We invite you and your community to enter the Calor Northumberland Village of the Year Competition for 2008. The competition is organised by Community Action Northumberland as part of the nationwide Calor Village of the Year® competition.
In Part One the competition assesses communities on four aspects of rural village life: People, Business, Environment, and Communications. In Part Two you are also asked to tell us in less than 500 words: ‘What makes your village a special place’ Villages can enter as many or as few of the categories as they wish.
The Northumberland Village of the Year competition is open to free-standing settlements with a population of no more than 5,000, located in the historical county area of Northumberland (including Northern Tyne and Wear). Entries are welcome from any such community, regardless of whether you have entered - or even won - in previous years, and regardless of which part of the county you're in. Past years have seen the majority of entrants in the north, central or west, but we would be delighted to see the south east entering too. Wherever there are community groups who feel that their village deserves to be recognised, this competition is for you.
There is no rule that states which organisation in a village should be the lead body in submitting an entry to the competition. We have therefore sent invitations to all parish councils and village halls / community buildings and similar organisations on our database. In some instances invitations will have gone out to more than one organisation in a village. We do ask organisations in such circumstances to liaise with each other to agree whether the village will submit an entry and if so who will be responsible for completing and submitting the entry form. In other instances invitations will have gone out to parish councils that cover more than one village eligible to enter the competition. Again we would ask those councils to liaise with organisations that we may have missed and decide whether an entry is desirable and if so which body in the village would be the most appropriate to complete and submit the entry form.
Entry forms can be obtained in a variety of ways:
· downloaded from our website
· by email – send a request to villageoftheyear2008@ca-north.org.uk
· by telephoning 01670 517178 and requesting a hard copy.
Entry is, of course, optional but the competition gives entrants the opportunity to promote their community and celebrate its achievements - as well as the chance of winning the £400 prize on offer for the winning village.
Entries can be submitted electronically to villageoftheyear2008@ca-north.org.uk or posted to Community Action Northumberland
(Northumberland Village of the Year 2008)
Tower Buildings
9 Oldgate
Morpeth
NE61 1PY to be received by 4pm on 30 May 2008.
