We were delighted to hold our annual Citizen of the Year Award last night.
We had lots of nominations this year including:
- Matt Taylor for his work in securing funding and then overseeing the refurbishment of the Village Hall in Calstock;
- Andrew and Louise Morton for their work for Ukraine;
- Pete Thompson for his environmental work and his involvement in the Tamar Community Trust;
- Drip Drip led by Ken Finn for their work on monitoring the health of the River Tamar and campaigning for better;
- Ross Hanley for his contribution to Gunnislake Community Matters (we understand Ross is standing down from the Committee this year)
- Adrian Parks at Harrowbarrow Post Office for his years supporting the community and we wish him all the best for his retirement.
Flowers were presented to Eve Huddy and Lynne Gennard for their help in the Albaston Cemetery: volunteers are doing a tremendous job keeping the cemetery tidy and bringing it up to a high standard.
Members from Harrowbarrow Community Shop Committee were recognised for their efforts in setting up a new shop in the grounds of Harrowbarrow Village Hall Car Park. They have raised an enormous amount of money to get a suitable building. Karen Bennett and Steve Matcham were present and accepted the award.
Our main presentation went to Malcolm Wright. Malcolm has been involved in a number of community projects in Calstock and the surrounding areas for years. Malcolm is retiring from organising the Bike Show in Calstock after 20 years. He has devoted countless hours and seen the event grow from a small scale, one-day event to one that attracted over 3000 people. The boost to the village economy was significant and profits from the show have been distributed to community organisations and parish council initiatives. We would like to wholeheartedly thank Malcolm for all of this work and we know he will tell us it is a team effort, with volunteers bringing the community together.
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