported by our fantastic partners Glasgow City Council, Scottish Fire and Rescue, Police Scotland, Glasgow Fort, City Building and Glasgow Community Planning Partnership.

Battling it out for the Team Award are Coming Home Centre, which provides support to veterans and their families in Govan; Home-Start Glasgow South Dads Group, which supports fathers and their children in Gowanbank and Pollok; and South West Community Cycles, which encourages safe cycling for all ages.

Amy Cloke, who works tirelessly to support Roma families; John Elder, who runs Castlemilk Carpenters Workshop; and Active Life Club founder Raza Sadiq, are the Individual Award finalists.

Battlefield Primary, a school right at the heart of its community; Glasgow Clyde College Community Learning and Development Team; Govanhill Housing Association director Anne Lear; and South Seeds energy efficiency expert Casey Dickson are contenders for the Public Service Award.

The finalists in the running for the Uniform Services Award are Operation Mighty (PCs Nicola Baird, Sarah Smith, Paul Mallon and Iain McIntosh) in Govanhill; Scottish Fire and Rescue Glasgow City Management Team, who give up their own time to mentor young people; and Scottish Fire and Rescue Crew Manager Alastair Lamb, who goes above and beyond his day job to deliver CPR training to groups and individuals across the south side.

The finalists in the Senior Award are champion fundraiser Jan O’Neill; kinship carer Sarah Prior; and Family Addiction Support Services founders Marie McMonigle and Marlene Johnston.

Abdul Haseeb, who inspires and encourages young people at Active Life Club; kind-hearted volunteer Kelsi McFadden; and the hard-working pupils of St John Paul II Primary in Castlemilk, will battle it out for the Young Award.

The four finalists for the Health and Wellbeing Award are Cristina Bernadino, who runs the beauty social enterprise Remake Up; community support group Carnwadric Win Project; music programme Givin’ It Laldie; and Dates n Mates, a dating and friendship organisation run by and for adults with learning disabilities.

And finally, the Sport Award will go to one of the following three finalists – Demi Mitchell, lead youth worker at Shell Twilight Girls Govan session, which encourages black, Asian and ethnic minority girls to be active in their communities; St Angela’s Participation Centre Community Sports Hub; or St Brigid’s Primary, which has transformed the way it offers sports to pupils, culminating in fantastic success at the city’s sports awards where they were crowned Glasgow Primary Sport School of the Year 2017.

The winners of the south heat will be announced tomorrow and will join their fellow champions from the north east and north west of the city at the grand final in the City Chambers later in the year.