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Archive ~ Village of the Year? ~ September 2001
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Summoned
by Diana Cook - She who Must be Obeyed seventeen representatives
of village organisations assembled in the vestry last Thursday
afternoon to hear Clare Filer from the Rural Community Council
announce that it had decided to nominate Lubenham as the Leicestershire
and Rutland entry for the Village of the Year Competition, jointly
sponsored by The Daily Telegraph and Calor Gas.
The RCC had been impressed by Lubenham winning third place in
the Village Venture competition, when the number and breadth
of village activities was first appreciated. The new competition
does not look for picture postcard, chocolate-box villages;
rather, it goes beneath the surface to find out what makes the
community tick and what the quality of life is like for the
inhabitants.
There are five main categories in which a village can be entered:
Environmental, where significant efforts have been made in this
area; Business in the Community and how it thrives and inter-relates
with the inhabitants; provision for Young People and whether
they have a say, or are considered, in village planning; similar
provision for the Elderly; and Community Life in general. It
is in this last category that Lubenham has appealed to the nominators.
The village organisations are due to let Diana have short descriptions
of their activities by September 7th so that the competition
entry form can be submitted to the organisers by 5th October
and five judges will visit Lubenharn in the last two weeks of
October. We will have ready for them displays by all village
groups to aid their assessment. All the awards will be presented
by Prince Charles at a ceremony in London on 5th December. The
overall winner will receive £5000, regional winners £1000 and
there will be several other prizes of £250 for winners of separate
categories.
It is, said Clare Filer, not the winning that is important (although
that would be very nice): being chosen to represent the county
is a matter of prestige and pride and will bring welcome attention
to Lubenham by the media and the public at large.
Bill Johnston
September 2001
UPDATE
Village of the Year
Lubenham will be presenting its entry (prior to the visit of
the judges for the village of the year competition) to the community,
on Monday evening 15th October at 7:30pm - everyone is welcome
to attend at The Village Hall where refreshments will be provided.
The judges will be visiting the following day and will be shown
the same presentation, they will also be taken on a tour of
the village - visiting many of our important features. A team
of bellringers will be ringing a quarter peal on that day during
their visit in honour of the occasion. A huge thank you to everyone
who has contributed to this entry in any way by taking part
in activities here.. It is a credit to everyone who has ever
joined in community life over the years. Well done everyone!
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