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Stafford Borough Council is looking for 'green schemes' that are actively creating a more sustainable and healthy community and any organisation working in the borough is encouraged to apply.

The Stafford Borough Council Green Awards 2008 were launched on Monday 21 April with an on-line unveiling of this year's eye catching and thought provoking application form.

Featuring a green handprint of wildflowers, the design represents the positive impact that organisations can have on our world and our communities by becoming green and aims to encourage everyone to take a 'hands-on' approach to sustainability.

"The Green Awards are a prestigious way to honour and celebrate businesses and organisations in Stafford Borough who are helping to improve the environment and being more sustainable", said Cllr. Highfield, Cabinet Member for the Environment, "There is a lot of green activity going on locally and this is a way for the Council to say thank you.  I hope other organisations will also follow the good examples highlighted by the Awards".

The Green Awards 2008 are open to any organisation that operates in Stafford Borough including businesses, schools, places of worship, voluntary organisations, youth groups, hotels, factories, public sector projects and community initiatives - in fact any organisation that has done something to counteract their environmental footprint in the last year.

The Green Awards scheme was set up in 1996 by Stafford Borough Council and has become an eagerly awaited feature of the civic calendar, with record breaking numbers of applicants year after year - 32 last year alone.

Last year's winners included a small business, Risk Assessment Solutions, that implemented a series of simple changes to cut their carbon emissions, Berkswich Primary School for their new, vibrant environment centre, The Hollow Allotment Society for a project using a variety of reused materials and four environmentally friendly holiday apartments at Fairoak Grange.

The Awards are divided into four categories: Business, Youth and Education, Community and the Sustainable Tourism Prize with over £1000 of prize money available.

The Green Awards 2008 application form and further details about the Awards can be downloaded from www.staffordbc.gov.uk/la21 and forms will also be available in local libraries and the Civic Centre.  Entry forms should be returned to the Sustainable and Healthy Communities Team at Stafford Borough Council by 27 June 2008. 

For more information contact Sebastian Pearce, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Team, Stafford Borough Council, T: 01785 619408, e-mail: spearce@staffordbc.gov.uk.