Suffolk's Top Villages Honoured
The overall winning villages in the 2006 Suffolk Village of the Year and Building Community Life competitions, organised by the Suffolk Association of Local Councils (SALC), have been honoured at a recent presentation event held at Stowupland Village Hall.
The Suffolk Village of the Year competition was run in partnership with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Suffolk County Council (SCC) and the six district councils. Sponsorship and prizes were provided by Calor – the UK’s leading supplier of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), with additional support from Adnams, Notcutts, SCC and the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
The Building Community Life competition was run in Suffolk thanks to support from Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Thanks to Defra’s support, a total of £500 prize money was on offer to winning villages in this competition.
Jeff Penfold of Calor and Mick Carr representing Defra presented representatives of the successful villages with their prizes, which consisted of a combination of plaques, certificates and monetary awards. (For full details of the competition results and prize allocation please refer below.)
As the 2006 Calor Suffolk Village of the Year, Stowupland has 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. Stowupland will initially be competing in the East England region of the competition, against villages representing Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk.
For further information regarding the Calor Suffolk Village of the Year and Building Communtiuy Life competitions please contact Cllr Rona Burt on 01638 712309, email ronabulldog@aol.com.
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2006 Calor Suffolk Village of the Year and Building Community Life competitions - results and prize allocation:
Suffolk Village of the Year: Stowupland (£1,000 prize money, commemorative plaque, Calor certificate, plants from Nottcutts and a firkin of beer from Adnams)
Runner Up: Polstead (£450 prize money and a Calor certificate)
3rd Place: Barton Mills (£250 prize money and a Calor certificate)
4th Place: Sproughton (£150 prize money and a Calor certificate)
Suffolk County Council Public Space Award: Stowupland (£100 prize money)
Suffolk Wildlife Trust Award: Sproughton (£100 prize money and certificate)
Parish Council Award: Walsham le Willows (handmade gavel and certificate)
Joint Building Community Life Winners: Stowupland (£250 prize money and certificate)
Lavenham (£250 prize money and certificate)
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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