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The winner of the Sustainability category for the Champions Awards was the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors, led by Denise Bickley.  One nomination said of the founder: “She really puts herself out for the local community, in her role as a councillor but also getting involved in things like organising the leaflet drop at the beginning of the… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of Sidmouth Plastic Warriors

The winner of the Community Award was Di Fuller and Sid Valley HELP which she founded: And as the Herald has shown, the organisation has been key to helping so many during the last eighteen months: Hundreds helped by Sid Valley HELP during lockdown | sidmouththerald.co.uk The scheme was set up in 2017 to provide… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of Di Fuller and Sid Valley HELP

During lockdown last year, it was the small local businesses who came to the fore: Woolbrook News, the popular local business which is also a grocer’s and tearoom, started offering a new service: And so we were really able to appreciate local businesses and services: And local businesses were also able to appreciate the custom:… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of Woolbrook News

There was a huge response to nominate individuals, groups and businesses for a Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Award 2021. As a reminder, there were three categories for nominations: Community Award – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Resilience Award – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Sustainability Award – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Once all the nominations were in, they… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: the full and final list

INSPIRATION: It all started back in late 2020: What are we about and what do we hope to achieve? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards As part of the Transition Town movement: Sustainable Sidmouth – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards It was inspired by goings on in Tooting: An inspiration for the Sustainable Sidmouth Awards – Sustainable… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: from inspiration to aftermath

Immediately after the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards ceremony, the Herald put together a short report of the event: The Champions Awards 2021: “and the winners are…” – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards The Herald has just produced more in-depth coverage of the evening: Outpouring of gratitude to winners of Champion awards Philippa Davies ‘Amazing’, ‘outstanding’ and… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: Congratulations!

The first in a series – profiling the winners of the 2021 Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards – kicks off with a look at the FillFull shop in Sidmouth, which was Runner-up for the Sustainability Award. They first started in Ottery back in 2018: Fillfull > the new zero-waste, plastic-free shop in Ottery – Vision Group… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a profile of FillFull

Following the Awards ceremony on Friday 22nd, everyone who took part was warmly thanked: The Champions Awards 2021: “Thanks to everybody” – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Now the official results have been announced. Firstly, there are the winners and runners-up as chosen by the panel of judges, made up of Cllr Chris Lockyear, STC Vice… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: “and the winners are…”

Last night was Awards night: Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards begin | Sidmouth Herald When the panel of judges presented certificates: Sidmouth Champions Awards judges announced by VGS | Sidmouth Herald Earlier today, Cllr Denise Bickley of the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors, co-sponsor of the Awards, posted a first report of the event on the Awards facebook… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: “Thanks to everybody”

Tomorrow night sees the first Champions Awards ceremony take place – and there ‘s a real buzz happening in anticipation. Reports and photos will be appearing very soon, but meanwhile, here’s the piece from the Herald looking forward to the event: MP to make keynote speech as town hails award winners Tim Dixon The first… Continue reading “Celebrating the role of local people in our community”