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TIDWORTH AREA COMMUNITY AWARDS 2009

For many years Castledown Radio has supported the Tidworth Area Community Awards.

We are the only radio station to cover Tidworth Area Community Awards and we are pleased to bring you exclusive coverage of this event, in a special 1-hour programme. You can listen to the programme by tuning in to 104.7fm on Wednesday 31st March at 5pm. Or tune in to hear the repeat on Saturday 01st April at 5pm. 

This year’s Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 18th March at a new venue - the Ludgershall Sports And Social Club - and the evening was presented by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, Mr. John Bush OBE. Choirs from the local primary schools and also the Fijian community, performed folk songs and popular music, giving the event a further sense of occasion.

All photographs taken by Hannah Powell from the Andover Advertiser.

CITATIONS AND SHEILD WINNERS

 

 

Eco Team  at the Schools in the area Netty Ralph is a volunteer parent on the Eco Team. She has attended all the meetings. And in parallel with the other cluster schools, Castle Primary has achieved Bronze and Silver awards and an application has been submitted for Green Flag accreditation.

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R Edwards  Dick Edwards was chair of the Neighbourhood Link Scheme when it was set up several years ago and then stood down as chair and took on the task of co-ordinator. This entails Dick receiving requests for jobs of a varying nature to be done, mostly driving people to and from appointments etc and find ing volunteers to do it. He also often drives as well.

He is also Chair of Governors at Zouch Primary School - governors are volunteers who are called upon to assist the Head with the running of the school - keeping educational standards high, dealing with staffing matters, and just being there at numerous functions throughout the school year.

In the Collingbournes we have a village magazine called the Courier and Dick not only proof reads this but also organises the distribution of the magazine in Ducis to those volunteers who deliver it through the letterboxes each month. Dick is a keen gardener and as such has been a leading light in the Collingbournes and Everleigh Gardening Club.

And lastly Dick is very active in our church. Apart from aiding his dear wife, our vicar, he regularly cleans, reads, makes soup for the Lent lunches and brews up the most welcoming mulled wine for all our Christmas services. The Collingbournes are very lucky to have someone like Dick Edwards as he always seems to be there when you need him, and gets on with the job. He is the archetypal community helper and deserves an award for all he does.

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Audrey Cherrington  For the last 30 years she has organised and led the Chute Choir with regular choir practices on Wednesday evenings. Choosing the hymns and the music and playing the organ. She is the main organist at  St Nicholas and also plays at the Ducis church once per month. For 10 years in the 90s, she was also clerk to the Parish council of Chute Forest.

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Eileen Soter For the past four years she has personally organised the Chute Wednesday Club outings. Choosing the places to visit on a monthly basis, organising the transport and making sure she loses none of the members and the coach driver knows where they are going. Before the change last year, she had been co-ordinator of the Chute Link Scheme since its inception.

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 Amanda Holroyd  Amanda is the reason that there is a thriving church in the Chutes. A lay reader/church warden and much more, she is the link between the Church Team ministry based in Burbage and the people involved in the running of St Nicholas, such as the organist and readers.

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Drumbeat's civilian postmen  Brenda Haskins, Luke and Matthew Bates, Sarah and Ben Wooller, Sam Sheridan and Luke Storton deliver the Drumbeat to civilian houses in Tidworth and Perham Down. This stalwart band of residents has been delivering Drumbeat for quite a while, with very little recompense or recognition. Some of them have been doing it for longer than others, but a characteristic which they share is ‘community spirit'. Following the demise of TDT last year, these nominees demonstrated a highly commendable community spirit, volunteering to continue delivering, without payment, until Tidworth Town Council stepped in to fill the financial breach. With two new volunteers the delivery team is up to strength, braving all weathers to deliver Drumbeat.

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The staff of the Castle Practice, Ludgershall  For their courtesy and dedication, in particular over the adverse weather conditions when many elderly required attention. One nurse walked her rounds taking blood samples, etc. When so many others failed to get to work, they were the tops.

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  Stanley Bagwell Since joining Enford Parish Council some years ago, he has taken on the task of making our roads safer.  He has lobbied for, and in August 2008, succeeded in starting the pilot Community Speed Watch in Wiltshire.  He runs this very successfully. He has also helped other parishes up and down the Avon Valley to get their own Speed Watch.

Stanley is also very active in all matters relating to road safety and the condition of local roads. He co-ordinates such matters on behalf of the Pewsey Area (which takes in several villages on the A345 and A342). He has kept accurate statistics, backed up with dates and photographs of road traffic accidents in the local area (which does not reflect official statistics, which are much lower). He uses this information to lobby Wiltshire Council, Area Boards, Wiltshire Highways and the Police Service to get things done, for example road signs and repairs. He has also been instrumental in getting extra bus stops installed in the areas where school children were using the buses to get to school. Stanley has achieved results in road safety due to his long campaign.

