A ‘VILLAGE green’ improvement scheme in Ledbury is hoping to come top of the tree after being shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
Biffa Award handed a £28,000 grant to the Pool Piece project in the town to help fund a range of community activities which have included a children’s play area, seating, activity space and meeting area.
And now Community Voluntary Action, Ledbury and District will compete against three other organisations across the country for the top accolade in the ‘Recreation’ category. They would also win £1,500.
The Biffa Awards 2015 recognise the people who ‘build communities and transform lives’ through Biffa funded projects.
The ceremony will be held on October 1 at the Coventry Transport Museum, with all finalists invited to attend a day of celebration.
Gillian French, Biffa Award programme manager, said: “The Biffa Awards have been held for over ten years and each year they create a fantastic opportunity for us to celebrate and recognise the dedicated people who are delivering some of the excellent projects we have funded.
“A great deal of the projects we support have a huge and lasting impact on their local community and environment, so to be shortlisted for an award is a wonderful achievement in itself.
“Our judges have a difficult but exciting task ahead in choosing the winners.”
Each group which comes first has the chance of being crowned the Overall Winner for 2015 and would receive an additional £1,000 prize.
