The Town Council’s Community Awards were launched in 2011 to celebrate the people who make a difference to the Corsham community. Over the years, clubs, groups, hard-working volunteers, young people and local sports stars have all been recognised.

The search for award-recipients runs from January to March, when nomination forms for that year’s competition are available. The nominees are then considered by the Awards Panel, made up of four Town Councillors, who choose the winners. The certificates are handed out at a special Corsham Celebrates event (previously the Annual Town Meeting) in April.

 

2024 Community Awards

The winners of 2024’s Awards were officially announced at the Corsham Celebrates event on Thursday 18 April. They are: 11-year-old Georgia Mitchell who champions the importance of being proud to be your true self; Paul Jackson, for his years of grounds keeping at Corsham Cricket Club; Corsham ASC for its sporting achievements and community swimming programme; the volunteer who run Corsham Primary – Broadwood’s Knitting Club and Anne Hooper for her fund-raising for Wiltshire Air Ambulance. 

The volunteers of The Brunel Shed received a special Chair’s Award for their commuity work, from setting up The Memory Shed to building play equipment for schools. 

Previous Winners

2024

Georgia Mitchell – Our youngest ever winner, for her work with her peers

Paul Jackson – Corsham Cricket Club

Corsham Amateur Swimming Club

Sue Canham, Lynn Fathers, Margaret Gibbs and Linda Winnan – Corsham Primary School Broadwood’s Knitting Club Volunteers

Anne Hooper – Fundraising for Wiltshire Air Ambulance

The Brunel Shed – Chairman’s Award

2023

Julian Barefoot – Freewheelers Blood Bikes

Colin Whiting and the Souper Friday Volunteers

John Connelly – Corsham Bowls Club

Karen Viner – Corsham Community Club

Chris Denton – Chair of Governors, Corsham Regis Primary School

Sonia Blandford and Corsham Windband

Steve Drew – Corsham Churches Foodbank (Chairman’s Award)

2022

Judith Hible – Public Rights of Way

Lynda Ormandy – Corsham Cricket Club

Nikki Kenna – Fairtrade

Peter Harper – Corsham Climate Action/Community Garden

Hilary Light – Corsham Link (Chairman’s Award)

2021

Corsham Churches Foodbank

John Maloney – Corsham Historian/Civic Society

Chris Reid – Almshouses Trustee and Community Work

Natalie Sherman – Wiltshire Digital Drive

2020

John Bolland – AFC Corsham

Julian Carosi – Corsham Historian

Barry Cox – Services to Walking Projects

Phyllis Fry – St Bart’s Verger/Local Volunteer

Zahid Mahmood – Corsham ASC

Sharon Shackleford – Helping Local Families

2019

Sanjeevan Garcha – Barnett Bros

John Gale – Corsham Cricket Club

Peter Greenwood – Corsham Cricket Club

Jane Roberton – Transcoco/Clean Up Corsham

Corsham 2k and 10k Committee

Mark Unwin – Corsham Fire Service

2018

Jean Hartley – Volunteering roles in Neston/Corsham Link

John Price – Volunteering roles with young people/Corsham Town FC

Leonora Martin – Volunteer work in the creative arts, particularly the Peacock Arts Trail

Rodney Veazey and the Brunel Shed