The County Durham Environment Awards, organised by the Environment and Climate Change Partnership, recognise the great work and commitment towards caring for the natural and built environment through sustainable innovation, design and volunteering across the county’s communities and businesses. Bringing people together to build greater community engagement and encourage positive behaviours towards our precious environment.
Environment Awards 2023
On Thursday 7 March 2024 the County Durham Environment Awards ceremony took place at Hardwick Hall. Organised by the Environment and Climate Change Partnership, the Awards recognise the great work and commitment towards caring for the natural and built environment through sustainable innovation, design and volunteering across the county’s communities and businesses.
Bringing people together to build greater community engagement and encourage positive behaviours towards our precious environment.
We are pleased to be able to announce the winners of the County Durham Environment Awards 2024:
- Schools and Colleges
- Winner – Eat Smart Waste Warriors (outstanding award)
- Winner – Climate Friendly Schools
- Highly commended – Roseberry Primary Litter Picking Club
- Responding to Climate Change
- Winner – Food for the Planet 1 & 2
- Highly commended – The Little Wardrobe NE CIC
- Highly commended – High Meadows Green Energy Woodland Farm and Nature Reserve
- Environmental Community Action
- Highly commended – Chester-le-Street Litter Picking Heroes
- Highly commended – A Greener Future for Stanley – Environmental Youth Ambassadors Project
- Green Business – Small Company
- Winner – Recyke y’bike
- Highly commended – Saving Nemo
- Green Business – Large Company
- Highly commended – Lanchester Group (Lanchester Wines and Greencroft Bottling and others)
- Highly commended – Thorn Lighting Ltd. – Sustainability
- Nature in Places and Spaces
- Winner – Durham Wildlife Trust – Community and Wildlife Church Grounds Project
- Volunteer Group of the Year
- Winner – Chester-le-Street Litter Picking Heroes
- Highly commended – The Right Thing Litter Picking Project
- Volunteer of the Year – Over 18
- Winner – Howard Chadwick friend of High Escomb Cemetry
- Winner – Glenys Newby (Approach Too)
- Highly commended – Chloe Shevels
- Highly commended – Roger Peat
- Volunteer of the Year – Under 18
- Winner – Sophie Hebdon
- Highly commended – Jack Hopper
- Active Outdoors
- Winner – Woodland Wellbeing at Bright Woods Forest School CIC
- Highly commended – Wheels2Work County Durham – Recycle2Work scheme
- Sustainable Built Environment
- Highly commended – The Brooms
Congratulations to all our award winners and thank you for your hard work, innovation and commitment to environmental causes.