Borough Council and Partners scoop National Award

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council and partners, Wulvern Housing and the Eastern Cheshire Primary Care Trust, have received a national award for the Sustainable Communities Environmental Initiative of the Year. The award is sponsored by the Local Government Chronicle and the Health Service Journal and was presented at a gala night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Monday 25^th February.

Jonathan Porritt, veteran ecologist and Co-founder and Programme Director of Forum for the Future, presented the award to the project team and partnership representatives. The award-winning project is focused on the Pathways Community Café at Queens Park in Crewe that is run by a team of young people and is a centre for providing advice, guidance and training to other young people.

Commenting on the prestigious award, Borough Council Leader, Brian Silvester said:  “To win this award is a tremendous tribute to everyone involved, the Borough Council, the PCT, Wulvern, those who run the project and the young people.  It’s very heartening that the project has taken off as it has and given opportunities to unemployed and disabled people.  There are many good examples of people whose lives have been transformed through the café.”