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Sgt Dave Harkill & Marianne Edmunds Dave and Marianne run the Shipton Bellinger RAMs Under 11 football team. Dave does the coaching and Marianne does the administration and fixtures. The team involves around 15 children from the local areas. They put a huge amount of time and effort into the team which allows the children the opportunity to play football in a highly competitive league. This is particularly important in garrison areas as it allows children to settle in quickly and find new friends. Furthermore, the physical training helps keep the children healthy and off the streets or the Playstation. The Team spirit also gives the children a wider sense of community and belonging whilst also improving their confidence. The children have all benefited enormously and they deserve recognition for their efforts.

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  Castledown Radio Volunteer Group Following the unfortunate demise of TDT, the above group freely gave of their time to ensure continuous live coverage on Castledown Radio for the benefit of the local community area. The volunteer group began fundraising for the long term future of the radio station and also continued valuable training for the new presenters from Wellington Academy and the wider community.

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 Ken Monk Ken has lived in Coombe Lane Enford for approximately the last 26 years. He has been chairing the Enford Parish Council for the past 10 years or so. He is the volunteer rep/case worker for SSAFA for Tidworth and South Wiltshire area for the past 14 years solving problems for those in need of assistance who are either in or out of the Armed Forces. Ken is part of the volunteer Community Speed Watch Team for Enford and is a tireless volunteer worker for the Enford Parish Community. He is also a volunteer Durrington Link driver taking patients to hospitals and doctors etc. He is also involved with the Enford Community newsletter in the circulation dept.  He works tirelessly for the whole community and if help is required Ken is first to offer.

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Mrs Maggie Butler  - Maggie has been involved with our newsletter, serving Netheravon, Fittleton and Haxton, with a group of enthusiastic helpers for over 24 years. She does this voluntarily and acts as editor and focus for all submissions. She spends a lot of her free time co-ordinating the issue each month and canvassing for advertising revenue to keep the magazine account solvent.  The only additional cash is an annual donation from the two parishes she serves. Her monthly newsletter is eagerly awaited by our parishioners; many of them are elderly pensioners who live alone in our very small village with little or no contact with the community. This enable them to feel less isolated by letting them know the local news and helps them feel part of the community.

Her valuable service to our community is greatly appreciated by everyone and they take every opportunity to let her know how they feel. This public spirited endeavour needs to be recognised in the wider community.

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Steve Lawton Steve delivered well beyond his paid role, spending many hours of his own time developing, supporting and innovating projects aimed at benefiting the whole of the Tidworth Community Area. He was always supportive of the ideas of groups, organisations and individuals; encouraging them to develop projects and their skills. With the formation of the Tidworth Community Area Partnership, Steve fully supported its ethos and was supportive to all the officers and chairmen.

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Rick Young Rick has been a presenter on Castledown Radio for several years. He presents the morning show and trains volunteers in radio production. He also trains students from the Academy to produce their own shows as part of the Radio Club. A number of students have gone on to present their own regular shows. Rick also mentors a number of volunteers at the station, guiding them in their professional development and is responsible for some of the everyday administration of the station.

Following the loss of backing from TDT and despite his own problems, Rick continued to serve the station and ensure its continued high standards, working for months without reward and uncertainty over the station's future. He continued to train and mentor presenters and plan future programmes and schedules.

Wellington Academy has taken over the responsibility for the Radio Station and is now directly employed as a presenter and media technician. He is now working on long-term future plans for the station and working with the Station Manager and the Academy's Media department to further improve the station and open up  more opportunities to experience work in a radio station for students at the Academy and the wider population.

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Muriel Deboo  Muriel is at the heart of the village, discreetly caring for those who may be poorly, down on their luck, lonely or infirm.  She has always been very active organising events such as the Harvest Supper, Summer Fete and numerous other fundraising events for the benefit of the community. She also leads the Courier collating team in Kingston and was co-founder of the Coffee Club providing a meeting place for the senior members of the Collingbournes.

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Cathy Cross  Cathy has for a great number of years been the school ‘Lollipop Lady' in the Collingbournes plus carrying out duties of dinner lady and playground supervisor. Cathy is always involved in Kingston with the many and varied village activities. She lives at the top of Brunton where she keeps an eye on the elderly and infirm, supporting where necessary. All told she is the epitome of what makes a good neighbour and villager.

