Shropshire volunteer crowned National Master Composter of the Year 2011

There has been yet more recognition of the efforts of Shropshire Master Composter volunteers this weekend when Linda Sheppard was crowned Master Composter of the Year at the national Garden Organic Home Composting Conference 2011.
Linda, from Oswestry, has been volunteering with the scheme since 2006.  She has given up hundreds of hours of her time to help to get more people composting.  She has played a fundamental role in the success of the scheme from the outset taking a leading role in coordinating other volunteers in her area.  As a retired headmistress she has developed lesson plans and curriculum linked schools education programmes specifically designed to bring home composting to life for young people and she has done hundreds of school visits to assist schools in setting up composting and growing schemes.

Linda was presented with a certificate and an engraved crystal bowl in thanks for her efforts by Pauline Pears, Editor of The Organic Way magazine.  Linda dedicated her award to the memory of her friend and fellow Master Composter Val Oldaker who sadly passed away in 2010.