Volunteers
The Community volunteer of the Year Award run for 12 years and a list of recipients is shown below
From 2025, with growing numbers of volunteers, Councillors wanted to thank all volunteers equally and a thank you tea party was held in June 2025 to thank all volunteers.
Thanks to Mark and Nikki Chambers for hosing the party at Sherwood House
Past recipients of the Community Volunteer of the Year award (and a brief note of reason for award):
2023 Nick Gillon - Community Road Warden Scheme
2022 Jocelyn Whittaker - running a twice weekly community kitchen
2021 Jock Campbell - Community Resilience work
2020 Not awarded due to Covid-19
2019 Daphne and Tom Clague - supporting many local organisations
2018 Peter Hawksley - Editor of Newton Wonder Magazine
2017 Tony Lewis - Chairman of Recreation Club
2016 Joyce Rooke - Running weekly bingo sessions raising money for charity
2015 Steve Parker - Maintaining Parish Footpaths
2014 Jill Baker - supporting local organisations
2013 Simon Lovell - running Community Support Group
2012 Roger Wilkins - Chairman of the Parish Hall, work on the Parish Plan