Beth Watson (5) launching the search for the new Calor Sustainable Community Champion. Photo: Marie-Therese Hurson/Harrison Photography
Do you know a group or individual in Derry making a difference to the environment?
That’s the call from Calor who has launched its search for an inaugural Sustainable Community Champion 2014 with a prize fund of £8,000.
The all-island initiative is searching for sustainable heroes from Derry who work tirelessly to reduce their community’s impact on the environment.
Calor believe it is time that these people were recognised and celebrated. It can be an individual – young or old – or a group who give up their time, skills and expertise to improve their local community, by increasing its sustainability effort and reducing its impact on the environment.
This could involve anything from organising a local clean up in their housing estate or town, putting in place a recycling drop to improve energy awareness or setting up a ‘bring and take’ event in their area.
The winner will receive £1,200 and a bursary of £6,000 for their chosen local charity or organisation. Two runners-up will each receive £400.
Denise Watson, Sustainable Community Champion Ambassador and local broadcaster, said: “It is a privilege to be involved in this great initiative by Calor and one which I am fully behind, as it is encouraging people from all walks of life and communities to lead the charge and put in place initiatives, measures or projects of an environmentally friendly nature.
Nominations to crown this year’s first ever Calor Sustainable Community Champion will close on Friday, 5 September next.
The top 32 local Sustainable Champions, one from each county, will face a public vote from Monday, 8 September, with the winner to be announced on Friday, 17 October.
For information and to nominate your local Sustainable Community Champion, visit and “like” at www.facebook.com/calorireland.
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