Eight Villages Compete For County
Building Community Life Title
A total of eight villages are competing for prizes in the 2006 Calor Staffordshire Building Community Life competition.
The competition is organised by the Community Council of Staffordshire and is being run in every county in England as part of the Calor Village of the Year® competition or as a stand alone competition thanks to support from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The villages participating are as follows –
Church Eaton (Stafford District), Denstone (East Staffordshire District), Ipstones (Staffordshire Moorlands District), Kings Bromley (Lichfield District), Leigh (East Staffordshire District), Mavesyn & Hill Ridware (Lichfield District), Rolleston-on-Dove (East Staffordshire District) and Stonnall (Lichfield District).
There is a total of £500 prize money on offer to successful villages as well as commemorative certificates. The results of the competition will be revealed at the Community Council’s Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 20th September 2006.
Andy Halden, the Community Council’s CEO, commented: “The villages are being judged on various different aspects of their community life and our judges will be looking for vibrant, inclusive communities which work hard to provide for residents and enhance the quality of life for everyone in the village. By the look of the written submissions it seems that the standard of entries is very high and I’m sure our judges will have a difficult time selecting the winners.”
In addition to a share of the £500 prize money and the county title, the overall winning village may have the added honour of being nominated to go forward and represent the county in the prestigious Calor Village of the Year® for England competition, with the opportunity of gaining recognition at national level as well as a share of the prize fund totalling more than £39,000.
For further information regarding the Calor Staffordshire Building Community Life competition please contact the Community Council of Staffordshire on 01785 242525.
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Notes to Editors:
Calor Village of the Year®
Calor, the leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) to those living and working in the countryside, has supported rural activities in England, Scotland and Wales for 20 years through its Rural Sponsorship programme, which includes the Calor Village of the Year® for England and Wales competitions and the Calor Scottish Community of the Year competition.
The Calor Village of the Year® for England competition, now in its tenth year, was founded and developed by Calor, and is organised and funded by the company on an annual basis.
Please note that Calor Village of the Year® is a registered trademark and should be referred to in full in all circumstances.
Entry to the Calor Village of the Year® for England competition is through the existing county competition network.
Following competition support in 2005, Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is once again providing Calor with additional funding in 2006 to enhance the community life element of the competition through the Building Community Life category. Defra’s special aim is to encourage the inclusion of all groups and individuals into the fabric of rural community life - building cohesive and mutually supportive communities. Defra’s involvement means that every village in England has the opportunity to enter the 2006 Calor Village of the Year® for England competition.
The national Calor Village of the Year® judges look for well-balanced, pro-active, caring communities which, irrespective of size, have made the best of local opportunities to maintain and enhance the quality of life for all residents.
The prize money for the national Calor Village of the Year® for England competition alone stands at over £39,000. First prize is £7,000 with £2,000 going to each of five regional winners. In addition, there are five category prizes of £500 within each region (covering Business, Environment, Care for Older People, Care for Young People and Information Communications Technology), and a prize of £750 for the winner of the Building Community Life category in each of the five regions. The five regional winners of the Information Communication Technology category are judged to find an overall winner, the award for which is £1,000. There is also, thanks to the Defra support, a prize of £2,000 for an overall Building Community Life winner, which is selected from the five regional winners.
For general information on the Calor Village of the Year® for England and Wales competitions:
email: info@calorvillageoftheyear.org, tel: 01962 629768, or visit: www.calorvillageoftheyear.org
For more information on the Calor Scottish Community of the Year competition:
visit: www.communityoftheyear.co.uk
For more information on Defra:
visit: www.defra.gov.uk or for information specific to rural affairs visit: www.defra.gov.uk/rural/default.htm
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