St Luke’s Church Great Crosby
Grounds Project

“to create a place of beauty and a haven for people and wildlife”

4 Publicity and awards

We have developed good links with our local paper, the Crosby Herald. It supported our initial bid for funding, and regularly publicises the events we hold in the grounds.

The grounds’ project has also won a number of awards. In September 2007 we won the Unilever Dragonfly award under the category of ‘best new environmental volunteers’. This was a generous cheque together with a beautiful painting of a dragonfly and pond scene made from recycled glass.

A group from St Luke’s receive the Unilever Dragonfly Award

Some of our group were interviewed (link to audio blog) about our project after the presentation.

In February 2008 we were shortlisted for the Groundwork Merseyside Environmental Awards at a ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

In July 2008 we were awarded the Green Pennant, the first of three times that we won the award. In 2011, the Green Pennant Award was superseded by the Green Flag Community Award. It recognises high quality green spaces in England and Wales that are managed by voluntary and community groups. The green space is visited by a judge who checks to see if the site meets a range of criteria.

The ‘groundforce’ team display the Green Pennant award and the cup awarded for ‘best community garden’ 2009 .

In 2011, we entered the Royal Horticultural Society’s ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards’ and were delighted that St Luke’s grounds were assessed as ‘thriving’.

Steve and Sandra receive the ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood Award’ at Southport Theatre and Convention Centre from the Mayor of Sefton.

These awards are a great encouragement for the ‘grounds’ team’, which has worked extremely hard to ensure that the site is managed and maintained to a high standard.

Introduction
1 In the beginning
2 Transforming the Grounds
3 Developing Partnerships
4 Publicity and awards
5 Groundforce
6 A haven for wildlife?
7 Outdoor events and services

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