NOMINATE YOUR HEROES FOR A NEWBURY TOWN CIVIC AWARD
NEWBURY CIVIC AWARD 2021,
NEWBURY TOWN BUSINESS CIVIC AWARD 2021,
NEWBURY YOUNG PERSONS CIVIC AWARD 2021,
NEWBURY TOWN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRIBUTION CIVIC AWARD 2021 &
NEWBURY TOWN COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AWARDS
The Newbury Town Civic Awards have been launched for 2021. Nomination forms are available for completion online or to print off from the Newbury Town Council website www.newbury.gov.uk or follow this link Newbury Town Council | Civic Awards.
The Awards celebrate achievements, honour volunteers and recognise those who make a difference in our community. This year, Newbury Town Council have launched a brand-new category of Community Champions Awards to honour those who have given back to the community and their actions have been in direct response to the Covid 19 pandemic.
The Mayor of Newbury, Cllr Elizabeth O’Keeffe, said, “I doubt we will ever know the names of all those who have contributed to the wellbeing of our community since the pandemic began. We did not wish for their amazing efforts to pass unrecognised which is why we established our Community Champions Awards.
Given the enormity of this effort across the area, we have established this special award and have included those in the wider surroundings of Newbury to be nominated. On behalf of the Town, local authorities, providers and recipients we give our heartfelt thanks”.
The four other awards highlight the huge amount of voluntary work carried out in our community in many ways by so many local individuals. Quite often shopping, collecting prescriptions and cutting the grass for an elderly neighbour is overlooked; however this is just as important to our community as running a youth or support group, supporting local climate change, fundraising for a charity or being a Governor of a School. There is a great deal of volunteering carried out in the Town and the Civic Awards focus on how our community benefits.
Cllr O’Keeffe expressed her delight at launching all five Awards:the Newbury Town Civic Award, the Young Persons Civic Award, the Newbury Town Business Civic Award, the Newbury Town Environmental Contribution Civic Award, and now the special one-off Community Champions Awards for 2021.
The winners for 2020’s awards were Steve & Jan Pye, Jacob Halling, Mathew Groves of Greggs Northbrook Street and Marion Fenn. Stene & Jan Pye received the Newbury Town Civic Award in recognition of their volunteering services to Newbury Air Cadets, retiring after a combined service of 46 years.
Jacob Halling was the winner of the Young Persons Civic Award who raised funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Charity by doing charity litter picks and minimising the negative impacts on the environment through his fundraising. The winner of the Newbury Town Business Civic Award was Mathew Groves of Greggs, Northbrook Street who used his role to support Newbury Soup Kitchen and donated food to help those in need. Marion Fenn was the winner of the Newbury Town Environmental Contribution Award, running an allotment for school children and introducing them to nature, gardening, and home-grown food.
Nomination forms for all four Civic Awards are available from the Newbury Town Council website www.newbury.gov.uk where the forms may be completed electronically or downloaded. Paper copies of the forms are also available to be posted out upon request.
The closing date for nominations to be received is Sunday 28th February 2021 with a virtual awards presentation taking place on Wednesday 17th March 2021.
Contact:
Elisa Adams, Civic Manager mayor@newbury.gov,.uk 01635 780203
Mayor of Newbury Cllr Elizabeth O’Keeffe Elizabeth.okeeffe@newbury.gov.uk