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2020 Awards
COVID-19 resulted in no presentation event - visit our YouTube page to discover more about our 2020 Awards.
Bledington Community Shop & Cafe
Bledington now has a splendid community shop thanks to the energy, commitment and skills of local people. Largely funded by the community, designed by a local architect, constructed by a local builder, fitted out and mainly run by volunteers, the outcome is a great community asset which has more than proved its worth during the Covid-19 pandemic
Award citation:
For successfully engaging the support of the community of Bledington, achieving the realisation of such a well-designed shop and café; and delivering
this critically important community asset
Lewiston Mill Redevelopment
Former mill buildings are a feature of the Stroud valleys and securing their on-going conservation and suitable uses is a challenge. At Lewiston Mill derelict buildings have been restored creating 20 residential units and five commercial units, all executed to very high standards both externally and internally. The result is an attractive development which has retained its industrial heritage.
Award citation:
For the redevelopment of redundant mill buildings, which have been rescued, repaired and partially reconstructed, with the addition of appropriately designed new buildings, whilst retaining the industrial character of the site
Midcounties Co-op Store, Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton’s new Co-operative store has been designed to incorporate a wide range of environmentally friendly construction methods and control systems. For the user, the interior is exceptionally well designed and spacious and the store stocks a wide range of locally sourced produce benefitting local businesses while at the same time reducing “food miles.”
Award citation:
For the creation of an exceptionally well-designed supermarket that combines a distinct calm and spaciousness with environmental management best practice; and careful sourcing of local produce; all adding up to an unusually good shopping experience
MindSCAPE
MindSCAPE is all about improving the physical and mental well-being of people living with dementia and their carers by offering creative opportunities to access the countryside and reconnect to the landscape through art, inspired by the natural environment. It is delivered by Artspace Cinderford at various locations in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean and has been very well received.
Award citation:
For an inspirational project which has enriched the lives of people with dementia and their carers by engagement with the natural environment through art
Nature Based Solutions at Oxstalls Campus & Plock Court
This project focusses on Wooton Brook on Gloucester’s northern edge. The southern part was devised by the University of Gloucestershire. Within the campus, woodland areas and wildflower meadows have been established; and a wide strip of wildflower meadow has been created alongside more than half a mile of the Brook alongside playing fields. At the northern end Plock Court wetland Nature Reserve has been created by the City Council. Together the work has greatly enhanced biodiversity and aided flood management over a mile of interconnected habitat.
Award citation:
For the enhancement and management of the Wotton Brook corridor creating a variety of habitats and increasing biodiversity where people can enjoy and engage with nature
Sud Brook Riparian Restoration
When the housing was built in the Abbeydale area of Gloucester in the 1960s, the Sud Brook was straightened and placed within a concrete channel. This project has seen the removal of a stretch of the channel and reintroduction of meanders, berms and other traditional riparian features along the brook. The area has been transformed with an improved landscape, new water habitats and public access to the waterside
Award citation:
For the successful transformation of a stretch of valley to a naturalistic form increasing habitat and biodiversity, improving landscape and facilitating access for
local people to a pleasant waterside environment
