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Held at J.G.Ross Bakers, Highclere Business Park, Inverurie 2007
Proposer: Paul MacLennan Project 3 Nominee: Fraserburgh Community School Network Practical Health Project Address: Practical Health Project Co-ordinator,Fraserburgh Community School Network, c/o Westfield School, Argyll Road, Fraserburgh AB43 9BL The Practical Health Project (PHP) is a unique local initiative to the Fraserburgh area promoting healthy living through after-school and holiday activities. The Project involves disadvantaged primary 5, 6 and 7 pupils from 4 targeted schools: Crimond, Fraserburgh North, Lochpots and Sandhaven (these 4 schools have been specifically chosen to take part in the programme since their catchment areas are deemed most 'at risk'). 4 main topic areas are focused on, with Environmental Projects being one of them. As part of the after-school programme, in 2005 a garden belonging to an Aberdeenshire Council building in Fraserburgh, (Dover Lodge) was donated to the project so pupils could grow their own fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. The garden was completely overgrown and needed much work to make it safe and suitable for the pupils to work in since then it has since flourished under the constant supervision of the gardener, Mr. Towler and the pupils. Each year pupils learn how to grow and look after the seeds they plant and once the fruit and vegetables are ripe, the pupils can take them home to use in healthy recipes. Not only do pupils benefit from the garden, the schools use the vegetables in school meals and the office staff at Dover Lodge enjoy the produce. In a separate initiative at Crimond School pupils helped design an area where they relax outside they made detailed drawings and helped dig the foundations and planted bushes, trees and flowers around the circle to make the area more sheltered and attractive. Regular 'clean-up days' where pupils from each of the 4 schools go out in groups around their school and community and collect rubbish.. Proposer: Jill Noble Project 4 Nominee: Nicky Penford Has worked tirelessly to promote conservation issues and get real beneficial actions achieved on the ground. She has been a farm conservation adviser covering the Grampian area for the last 15 years, working for the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG). In this role she has delivered practical on-farm advice to farmers covering all aspects of sustainable farming. The main focus of her work has been on habitat creation & management, species conservation, delivering Biodiversity Action Plans, forestry, landscape design and conservation. As well as ponds and riparian management, she has been involved in the creation of numerous wildflower meadows, hedges, native woodlands, access provisions, etc. She has devised species-recovery projects to help an array of wildlife many of which have made real differences to the number of these species now breeding in the NE. She also organises an annual series of farm walks for farmers and general members of the public to demonstrate what can be achieved for local wildlife by integrating commercial farming with conservation and to raise awareness of environmental issues. Nicky is one of the leaders of the local Watch group, taking children out to engage in and experience nature first-hand. She is soon to leave 'active conservation' as a FWAG adviser and embark on a career as lecturer for the Scottish Agricultural College in Environmental Land Management. Although she will still be at the coalface of raising awareness of wildlife conservation to young people (as well as mature students) I feel now is an appropriate time to be putting her forward for this award. Proposer: Flora Grigor-Taylor Project 5 Nominee: Liz Cork Inverurie Liz makes all her costumes over 15 years ( particularly form Mitchell School of Drama, MSD) in particular for a performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream, using recycled fabrics her use of recycled fabrics, saving the old ones from landfill and not having to use new fabrics merits recognition. She uses the Creative Waste exchange and Free cycle Proposers: Sue Edwards & Mavis Wainman Project 6 Nominee: Group of young children at the Hill of Banchory Address: Clachnaben, Crathes AB31 5SE Application on behalf of a group of young children who carried out two voluntary litter picks over the last year and plan a third in October 2007. They did this without formal help from the school or Aberdeenshire Council. The litter removal covered streets at Hill of Banchory, activities were properly supervised by responsible adults. Proposer: Jenny Watson Project 7 Nominee: Fisherford School Pupils And Staff Address: Fisherford School, Fisherford, Rothienorman, Inverurie AB51 8YS Recycling paper, cans, plastic bottles, glass jars, textiles, ink cartridges & mobile phones in school. Composting teabags, fruit skins, developing garden from scrub area, planting fruit trees, vegetables & plants – Use in cookery in school. Eg. Herbs in omelettes, Rhubarb Crumble. Developing woodland/wildlife area – bird feeders/bird bath, installing bird box. Visit from country wagon on wheels – appreciation of the beautiful colours in our landscape.Environmental experiments, using cut logs as seats and painted features. Proposer: Mrs Agnes Morrison Project 8 Nominee: Genevieve Jones Design and construction of dwelling house with minimum footprint plus development of associated woodland to ensure long term ability to maintain sustainable low carbon operation. Has also implemented a variety of measures to promote wildlife well being in the area. Proposers: Sue Edwards & Mavis Wainman |