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Bromham to Welcome Royal Visitors

The village of Bromham, Wiltshire will be welcoming TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall for a tour of the community on Tuesday 17th July.

Bromham is currently representing Wiltshire in the 2006/7 Calor Village of the Year® for England competition, following their success in last year’s county competition. Their Royal Highnesses are visiting the village as part of an ongoing celebration of the benefits participating in Calor Village of the Year® can offer to rural communities, whether they go on to win prizes or not.

The tour of Bromham will cover various areas of this award winning community, including a visit to the 15th century chapel in the parish church – St Nicholas. A two year renovation project of the chapel’s unique polychrome and gilded, medieval oak ceiling has just been completed using, in part, funds raised by a village organisation: the Friends of Bromham and Sandy Lane Churches.

The Royal party will also visit the village Post Office where they will meet a local business man – Mark Wilkinson. Mark’s very successful furniture business has its head offices in Bromham and is supporting the village by putting all the company’s post through the local Post Office. Members of the village’s older community and of many of the village’s clubs and organisations will also be on hand throughout the visit to welcome The Prince and The Duchess.

As Tuesday July 17th is The Duchess’s 60th birthday, a chorus of Happy Birthday will undoubtedly be one of the songs sung by local primary school children who will be serenading the Royal party as they tour the community.

Suzanne Weir, Calor Village of the Year® manager, commented: “Once again TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall are showing their support for Calor Village of the Year® with a visit to one of the communities involved in the competition. We are extremely grateful for this, particularly to The Duchess for doing so on her birthday, and hope that this ongoing support will continue to encourage villages throughout the country to get involved. I am sure that the very best of village life will be presented by the community during the visit.”

For further information regarding the Calor Village of the Year® competition please email info@calorvillageoftheyear.org or visit www.calorvillageoftheyear.org.

Media access to TRH’s visit to Bromham will be covered in the normal way by a Royal Rota and limited Fixed Point facility. For accreditation, please contact Ben Overlander, Clarence House Press Office, ben.overlander@royal.gsx.gov.uk.

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Further press information available from: Emma Flinn, Connectpoint, tel: 0161 817 4221, email: emma.flinn@connectpoint.co.uk

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 competition.

The Calor Village of the Year® for England competition, now in its eleventh 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. Every year, Calor sponsors the majority of the county village competitions – which this year total more than 40 – each of which is invited to nominate one village to take part in the 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 2007 national Calor Village of the Year® for England competition alone stands at over £36,000. 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 support from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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 competition:
email: info@calorvillageoftheyear.org or visit: www.calorvillageoftheyear.org

For all media enquiries relating the Calor Village of the Year® competition, please contact Emma Flinn:
email: emma.flinn@connectpoint.co.uk or tel: 0161 817 4221

For all general enquiries relating to the Calor Village of the Year® competition, please contact Brian Challis: email: b.challis@ntlworld.com or tel: 01962 629768