PRIDE Award
An individual, community group or business who has continually strived to make their local environment better, or has dealt with the causes or effects of crime and anti-social behaviour in their community. They should have achieved significant, lasting improvements and has encouraged their community to take PRIDE in their neighbourhood.
Prize – £200 of shopping vouchers for the Frenchgate Centre
Donated by – The Frenchgate Centre
Winner
Margaret Stacey's daughter receiving her award
Margaret Stacey
For the last six years Margaret has volunteered at the Helping Hands Community House organising events, courses and activity days, including community cleanups, for residents.
Margaret is a great example to others, never complaining about the significant amount of unpaid hours she puts in planning and running events.
She shows amazing community spirit, always thinking about others and even when residents grumble, she never threatens to throw the towel in, she just keeps on giving it her all.
Margaret has undoubtedly made a positive impact on the community. She has helped form a lot of close friendships in the community through her work and given children an alternative to being on the streets with nothing to do.
Finalists
PRIDE Award Finalists
Adwick Community Enterprise (ACE)
ACE is a social enterprise project which works with green-fingered adults with learning difficulties, raising their self esteem and improving opportunities for them to become economically active and less socially excluded.
The organisation is a registered charity but aims to be self-sustaining through using income generated from product sales to develop the centre.
The 22 adult service users on the payroll deliver a wide range of gardening services from basic plant nurturing in the centre and preparation of hanging baskets to working in the community lawn cutting and litter picking in Adwick Park or helping the vulnerable and elderly residents with their gardens.
Entour Community Group
Entour is a Conisbrough based community group working to improve the Mill Piece pond and other areas.
The pond was underused by the community due to access issues and dumped rubbish. The group cleared the area but it was clear that more extensive improvements were required so an ambitious improvement scheme was undertaken with the pond being excavated and reshaped.
To pay for the improvements the group hit upon the ingenious idea of running the tea rooms at Conisbrough Castle to supplement grants.
A great example to others, the group has carried out regular tidying and litter picking sessions in the wider Conisbrough area.
