Ingram wins environmental scheme award

Nov 6 2009 by Brian Daniel, The Journal

Kate Whitehead, a resident of Ingram and one of the team of presenters of the project, said: “We are delighted to have won this award.

“It is recognition of a focused community effort by the residents of Ingram.

“We were close knit community before; this brings us even closer together.

“The project is not just about a building, it’s about creating awareness across the community, about educating people about their carbon footprint and creating opportunities for the future.”

Dean Keeling, marketing director at British Gas who sat on the judging panel, said: “The level of support within this community is outstanding. I was very impressed with the huge participation from across the village.”

The selection panel was made up of experts from the Centre for Alternative Technology, British Gas and the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) as well as Mr Aitken.

Next year, the 14 projects from across the country will go head-to-head in a number of green challenges.

Their progress will be monitored for a year by the ippr and the project crowned Britain’s greenest community stands to win a further £100,000 in funding from British Gas.