A community gallery  which opened  in Ellesmere Port earlier this year after months of  building work and refurbishment has been nominated for a Your  Champions award.

The Paperboat Gallery  on Whitby  Road,  Ellesmere Port, opened  its doors  to the public in  May and has been put   forward in the Team of  the Year category.

Sonja Moss-Dolega, the  executive director of the  gallery, said: “It took  months  of hard work by  many people and we are   all very proud of how the  gallery has  come together.

“Our aim is to inspire  and nurture  creativity in  Ellesmere Port and the   surrounding area and  we have made an  excellent start.

“Everyone who sees the  gallery is  stunned by  how it looks and by the   exquisite art work we  are exhibiting  here.”

The building was gutted and rebuilt by  Access  to Work, a team of community  project builders  and trainees.

The transformation  was completed by  German company RaumCult  who drove  through the  night from Munich with  a  van full of hand-crafted furniture and  fittings  they had manufactured  over  several weeks in  their workshop.

The gallery team, made  up of volunteers, was on  hand to help visitors   make their own paper  boat in the workshop  area.

The Paperboat Gallery runs art workshops and courses at the gallery and also  takes its work out into the wider community.

To make enquiries and book your  place on any of the workshops and  courses contact Sonja on 07533809839 or  by e-mail on sonja.mossdolega@hotmail.co.uk.

You can phone the gallery on 0151 378  1794 or  just pop into the gallery  during  opening hours,  Tuesday to Friday   10am-5pm and Saturdays  10am-4.30pm.