Author: JW

They are a big thing in the South West: BristolLive Business Awards 2022 – Home page They’ve received a lot of coverage: Bristol Live Business Awards – Bristol Live And on Thursday they happened: Leaders from across the city gathered at Ashton Gate Stadium to celebrate the achievements of the business community The winners were… Continue reading Bristol Business Awards: resilience, success, talent

How are you managing to save money and at the same time help save the environment? How are you managing to ‘make do and mend’ in these difficult times? The Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards 2023 would be very interested to hear if you have any projects or activities planned or underway. Whether it’s saving energy… Continue reading Stories on how to save money and help save the environment

There are more and more sustainability awards being put together – across the country and locally too. For example:  National Sustainability Awards: We are looking for the best in every category, from finance to renewables, from insulation to water conservation, all are important to ensure that future generations will be able to live in a cleaner,… Continue reading Sustainability awards – national and local

How can we both ‘save money’ and ‘save the planet’? The Vision Group for Sidmouth and Champions Awards social media pages have been carrying regular stories on how we might be able to do this. The VGS has just started up its Sidmouth Cycling Campaign – which can be very much seen as part of ‘saving money… Continue reading Stories on how to make do and mend

Something inspiring from the latest newsletter from the Transition Network – the national group who sponsored last year’s Champions Awards: Communities confront ‘Cost of Living’ crisis What if we pull together to confront the ‘Cost of Living’ crisis rather than leaving people to face it alone? That’s the question we’ve been asking, and exploring what… Continue reading Communities confront ‘Cost of Living’ crisis

The third Champions Awards are set to launch on Saturday 5th November: Nominations open for Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards | Sidmouth Herald Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards 2023 – Sidmouth Town Council As of this weekend, anyone in the Sid Valley will be able to enter themselves or their business/school/group (or nominate another) for a Champions… Continue reading Champions Awards 2023 to launch!

There are Exeter ‘green awards’: Exeter Sustainability Awards: bona fide? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards And there are East Devon ‘green awards’: Champions in East Devon – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards And there are also national ‘green awards’: We’re celebrating the unsung heroes who are helping to create a future where the UK no longer… Continue reading Green Heart Hero national awards

This month, there have been several impressive awards presented in East Devon: ‘Ambitious’ plans to turn the Clyst Valley Regional Park into a wildlife haven, supporting an East Devon aim to be carbon neutral by 2040, have been nominated for a national award. East Devon District Council (EDDC) said it was ‘thrilled’ to announce the park’s… Continue reading Champions in East Devon

So much of our civic life depends on people giving their time for others: “Recognising the fantastic contribution of East Devon volunteers” – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards “We will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.” – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards 60 years of Sidmouth Voluntary Services – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards The latest… Continue reading We need volunteers!

Sidmouth is Festival Town: Festival champions – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards And today, the extraordinary Science Festival starts up: Science Festival 2022 starts this week, 10 years on – Vision Group for Sidmouth It is fundamentally about ‘education for sustainability, education for hope‘: The Sidmouth Science Festival was started by a small team from the Vision… Continue reading Science Festival champions