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Press Release
Still Time to Get a Green Award
Link: Stafford Borough Council Green Awards 2008
Stafford Borough Council is giving local businesses, schools and organisations an extra chance to show off their green credentials by extending the deadline for the annual Green Awards.
Friday 18 July is now the final date for returning the application forms that can be easily downloaded or obtained from the Borough Council.
The Stafford Borough Council Green Awards 2008 are for 'green schemes' that are actively creating a more sustainable and healthy community and any organisation working in the borough is encouraged to apply.
"We know that schools and farmers are particularly busy at this time of year", said a council spokesperson, "and we hope that this short extension and extra reminder will be just the encouragement that other prospective Green Awards winners need to put in their applications and show us just how green they are becoming".
The Awards look to reward and congratulate the positive impact that organisations are having 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".
This year the Green Awards are being augmented by a special award in partnership with STREETscene. The SCHOOLscene Award will be presented to the school that has made the most valuable contribution to their visual appearance in a sustainable way.
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 18 July 2008.
For more information contact Sebastian Pearce, Sustainable and Healthy Communities Team, Stafford Borough Council, T: 01785 619408, e-mail: spearce@staffordbc.gov.uk.
Press Contact: William Conaghan, Public Relations Officer, Stafford Borough Council T: 01785 619230