In Shropshire, the High Sheriff is privileged to be involved in or present at several awards ceremonies. For each of the Emergency Services, the Shropshire Colleges’ Outstanding Young Person’s awards, the recently instigated Shropshire’s Outstanding Community Award run by the Community Foundation, their own High Sheriff’s Awards and many more.

The High Sheriff’s Award

In recent years the High Sheriff of Shropshire has made a number of personal awards to recognise and celebrate the work of individuals and organisations within the County who have made outstanding contributions to the communities in which they live or work.

Contributions to Community Life

Nominations will be welcome for people who have made outstanding contributions to any aspect of community life.

In the past 4 years High Sheriff’s Awards have been made to:

Barry Davies Broseley Cemetary

Tony Reeve Broseley Cemetary

Buildwas Village Hall Meals on Wheels

Ian Windler Shropshire Scouts

Terry Darlow Shropshire Scouts

Yvonne Bouger Shropshire Scouts

Aico

Willowdene

WM SAR

Recharge

Moira Biggs

Colin Cole CCTV scheme in Oswestry

Olive Fish RCC hearing loss support volunteer

Judy King Fundraising

National Probabtion Service S&T

Specialist Housing service – Advice Team (Wrekin)

Rex Mavir Fundraising

Robert Green East Shropshire Talk Newspaper

Climbing Out

Sandra Fraser Dog Aid

Newport Warm Welcome Group

Michelle John PEGS

Stuart Danks

Toby Rippard

Age UK – Shropshire and T&W

Bright Star Boxing Academy

Maninplace

Lea Bevan Foodshare

Telford Chin Woo

Stay

Shrewsbury Ark

Teresa Richards Derwen College

Margaret Edwards Poyners Ludlow

Jean Palmer Poyners Ludlow

Nominations are now invited for the 2022/23 High Sheriff Awards. Nominations can be made by anyone who lives or works in Shropshire, whether in the public, voluntary and charitable or private sectors.

All nominations will be treated in the strictest confidence and nominees should not be informed that they have been nominated as it can be very disappointing to raise expectations that are not then met.

The Nomination Process

• The deadline for nominations is 31 January 2023. Successful nominees will be contacted in mid-February and the High Sheriff Awards will be conferred at a ceremony on a date to be confirmed, to which nominators, families and friends will also be invited.

• To make a nomination please download the Awards Nomination Form that has been prepared for this purpose. Please return the completed form to the High Sheriff preferably by e-mail to Shropshire@highsheriffs.com or by post to Barrow House, Barrow, Broseley, Shropshire TF12 5BW.