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Essex Wildlife Trust Winners - Observer Ethical Awards, 2011
Tarnya Carter and John Hall enjoyed an exciting evening on Thursday 9 June, when Thameside Nature Park won the Observer Ethical Award for Conservation!! The award winners were announced at a ceremony at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Thameside Nature Park was the winner of the Conservation Category and a special thank you must go to Anne Watkinson for nominating the project. The two runners up in this category were Good Catch, a sustainable fishing advisory company and The Peak District Environmental Award.
This award is fantastic news for Essex Wildlife Trust and included a double page spread of Tarnya and John at Heronry Shaw (the lake at Thameside Nature Park) in Sunday’s Observer Magazine.
It is the culmination of the hard work of many staff, trustees and volunteers at EWT to bring this project to fruition, particularly the determination of Tarnya Carter and Brian Hodgson.
Lucy Siegle, Environment Correspondent for the Observer and Lily Cole, actress and model presented the awards and Colin Firth was at the ceremony. There were 300 guests to watch the presentations.
Special thanks must also go to our partners in the project Cory Environmental Ltd, Cory Environmental Trust in Thurrock, Homes and Community Agency Parklands Fund, The Environment Agency, Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation and Thurrock Council.
John Hall would like to thank everyone at Essex Wildlife Trust for their support and work towards this exciting project.
As the article says:
“The judges admired the way the Trust had taken on this huge project with gusto, signing a 99-year lease to develop the land and building on a raft to counteract any subsidence. There were no half measures.” Lucy Siegle
Essex Wildlife Trust Winners - Observer Ethical Awards, 2011
Tarnya Carter and John Hall enjoyed an exciting evening on Thursday 9 June, when Thameside Nature Park won the Observer Ethical Award for Conservation.
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