The judges are looking for:
"Well balanced, pro-active, caring village communities which, irrespective of size, have made the best of local opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all inhabitants."
Written Entry: Please provide one copy of your entry by EMAIL to: info@calorvillageoftheyear.org.
When compiling your entry please do not exceed three pages (A4 single side) for each of the four Part A categories 1 to 4 and no more than 500 words for Part B on any problems your village has experienced and what steps you have taken to solve or limit them.
Please use a clear readable font (ideally Arial size 12) to aid legibility for judges when assessing your entry. Please do not paste photographs onto your entry pages. Do not attach additional material with your entry.
To be eligible for the national Calor Village of the Year® competition 2008/2009 for England, villages must first take part in their county competition and/or be nominated for the national Calor Village of the Year® competition for England. Find your local county contact.
Please note that the county competitions operate in a variety of formats and may not follow that of the national Calor Village of the Year® competition for England.
The information contained on these web pages are designed to give you hints and priorities that the judges are looking at but please feel free to interpret the categories as they are reflected within your own village.
Competing villages must not have a population of more than 5,000.
Villages cannot be nominated to represent their county in the national Calor Village of the Year® for England competition in successive years.
A village that has won an overall regional award will not be allowed to enter the national competition for three consecutive years.
A village that has won the overall Calor Village of the Year® for England competition may not enter for five consecutive years thereafter.
The following items should be sent by post to:
Suzanne Weir, manager, Calor Viallge of the Year Competition®, Calor Gas Limited, Athena House, Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Warwick, CV34 6RL.
A simple map/directions on how to find your village and meeting place (two copies).
A sketch map of points of interest within the village (two copies). This will be particularly useful if you are taking judges on a short tour.
A list of newspapers that circulate in your area, and regional TV and radio stations (media coverage of your achievement is important, not only for you but also the success of the competition.)
Photographs (requirements as follows)
Six photographs of your village for non commercial purposes only; namely for the use on the Calor Village of the Year® website, at the Awards and for use in Calor house magazines and in brochures and promotional material for Calor Village of the Year®.
NB: Please supply photographs separately, do not include them within the text.
Format: You can supply either prints or photographs taken with a conventional camera, or digital images.
Size: Prints should be no smaller than 8in x 6in (230mm x 152mm). Digital photographs should be a minimum 300dpi resolution.
Content: A variety of images to represent the village, its activities and its people. These might include views or shots of local areas, e.g. park, high street, businesses, community activities, environmental work, village hall event, annual fete etc. A brief note explaining the image content would also be very useful.
Post to: Suzanne Weir, manager, Calor Village of the Year Competition®, Calor Gas Limited, Athena House, Athena Drive, Tachbrook Park, Warwick, CV34 6RL.
Please keep a copy of what you send to us.
Judging
For judging purposes, villages entering the national Calor Village of the Year® competition for England 2008/2009 will be placed in one of five judging regions:
Central England:
Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire, Warwickshire
East England:
Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
North England:
Cheshire, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire & Northern Lincolnshire, Lancashire & Merseyside, Northumberland, Tees Valley, Yorkshire (North, South & West)
South England:
Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex
West England:
Avonside, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
 Regional round judging will take place between Monday 23 March 2009 and Friday 3 April 2009.
During this period, the panel of judges will visit your village.
Final round judging will take place between Monday 6 July 2009 and Friday 17 July 2009.
No results will be announced until the 2008/2009 Calor Village of the Year® Awards in December 2009 when village representatives will be invited to celebrate their community’s achievements.
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