Competition Winners Honoured
The winning communities in the 2006 Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Town and Village of the Year competitions have been honoured at a presentation event held on Wednesday 1st November at Swineshead Village Hall.
The competitions are organised by the Community Council of Lincolnshire on behalf of the Lincolnshire branch of the CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England). Sponsorship is provided by Calor - the UK’s leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), with additional support from Lincolnshire’s District and County Councils, Pennells of Lincoln and Tucann Design and Print. Also, continued competition support from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) this year has led to the provision of £500 additional prize money specifically for the Building Community Life category of the Village of the Year competition.
Jim Moyes of Calor presented representatives of the successful communities with their prizes, which included framed commemorative certificates. He was joined by Will Wiseman representing Defra.
(For the full results of the competitions please refer below.)
As the 2006 Calor Lincolnshire Village of the Year, Hemingby is now preparing to go forward and represent the county in the prestigious Calor Village of the Year® for England competition. More than 40 villages across the country will be competing in the competition, which has a total prize fund of over £39,000 and a top prize of £7,000. Hemingby will initially be representing Lincolnshire in the Central England region of the competition against villages from Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire and Warwickshire.
For further information about the competitions in Lincolnshire please contact Teresa Palmer at the Community Council of Lincolnshire on 01529 302466, email teresa.palmer@cclincs.com.
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2006 Lincolnshire Best Kept Village and Small Towns competition results –
Class I (small villages, population 100 – 500)
1st Tattershall Thorpe
2nd West Deeping
3rd Scredington
Class II (medium villages, population 501 – 2000)
1st Ingham
2nd Wainfleet All Saints
3rd Scopwick & Kirkby Green
Class III (large villages and small towns, population 2001 – 7000)
1st Washingborough
2nd Nettleham
3rd Burgh le Marsh
Class IV (small market towns, population up to 7000)
1st Market Deeping
Runner up Holbeach
Past Winners (winners of classes I and II in the past four years)
1st Greatford
Runner up East Keal
2006 Calor Lincolnshire Village of the Year competition results –
Calor Lincolnshire Village of the Year: Hemingby
Building Community Life winner: Hemingby
Building Community Life runner up: South Witham
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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