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Len Cross Len is always on hand to lend his enthusiastic support to youth activities and is famous for his role as auctioneer at the Annual Harvest Supper in the village hall. His engaging skill has raised huge sums of money for the benefit of the village. For a number of years Len maintained the churchyard to an exceptional and award-winning high standard and also weekly manually wound the tower clock.

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Mike Winterbourne Mike joined TDT in 2003 as a Community Development Worker for the wider Tidworth Community Area. What he lacked in experience of community work, he more than made up in his enthusiasm and capacity to learn and become involved. His local knowledge and contacts proved invaluable. His involvement in Ludgershall in Bloom, Blue Light Day, Castledown Radio, Pulse, Residents' Fora, Tidworth Festival, skateboard projects and latterly running training courses was always 110%, well over the requirements of the job and always with enthusiasm and a lively sense of humour.

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Castle Primary School Governors, Chairman Martin Shakespeare All the extra time the governors spend helping Castle Primary School be a better place. The governors regularly visit our school and many give up days and days to help monitor what we do and make improvements.

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Castle Primary School PTA - The Castlers For all the energy and time the ‘Castlers' put into raising funds for the school and organising events such as the Year 6 prom night, film club evenings and quiz nights.

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CSgt Strawbridge  CSgt Strawbridge has served with the Regiment for 22 years, for the past seven years he has ebb fully committed as the welfare SNCO. A welfare SNCO post within an infantry regiment is very demanding, especially when the Battalion deploy on operations. Csgt Strawbridge works hand in glove with Wiltshire local authority on a daily basis and without his knowledge, drive and enthusiasm the 2 Royal Welsh welfare team would have struggled. He has prevented 2 children being taken into care by engaging well before things got out of hand, has helped re-house estranged wives on more than 6 occasions and constantly volunteers to assist families.

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Cpl Christopher Cook Cpl Cook constantly strives to raise funds for worthwhile charitable causes each year. This year he is raising funds for Ty Hafan, a family hospice which cares for children living their last few years. The target he has set himself is £5000 and this is fast approaching. He will run in this year's London Marathon and also complete a desert marathon later this year. Here is a soldier fully dedicated to support charities, irrespective of what he has to put his body through- a true asset to the Battalion.

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Capt Davies  Capt Davies has been fully committed to supporting Help for Heroes. This year he has completed the Sahara Challenge - 100km in 6 days and raised over £5000 for the charity. Last year he raised £24,000 for the charity. A dedicated officer to the core!

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David Beaton   David has been Chairman of Everleigh parish council since May 2003, only stepping down in January 2010 due to ill health.  During his leadership, the Parish Council has been transformed. The village now benefits from a full complement of councillors and many social events are organised annually for the village. He has used his work-related experience to best effect and quickly identified schemes that would benefit the village. The Parish Council became an effective organised body under his guidance and leadership.

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Julie Davis, Mrs Dereyan Beacon and the Welsh Warrior wives These ladies have raised over £15,000 for the Children's hospice Ty Hafan in Wales. Julie organised the 140 milewalk with the help of Dereyan  and their husbands - Dai Davis, Taff Beacon and Dave Crimmins from 2 Royal Welsh Families Office. The team consisted of 25 women and 6 brave men who between them walked the 140 miles from the 2RRW parade square to the Children's Hospice in Wales over 2 days. There was plenty of rain, wind, sweat and *#$@! to be endured by many, particularly Julie and Dereyan with injuries but they refused to give up until the destination was reached at Barry in Wales. 2RRW regiment and their families, friends and supporters were extremely generous.

 

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Clarendon Junior PTA - Mrs P Killoran  The PTA has organised many events during the year. These have included summer and Christmas fetes, sponsored bounces and walks and many smaller events. During the year over £4000 has been raised. The school PTA also supports two forces charities. At Christmas collections of goodies were made and shoe boxes made up for our soldiers in Afghanistan and 10% of all money raised this year has been donated to the Help for Heroes fund.  

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And finally, two special young ladies -

Caitlan Podman & Jessica Benton Caitlan and Jessica are both Year 10 students at the Wellington Academy. They have been directly involved in the setting up of a charity called the Community Health Trust. This Trust is aimed at supporting a village in Sierra Leone. The amount of £6000 has been raised by Caitlan and Jessica. This has changed the support for both health and education in the village. They have even arranged for solar panels to be installed in one community in order for them to have power.

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SHIELD WINNERS

 Shield winners from (L - R), Dr Armstrong, Rick Young, David Beeton, Julie Davis and Dereyan Beacon

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THE CHIORS

 

 

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