Community Volunteer of the year award
The Parish Council have agreed to recognise the outstanding contributions that some parishioners make to this community.
Nominees must live within the parish or within three miles of the parish boundary and must have made a significant contribution to the Parish.
Nominations need to be with the Parish Clerk by 1st February each year (extended to 28 March 2024) with detail of the contribution they have made. Nominations will be considered at the March meeting and the winner announced at the Annual Parish Meeting
Past recipients (and a brief note of reason for award):
2023 Nick Gillon - Community Road Warden Scheme
2022 Jocelyn Whittaker - running a twice weekly community kitchen
2021 Jock Campbell - Community Resilience work
2020 Not awarded due to Covid-19
2019 Daphne and Tom Clague - supporting many local organisations
2018 Peter Hawksley - Editor of Newton Wonder Magazine
2017 Tony Lewis - Chairman of Recreation Club
2016 Joyce Rooke - Running weekly bingo sessions raising money for charity
2015 Steve Parker - Maintaining Parish Footpaths
2014 Jill Baker - supporting local organisations
2013 Simon Lovell - running Community Support Group
2012 Roger Wilkins - Chairman of the Parish Hall, work on the Parish Plan