Seven Gloucestershire Projects Honoured with our CPRE Gloucestershire Awards 2025 for Outstanding Environmental and Community Impact

We are proud to announce the recipients of our 2025 CPRE Gloucestershire Annual Awards, recognising seven outstanding projects that have made a significant contribution to enhancing Gloucestershire’s environment and its communities.

Since 2008, CPRE Gloucestershire have celebrated innovative and sustainable initiatives across the county, with over one hundred projects honoured over the past eighteen years.

Local organisations, volunteers, and colleagues came together for the CPRE Gloucestershire Awards Ceremony at The Gillyflower, Elmore Court, on Monday 20th October; itself a previous double Award recipient, renowned for its environmentally conscious practices.

The Awards this year were once again generously sponsored by Loxley Solicitors, specialist agricultural solicitors whose continued support helps celebrate and promote excellence in environmental and community initiatives across the county.

This year’s ceremony carried particular significance as the charity paid tribute to its much-respected Vice Chair and Awards-scheme Lead, Richard Lloyd, whose commitment to protecting and enhancing Gloucestershire’s countryside and the environment has left an enduring legacy within the charity and far beyond.

CPRE Gloucestershire Award 2025 recipients

Brimscombe Mill (Stroud)

Awarded for: The sympathetic restoration of a traditional mill and associated buildings through a blend of professional and volunteer effort, bringing them back into productive use as a thriving hub of social enterprises.

Isbourne Arts (Winchcombe)

Awarded for: A well-considered scheme that benefits and enhances the provision of arts and community activities in Winchcombe, whilst maintaining the heritage of its base, the former Methodist Church.

Painswick Beacon Conservation Group (Painswick)

Awarded for: Instigating and continuing conservation management of Painswick Beacon – protecting and promoting its rich biodiversity by actively engaging local people and the wider community and securing support and recognition from national agencies.

Sapperton Wilder (Cotswolds)

Awarded for: For both the inspired and practical implementation of regenerative farming and nature recovery, that maximises returns for the natural environment, maintains food production and benefits the whole community.

The Sensory Garden in Stratford Park (Stroud)

Awarded for: The imaginative involvement of numerous volunteer groups to create a well-designed welcoming sensory garden to be enjoyed by the whole community.

The Sunground (Avening)

Awarded for: A sensitively designed and detailed project that provides urgently needed social rental and shared ownership housing, and that fits within its surroundings.

Woodmancote Community Space and Playpark (North Cerney)

Awarded for: A multi-generational community space and playpark, initiated, designed and created by the community, establishing a well-used area for all.

CPRE Gloucestershire congratulates all the 2025 award recipients and the individuals and organisations involved for their forward-thinking and exemplary contributions to environmentally conscious and community-led projects.

Discover more about each awarded project and why they were recognised by clicking the button below.

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Find out more about our Awards scheme, including how to nominate, by clicking the button below.

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CPRE Gloucestershire look forward to continuing the our Awards scheme for many years to come; a lasting tribute to Richard Lloyd’s exceptional commitment, expertise, and passion for the environment and Gloucestershire.

CPRE Gloucestershire’s obituary to Richard Lloyd can be read here.

For media enquiries and photography: Please contact, Matilda Jones at CPRE Gloucestershire at comms@cpreglos.org.uk.