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The Energy Saving Trust in association with The Guardian is pleased to announce the very first Green Community Heroes awards. The purpose of the awards is too recognise those community groups who are getting together and making a real change in their community by reducing their carbon footprint.
From renewable energy projects, street by street home insulation programmes to climate change awareness events to get ideas off the ground, there are people out there who are making a difference, people with bright, innovative and scalable ideas and the Energy Saving Trust's Green Community Heroes are here to salute them.
The winners will get featured in Society Guardian, providing national press coverage for your project.
There are 5 categories that community groups can enter:
Best Rural Community Project and Urban Community Project
These categories are aimed to find the best community projects in the country based in a rural or an urban community. In order to determine the winner the judges will review the relative success and scale of the project - and ultimately the amount of carbon saved.
Most Innovative Project
For this category the judges will be looking for projects that have taken a fresh approach to the challenge of reducing carbon emissions through a community run project.
Most Sustained activity by a community group
This category aims to recognise community groups that have been active and working on energy saving projects for a long time and have committed to and completed projects that have had long lasting effects in their community and significantly reduced their carbon footprint.
Outstanding contribution by an individual
It is often the drive and commitment of one person that brings everyone together and their ideas that bring community energy project to life. This category will recognise one outstanding individual and the contribution they have made to their community.
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or for more information visit
www.guardian.co.uk/greencommunityheroes