The Herne Hill Society Excellence AwardsThe 2025 AwardsWe are running our Excellence Awards scheme again, following the great success of the 2023 Awards. Scroll down the page to find out how to nominate someone. The closing date for entries is 31 January 2025, but don’t delay!
About the AwardsThere is so much to celebrate in Herne Hill, and to coincide with our 40th anniversary we launched the Excellence Awards. The next Awards presentation will be in May 2025. Any local individual, group, business or organisation can apply, showing how they are contributing to life in Herne Hill. Anyone who applied in 2022/23 may apply again. There are Awards in each of the key areas of the Society’s work — Community, Environment and Heritage. 1. What are the Awards for?
2. Who can apply? There are Awards in three categories, covering the three key areas of the Society’s work: Environment, Heritage and Community. We want as many entries as possible, so our winners could be anything that is making an impact: enhancing the environment, celebrating local history, improving the community; encouraging local engagement or promoting civic pride in Herne Hill. Environment – Putting effort into enhancing the local environment or encouraging local people to appreciate and engage with trees, flowers, green spaces, play areas, wildlife, sustainability or conservation. The judges want to hear about anything that improves the area’s environment. Heritage – Increasing knowledge of the history of our locality, conserving the provision of valuable resources, school history projects, or someone who has done some interesting local research. The judges want to hear how this work enhances our heritage. Community – Investing in local people: this might include initiatives for older people, young people, refugee groups, or any group doing interesting work to engage and build our community or enhance safety. The judges want to hear about this work in community relations. 3. Reasons to apply
4. How will applications be judged? This is a wholly-owned Herne Hill Society initiative, and winning entrants will be those that appeal to the judging panel who have broad and wide experience of significant involvement with the Society. Our judging panel consists of: former Herne Hill Society Chair, Sheila Northover; Colin Wight, current President; and past Secretary of the Society, Pat Roberts. Sheila Northover will Chair the panel, with the casting vote in the case of tied decisions. 5. Key dates
6. How to apply Any individual, group, charity, business or organisation may apply or nominate someone else for entry. If you nominate someone else, you will need to submit an application on their behalf and you will need to get their permission. You can apply in more than one category. You can also apply for more than one Award as long as you submit a separate entry for each. 7. What we need to know a. Contact details of person applying, i.e.
b. Who is being entered for the Award? Give contact details if different from above. c. The category that best suits the nomination: Environment, Heritage or Community. d. Finally, in no more 500 words, tell us about the ways in which this individual/work/project/initiative contributes to life in Herne Hill. You can attach photographs, if relevant. 2023 WinnersEnvironment Category – lead judge, Sheila NorthoverHighly Commended: Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses and Barn Winners: Herne Hill Tree Watch & Friends of Sunray Gardens, Paul Millington (with Jeff Segal, who runs Herne Hill Tree Watch with Paul) Heritage/History Category – lead judge, Colin WightHighly Commended: Herne Hill Velodrome Winner: Friends of Ruskin Park Community Category – lead judge, Patrick RobertsHighly Commended: Off the Cuff Junior Open Winner: Herne Hill Music Festival The Awards Presentation took place on the evening of Thu 27 April 2023, at Temple Bowling Club, 1A Sunset Road, London SE5 8EA. JudgingOur panel said “It was good to see that so many entries demonstrate innovation, sustainability and ambition and benefit a wide range of people in our community. We were also pleased to be able to reward excellent projects in Herne Hill across both boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.” |