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General => News => Topic started by: busy_lizzie on April 03, 2007, 17:34:08

Title: Community Award
Post by: busy_lizzie on April 03, 2007, 17:34:08: Just wanted to share my good news. We have just been to a presentation of the Healthy Community Awards and our community allotment has won a highly commended, which was presented by the Mayor. We are chuffed to bits, even though we are just starting out and are just a great big space at the moment, it will be a great help to us in getting more funds and good publicity. busy_lizzie :D
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: Marymary on April 03, 2007, 17:50:54: That's really good news BL & it should encourage you all to keep going. I was watching a video from a link on here of the Manor Garden site & the community spirit there was amazing, it would be wonderful to create something like that at all sites [though the big boys would still knock it all down when it got in their way I suppose.]

Good luck & would love to see some pics. :)
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: Trixiebelle on April 03, 2007, 18:05:39: WOOHOO! Well done ;D

My best friend is from Whitley Bay! He spends many many hours telling me about his childhood in Spanish City!
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: katynewbie on April 03, 2007, 18:12:42: ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Wow! What a wonderful award to get! Well done lizzie for all your hard work which made it possible.

;)
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: manicscousers on April 03, 2007, 18:24:34: congrats, lizzie, hope you all act as an example to everyone :)
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: saddad on April 03, 2007, 19:02:33: Well done from here as well..
;D
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: timelady on April 03, 2007, 21:31:36: 8) 8) 8) Congrats!!! 8) 8) 8)

Tina.
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: Hyacinth on April 04, 2007, 14:33:33: Many many many congrats BL 8)

Now to get it framed, eh? Oh and to get it written up in your local rag?

I know of all the hard work you've done, and are doing, to get this project up-and-running, and you, personally, deserve every success and a Gold Star* just for you.

Thrilled to bits for you.

Lish xxx
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: busy_lizzie on April 05, 2007, 18:22:31: Thanks Lish and everybody. So nice of you all. Still can't believe it as we were amongst Carers groups and Hospices etc, so feel very lucky we were even considered at this stage of our allotment development. The next hurdle is if somebody could award us some cash for equipment. Was interviewed over the phone this morning for the Mayors fund, so here's hoping! Our certificate is already in a lovely frame Lish. Just need a wall/shed to put it on. :) busy_lizzie
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: manicscousers on April 05, 2007, 20:02:44: we got a grant from awards for all ( the lottery fund),
if you look on the allotments regeneration initiative site, I havent got the proper website here, I can get it for you if you can't find it, there's lots of grant ideas on there, plus they have mentors who will spend time either on the phone or visit your site and give you ideas..let me know if you need the proper one ;D manic mal
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: busy_lizzie on April 06, 2007, 09:34:59: Thanks! Good advice! :) busy_lizzie
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: Mrs Ava on April 09, 2007, 22:41:20: ooooooooooooooo Congratulations! Amazing. You must be very proud - just goes to show how hard you have worked to achieve it. Well done you!
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: GREENWIZARD on April 10, 2007, 09:03:35: (http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/GREENWIZARD/cat_happy_clapping_sm_nwm.gif)
Title: Re: Community Award
Post by: lorna on April 13, 2007, 18:18:46: Sorry I am so late with congratulations Jean. have at last caught up with 2 weeks of A4A posts. I know you have worked so hard and spent hours/days on this project. Many congratulations, well done.
Lorna.