Hampshire Grassroots Action Award

About the award

Have you taken action to promote or protect the environment on your own doorstep? Do you enjoy discovering and exploring new ways to help the countryside whilst inspiring behaviour change in others?

Share your project identifying and tackling issues at a grassroots level in your local area. The project can concern any environmental issues such as energy, litter, pollution or climate change.

The Grassroots Action Award is generously sponsored by, Vitacress

Who can apply?

Any individual or group who has taken action on a countryside related issue in their local area.

• An individual, organisation or group can enter themselves or be nominated by someone else. However, all individuals or organisations need to give permission to be nominated.
• Projects must be within Hampshire.
• The nomination must be relevant to work taken place from 1st January 2023 to present.
• Past projects are entitled to re-enter but entries must contain new elements on which they will be judged.

Grassroots action award criteria

• Immediately relevant to your local area
• Encourage initiative in identifying and addressing any issue related to the countryside
• Involvement of the community in schemes such as anti-litter/fly-tipping, pollution control, recycling schemes
• Environmental, conservation or restoration within the rural or urban environment
• Hands on
• A high level of community involvement
• Contribution to the future local community
• Using ‘citizen science’ or original approaches
• Using specialist knowledge
• Enhancement of rural settlements

Why apply?

Get recognised for your hard work and receive cash rewards as well as help promoting your project.

How to apply

• Please read the category descriptions, criteria and eligibility information carefully. If you are not sure which category to enter into please contact opsmanager@cprehampshire.org.uk and we can help.
• You may enter into more than one category.
• Complete the online entry form and submit with supplementary information. Alternatively, download the Countryside Awards Entry Form 2024. Details of where to email or post are available on the form.
• Provide up to 5 supporting photos with your application. These will be used to promote the awards as well as your entered project or person.
• Short films or videos, references or letters of support are other examples of evidence you could supply. These will also be used to promote the awards and your entered project or person.
• The deadline for entries is 5pm on Monday 14th October.

Enter the Grassroots Action Award

About our award sponsor, VitaCress

Vitacress Salads is proud to be sponsoring the CPRE award for Grassroots Action. The award recognises people who have taken action to improve an issue affecting the countryside in their local area.

As a grower and processor of fresh produce, we depend on our natural resources and it’s critical that our people care for and endeavour to protect our environment. We commit to making decisions for sustainable growth and are determined to leave things better than we found them.

We believe that everyone can do something to improve and support their local community and improve their environmental footprint. Therefore, we’ll be looking for those who have shown real commitment and leadership in this important area.