Sherborne In Bloom!

Our project to regenerate Platform 2 of Sherborne Station was last week awarded a first prize in the Environment and Culture Category of the South West Market Town Awards.

The South West Market Town Awards are part of the National Market Town Awards which each year celebrate the great variety of volunteer-led projects which are helping to regenerate and sustain small towns throughout the country. The Awards are organised by Action for Market Towns, the national organization with over 400 towns in membership which supports the regeneration and vitality of small towns.

Here Gillian Gunner, chairman of the Sherborne Bradford Abbas Camera Club, receives the award from AMT board member, Peter Godfrey, on behalf of Sherborne In Bloom.

The prize was awarded for ‘… the regeneration of Sherborne station in partnership with community groups, young people, business and South West Trains. The idea was to bring light and colour to the dark and dingy platform 2  of the station, promote the town and provide passengers, tourists and local residents with a permanent display of local art.’

The judges were very impressed by the impact and low cost of the project and its applicability to any number of venues both within Sherborne and beyond.