Do you know someone, or a local group, who litter-picks their local area, makes a special contribution to conserving the borough’s landscape or works hard to improve the local environment for the benefit of everyone? Then why not nominate them for a Love Where You Live Award?
The biennial awards scheme run by Reigate & Banstead Borough Council celebrates dedicated environmentalists who go the extra mile to help to make the borough a nicer, cleaner and greener place to live and work.
Cllr Julian Ellacott, Executive Member for Environment, said:
“The aim of these awards are to express our thanks to those who really show that they love where they live by selflessly caring for the borough for the benefit of everyone, and to encourage others to join them in making the borough a more attractive place in which to live and work.
“The Council does and will continue to do all we can to maintain and improve our local environment, but the involvement of residents, local businesses and voluntary groups is also crucial and will be even more so in the future. We all have the same goal at heart – improvement of the local area for the benefit of the community.
“The government’s “Big Society” involves similar concepts to our Love Where You Live campaign and I hope that we can find ways to widen the scope of the campaign in future.”
Nominations can be made in two categories: the Love Where You Live Award or the Conservation Group/Project award.
This year, a new Raven ‘Green Award’ will be awarded to a Raven Housing Trust resident or group of residents whose actions at home or in the workplace have had a positive impact on the environment, such as encouraging others to recycle more; joining a local eco team to share ideas on reducing their impact on the environment; helping to reduce litter, dog fouling, graffiti or fly tipping in their local neighbourhood or encouraging colleagues to car share.
The Council will also be making awards to local schools, businesses or organisations and youth and uniform groups that have played an important role in keeping the borough clean and green.
A special recognition award will be chosen by the Council from nominations to the other awards categories.
Awards will be presented by the Mayor at a special ceremony at the Harlequin Theatre in November.
For details of awards categories and to download a nomination form see the Council’s website www.reigate-banstead.gov.uk, or contact Terry Boardman on 01737 276407. Forms are also available from the Council’s Help Shops and Town Hall reception.
The deadline for nominations is Friday 30 September 2010.
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