Green Street Celebration events, two down, one to go! Created
Well…! Two of the three Green Streets celebration events have already taken place at Oxford on 27 May and Leicester Academy on 1 June.
The events were a great success and ran really smoothly. It was lovely to be able to names to faces and meet lots of the community members who have worked so hard over the last 18 months.
So far ten communities have presented their Green Streets journey to the panel of three judges; earning praise for their efforts to save and generate energy, and get people from their communities involved.
Ian Peters, Managing Director, Energy for British Gas and Green Streets panel judge said “The standard of presentations has been extremely high and it’s been great to hear about the positive impact British Gas’s Green Streets has had on the communities. My fellow judges and I have a tough decision to make,”
Ian was joined on the panel by Andrew Pendleton, Associate Director for Climate Change, Transport and Energy at ippr and Arthur Butler from the Centre for Alternative Technology.
At each of the events, the communities also had the opportunity to meet British Gas experts from Smart Homes, Dyno Rod, British Gas Solar, Renewable Heat, British Gas Community Energy, Swimming, energyshare, Generation Green, Central Heating and our Energy Experts.
I know that many people found this event very interesting and we hope the expert advice which our team offered will help the communities in the future. I have had many comments from the exhibitors who were impressed at the sheer dedication and hard work which has been put into Green Streets.
In the evening we held a black tie sit down dinner and an awards ceremony, which recognised individuals for there achievements. These were hosted by British Gas Directors Gearoid Lane and Andrew Hogan, as well as two Olympic swimmers Duncan Goodhew and Steve Parry.
Below are the list of award winners, well done everyone! I got an award which I certainly wasn’t expecting too!
Oxford Awards
Community Leadership - Michael Butterfield, Llangattock Green Valleys
Community Ambassador - Barbie Vaughn, Tackley Village
Overcoming Barriers - Jane Laurie, Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon
Creativity & Innovation - Sue Sheehan, Hyde Farm Climate Action Network
British Gas Employee Champion - Helen Shenton, British Gas Green Streets Team
Green Streets PR Champion - Diane Spencer, Llangattock Green Valleys
Greenstreets.co.uk Social Media Champion - Jon Fray, Ham & Petersham
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Leicester Awards
Community Leadership -Jenny Davey, Transition Town Horncastle “Green Babies”
Community Ambassador- Graham Norgate, Beccles Lido
Overcoming Barriers - Esther Boyd, SusMo Sustainable Moseley
Creativity & Innovation - Jeremy Brown, Bradford Bandits BMX Club
British Gas Employee Champion - Andrew Davies, Dyno Rod
Delivery Partner -John McNulty, 365 Technical Plant Services Ltd
Green Streets PR Champion -Jacky Dobson, The Meadows
Greenstreets.co.uk Social Media Champion -Shaun Crawley, Beccles Lido
Championing a cause - Ian Nicholson, The Meadows
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The last celebration event will be held in Edinburgh on 17th June which we are all really looking forward too. Following this three communities will be selected to attend a final event in the south of England on 1st July where the winner will be announced.
The winning community will collect a £100,000 prize to put towards an environmental energy project.
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