Mother Trisha Harwood has been nominated for a top award for helping her local school grow and branch out in the community.

The 37-year-old, who has two sons at Lowerfields Primary in Dudley Hill, Bradford, is also the school's parental and community involvement officer.

Now her hard-work has paid off and has won her a nomination in the Lord Mayor of Bradford's Community Harmony Awards which recognise contributions made towards promoting a closer community.

A wildlife reserve project, a fruit and vegetable plot and a willow tunnel are just some of the green projects she has planted seeds for at the school in Fenby Avenue.

She is also masterminding a three dimensional model of the area's historic Bowling Hall which will be built by youngsters and parents go on show in the museum there.

And she has sparked off talks between the head teacher John Edwards and a local businessman about staging an art exhibition of youngsters work in a nearby restaurant.

Mrs Harwood, who was a full-time mother before she took on the school role in 2003, helped set up a Friends of Lower Fields school group, initiates courses for parents which have helped get some back into work and has been responsible for dishing up a popular breakfast club.

She was nominated by parent Angie Chippendale who read about the awards in the Telegraph & Argus.

She said: "As soon as I read about them I thought of Trisha. Lower Fields has always been a friendly school but she has really helped open its doors even wider.

"Because of all the events and ideas she has, she's brought all sorts of people and groups together from Dudley Hill and nearby East Bowling and Holme Wood.

"She's such a busy lady but she always has time to make everyone feel special. She's an inspiration."

Mr Edwards said: "I whole-heartedly support her nomination, Trish is the lynch-pin for so many fantastic projects and has a wonderful knack of making people want to get involved."

A surprised Trish said: "It's lovely to be nominated. It means a lot but it's all down to community teamwork."

The deadline for nominations for the Community Harmony Awards end on March 31.