Winners Celebrate Biffaward Community and Environmental Awards
Howard Lake | 7 October 2007 | News
Seventeen community and environmental projects around the country contested this year’s Biffaward Awards ceremony held in Manchester on 3 October.
Peter Jones OBE, Biffa’s Director of External Affairs, presented the Overall Winner’s prize to Long Whatton Cricket Club near Loughborough, Leicestershire; the Club won the Small Grants category and then went on to claim the top prize – a total prize of £7,000.
The aim of the annual event – now in its ninth year – is to celebrate the achievements of the community and environmental projects supported by Biffaward and to highlight the diversity of work made possible by its grants through the Landfill Communities Fund.
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