Volunteer Alan Stewart (left) with Ludlow Mayor Tony Pound.
Ludlow resident and Shropshire Master Composter volunteer Alan Stewart has won a national newspaper competition to find people who contribute to their local communities and highlight their efforts as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Alan has been extremely active in his community, undertaking a regular recycling and litter-picking schedule as part of Ludlow’s “Pride of Place” community group, as well volunteering to help promote home composting.
Commenting on the receipt of his ‘Diamond people award’, Alan said:-
“It is nice to be singled out, but really this award belongs to all the volunteers who work with me to help keep Shropshire clean and green. The actions we take are a good thing for the area, and projects like Pride in Ludlow and Shropshire Master Composters positively show Shropshire Council, Veolia and voluntary organisations working in harmony. I hope this award will hopefully increase our volunteer numbers still further, and encourage more people to volunteer to take action on composting, recycling and litter-picking.”The competition was run by the Sunday People newspaper and was sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd. Alan was featured alongside 25 others from all over the UK on a special Roll of Honour in the paper.
- Alan is a trained Master Composter and helps raise awareness of home composting and recycling; www.shropshirecomposters.co.uk
- He is also now serving in a voluntary capacity as a director of Shropshire Community Recycling Ltd (SCRL); www.scrl.org.uk
- Alan currently is the joint co-ordinator of the Ludlow “Pride of Place” group; http://www.ludlowprideofplace.org.uk
- He also volunteers on the board of Ludlow 21; http://www.ludlow21.org.uk
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