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The nominations for the 2021 Awards are in! The first Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards are now under way – with the final nominations in and the judges panel busy looking through the scores of those up for an award: Judges panel for Champions Awards announced – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards A celebration of community efforts! Nominees have… Continue reading The Champions Awards 2021: a celebration of community

From the Herald Judges announced for town champions awards Alex Walton Published: 6:00 PM September 27, 2021  With less than a week before nominations close, the panel of judges for the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards has just been announced. “We wanted to involve key representatives of the community in the project,” said Peter Murphy, chair of… Continue reading Less than a week before nominations close

From the Herald: With less than a week before nominations close, the panel of judges for the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards has just been announced. “We wanted to involve key representatives of the community in the project,” says Vision Group for Sidmouth chair Peter Murphy, “And so the VGS got in touch with those we… Continue reading Judges panel for Champions Awards announced

It’s a difficult thing to define ‘resilience’ – one of the themes for the Champions Awards: What is ‘resilience’? – Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards Recently, VGS chair and Awards project leader Peter Murphy talked to Cllr Louise Cole, chair of the Town Council’s Tourism and Economy Committee – and head of the Sidmouth Coastal Community… Continue reading An interview with Cllr Louise Cole: on bouncing back and discovering new alternatives

From the Herald: Two weeks to go to close of nominations Launched earlier in the summer, there are now only two weeks to go before the final closing date for nominations for the Sustainable Sidmouth Champions Awards. Set up by the Vision Group for Sidmouth, together with partners the Plastic Warriors, the Town Council and… Continue reading Champions Awards – who are you going to nominate?

From the Herald: Awards to celebrate resilience shown in the face of adversity Peter Murphy, chair of the Vision Group for Sidmouth, writes for the Herald: Let’s face it. 12 months of lockdown was tough, dreary, and boring amongst other things. And so it was with spring then upon us, the prospects of easing restrictions on… Continue reading What is ‘resilience’?

From the Herald: Thank you to the Volunteers – Sidmouth needs you! Denise Bickley, chair of the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors and Surfers Against Sewage representative, writes for the Herald: “If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than… Continue reading “We will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever.”

From the Herald: The Vision Group for Sidmouth’s ‘Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards’ for 2021 are well under way. Launched in June this year, scores of nominations have been received proposing all manner of groups, businesses and individuals for an award which recognises the good work that was done over the last year. There are three… Continue reading “Scores of nominations come in for town’s Champion Awards”

The Vision Group for Sidmouth’s “Sustainable Sidmouth Champion Awards” for 2021 are well under way. Launched last month, scores of nominations have come in proposing all manner of groups, businesses and individuals for an award which recognises the good work being done over the last year. There are three categories for the Champion Awards –… Continue reading Who are Sidmouth’s “green champions”?

Denise Bickley, chair of the Sidmouth Plastic Warriors and partner organistion behind the Champions Awards, writes in today’s Herald: Remember last year… One year ago, the world was a very strange place. And yes, I know it still is, but a year ago we were on the edge of something great –coming out of a… Continue reading Remembering a sense of gratitude